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1. Rishengchang Bank is a financial institution that appeared in the Qing Dynasty. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were more than 20 banks headquartered in Pingyao, accounting for more than half of the country. The world-famous first bank in China is Rishengchang in Pingyao, and it also has a branch outside Chongwenmen. Pingyao draft bank experienced a hundred years of history, and gradually declined after the Qing government was overthrown.
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2. Yagu County in Pingyao has a history of more than 600 years, which is also rare in China. I am quite interested in several couplets in it, such as the lobby couplet: "Eating human food and wearing people's clothes means that people can bully themselves and be human"; "It is not shameful to get an official, and it is shameful to lose an official. Don't say that the useless place of being an official depends on being an official. " The two couplets "came here because of the fate of the people"; "I will be worthy of the people." Although this is a compliment from ancient literati, it is really rare to have such a realm.
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3. Pingyao South Street Pingyao South Street is one of the essences of the historical and cultural heritage of Pingyao Ancient City. In June, 2009, it was selected as the first batch of "Famous Historical and Cultural Streets in China". This is the most prosperous commercial center of Pingyao ancient city in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which controls more than 50% of the financial institutions in the country and produces a large number of business talents. It is known as "Wall Street" in China.
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4. The Confucian Temple is the biggest scenic spot in the ancient city and the earliest existing Confucian Temple in China. The first gate of the Confucian Temple is called Xingxingmen, and there is a legend that "officials of civil and military affairs are waiting here to get off the sedan chair". It can be seen that a place with talented people and highly developed economy must have its profound and stable cultural foundation.
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On the second day of junior high school, my friends and I went to go on road trip, the ancient city of Pingyao. Personally, I feel that there is no need to see other ancient cities after seeing Pingyao ancient city. Nowadays, the deformation of commercial street is prevalent in man-made ancient cities. Pingyao is a real ancient city with a history of more than 2700 years. Although some of them are ancient cities, their scale is too small, less than a fraction of Pingyao's. Let's talk about the tour guide of Pingyao ancient city first!
If you go to road trip to reach Pingyao Ancient City, it is suggested that you park his car in the parking lot (day 10 yuan, and add 20 yuan at night) and live in the ancient city. The ancient city only shops without charge. You can only get the pass of 125 yuan if you enter the county government, Chenghuang Temple, Escort Agency, Bank and Confucian Temple. He can buy it anytime. There is the first bank in China (Rishengchang Bank) and the Confucius Temple with a history of more than 2,000 years! You can live in a homestay, experience a kang bed, and have a hobby of watching standard rooms. If you study the 2700-year history of the ancient city, you can experience it slowly in three days! If you can't walk, you can take the bus in the scenic spot of 10 yuan/person. The night view of Pingyao ancient city is quite beautiful! I think it is the most interesting city at present!
This place in Shanxi makes people feel very special. A large number of ancient buildings have been preserved on the ground in Shanxi, such as Jinci, Pingyao Ancient City, Qiao Family Courtyard, Yingxian Wooden Pagoda, Wutai Mountain Buddhist Temple and Hengshan Hanging Temple. Some buildings even reached the Song and Jin Dynasties, such as Notre Dame Cathedral in Jinci and Dacheng Hall of Confucian Temple in Pingyao Ancient City.
When it comes to ancient cities, everyone feels the same, but Pingyao Ancient City is the only two ancient cities in China that have been listed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO as a whole (the other is Old Town of Lijiang), which shows its high historical and cultural value. Pingyao Ancient City is also the 5A scenic spot in China.
Different from the ancient cities built in many parts of the country. Pingyao ancient city is a veritable ancient county town in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Its walls were built in the Ming Dynasty, except for the south gate wall that collapsed in 2004, the rest are well preserved. The total length of the city wall is more than 6 kilometers, with 6 city gates, 4 enemy towers and more than 70 enemy towers, which embodies the characteristics of its military defense. . There are more than 4,000 ancient dwellings in the ancient city, which are "living specimens" of counties in Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Shanxi merchants in the Qing Dynasty were famous all over the country. Pingyao was one of the bases of Shanxi merchants and the financial center of China in the late Qing Dynasty. There are more than 20 banks headquartered in Pingyao, accounting for more than half of the country, which is called "China Ancient Wall Street". The largest of these is Rishengchang, the first bank in China, which was founded in Daoguang period of Qing Dynasty and is known as "Huitong World".
In order to protect the banks and help them escort silver, escort agencies have also become a major feature. The Escort Agency is located in the south street of Pingyao Ancient City, which mainly shows the development history of China Escort Agency and the anecdotes in the escort process of Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Located in the center of the ancient city, the county government is the best preserved county government in China. The earliest county government buildings were built in the Yuan Dynasty, with a history of 600 years. The whole yamen faces south and is arranged along the central axis. There are six rooms in the east and west compartments, and there are many buildings in the courtyard, including bell tower, underground palace, canteen, heavy prison, women's prison, light prison and hades hall. In order to let tourists feel how grandpa went to court to handle cases, the county government also held a performance every day.
Located in the middle section of Chenghuangmiao Street in Pingyao, Chenghuangmiao Temple is a Taoist temple with rich religious and cultural connotations. Chenghuang Temple is an important part of China traditional culture, which is found in many parts of the country, and Pingyao Temple is more spectacular. Besides the main hall and the sleeping hall, it is mainly composed of six Cao Fu, the Earth Temple, the Kitchen Temple and the God of Wealth Temple.
Pingyao Confucian Temple is located in the southeast of the ancient city. It is the oldest ancient city and the most complete, largest and distinctive Confucian temple in North China. The layout of the Confucian Temple is solemn and orderly. The largest Dacheng Hall is the Jin Dynasty building, which is tall and majestic, fully embodying the cultural tradition of worshipping Confucianism and attaching importance to education in the history of the Han nationality.
You don't need to buy a ticket to enter Pingyao ancient city, but you need to buy a ticket to visit the scenic spots in the city. The joint ticket price is 130 yuan, and you can visit all 22 scenic spots in the city. More humanized, the elderly over 60 years old in Pingyao ancient city can enjoy free tickets.
To travel in Pingyao ancient city, it is recommended to visit the ancient city wall, a street in Ming and Qing Dynasties, Rishengchang draft bank, Confucian Temple, county government, North China First Escort Agency and Huangcheng Temple. The rest depends on the time. The visit time is suggested to be two days, so as to better understand the culture contained in Pingyao ancient city.
If you want to visit carefully, you can walk, save effort, rent a bicycle or take a battery car for environmental protection.
You can choose the B&B Inn in the ancient city to experience it. Of course, in the peak season, the price is not beautiful.
There are three reasons why you can't refuse Pingyao Ancient City, which is most worth visiting:
1. Pingyao is the most complete prototype of the ancient county town of Ming and Qing dynasties in China! So the ornamental value is very high!
2. Pingyao was established by the cultural thought and architectural style of Han nationality in China! Cultural relics can be seen everywhere!
Pingyao is the birthplace of Shanxi merchants and Rishengchang draft bank. You know, Rishengchang was the financial center of China at that time, equivalent to Wall Street in the United States today!
Then how do you get there? We were in Linfen, and many trains and high-speed trains would pass Pingyao. After leaving the station, we can go south by navigation, so the traffic is very convenient.
The scenic spot is very big. After entering the ancient city, elderly people who are unwilling to leave or have inconvenient legs and feet can take the sightseeing bus.
It is strongly recommended that tourists who want to go to the surrounding scenic spots, if they are not sure about the route, must ask the staff or the store to avoid wasting time by going the wrong way like us. The key is to consume physical strength.
We stayed there for one night because the scenic spot was too big to visit all day. Because it is close to the high-speed rail, there are many hotels, homestays and hotels, and the price depends on your own acceptance.
Pingyao Ancient City is located in Pingyao County, central Shanxi Province. Pingyao is known as one of the "four best preserved ancient cities", and it is also one of the only two ancient cities in China that have successfully declared the world cultural heritage with the whole ancient city. Pingyao ancient city is an outstanding example of China ancient city in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Pingyao ancient city has become a national 5A-level tourist attraction.
I went to Pingyao ancient city on April 9, 20 15, which was organized by my unit at that time. At Hukou Waterfall at noon, and arrive at Pingyao Pingcheng around 5 pm.
Personally, I am not interested in scenic spots such as the "ancient city", so I am not prejudiced against the ancient city, because I grew up in the countryside and have seen too many ancient villages.
There are many ancient buildings in Pingyao ancient city, but the tour we reported at that time did not include tickets for various scenic spots in Pingyao ancient city, so we didn't go in. Only in the streets of Pingyao ancient city. There are many shops, hotels, restaurants and snacks in the ancient city.
I don't know the hotel price geometry, because the unit is set by the travel agency;
The store is where the female colleagues in the unit are transferring things. Another colleague (male) and I have been following, and neither of us bought anything.
Snacks cost 8 yuan, but I forgot the name. Many shops in the ancient city sell "Pingyao beef", which is basically 55 kg (2065438+05);
The food in this restaurant is very expensive. At that time, my colleague asked me what to eat. I thought, Daoxiao Noodles in Shanxi is quite famous, so let's eat Daoxiao Noodles. I found a big shop and ordered three kinds of famous noodles in Shanxi (I only remember Daoxiao Noodles, but I can't remember the names of the other two). I ordered two bowls of everything, each bowl 16 yuan. We spent a total of 96 yuan, which has always been expensive.
Colleagues and unit leaders bought the most vinegar when they went. There are so many shops selling vinegar in Pingyao ancient city, many of them are "vinegar shops", which produce and process vinegar at the back and sell vinegar at the front. At that time, I remember that the cheapest one was 15 yuan, and my colleagues bought the most from 25 yuan, and even made a counter-offer to 45 yuan. Hehe, I didn't buy anything. I wandered aimlessly in the streets of Pingyao ancient city for hours!
Pingyao Ancient City is located in Pingyao County, Shanxi Province. It was built in the period of West Zhou Xuanwang. It is one of the four best-preserved ancient cities with a history of more than 2,700 years, and it is also one of the two ancient cities in China that successfully declared the world cultural heritage with the whole ancient city. With a total area of 2.25 square kilometers, the ancient city is a national 5A-level tourist attraction.
There are 22 scenic spots in Pingyao ancient city, among which Rishengchang Bank, county government, Confucian Temple, Xietongqing Qianzhuang and ancient city wall are the must-see places.
Rishengchang Bank, founded in the third year of Qing Daoguang (1823), is the originator of China banking. It once manipulated the economic lifeline of the whole Qing Dynasty in the19th century. At that time, its semicolons were not only distributed in more than 30 regions of the country, but also as far away as Southeast Asia, Europe and America.
The county government is the most complete county government in China with a history of more than 600 years. On May 19, 2004, when the 11th Panchen Lama visited the county government, he was pleased to mention that Pingyao county government is the oldest government.
Covering an area of 40,580 square meters, the Confucian Temple is the most complete, largest and most distinctive temple in North China. The grey tile red wall and the layout of the main hall of the Confucian Temple are the concentrated expression of Confucian etiquette in architecture. There is only one champion paper in the history of imperial examinations from 65438 to 0300 in the Confucian Temple.
Xie Tongqing's money house, founded in the sixth year of Xianfeng (1856), is the largest money house in Pingyao, with seven courtyards in front and back, grand scale, magnificent architecture and complete functions.
The ancient city wall was built in the period of West Zhou Xuanwang (827-782 before the park), when it was a rammed earth wall. After many repairs, the present brick-soil mixed city wall has been formed.
After visiting the scenic spots in the ancient city, watch Pingyao's large-scale sitcom "Look at Pingyao again". As the main cultural product of Pingyao ancient city, it is a story that can make you go back to Pingyao at that time as if through a hundred years. Looking at Pingyao again not only tells the story of Pingyao people's faithfulness, but also tells the story of China people's hard-won blood inheritance and the endless life of the Chinese nation.
Pingyao ancient city not only has its unique beauty, but also has local specialties. 108 I haven't tasted all the Pingyao snacks, but I agree that Pingyao beef, Pingyao bowls and plates, oat noodles, steamed buns soaked in oil, Shanxi oily meat, Cao Jiaxun elbow and so on are the best. There are many other local specialties that I won't list one by one.
Accommodation in Pingyao ancient city is generally a homestay with local characteristics. Prices are cheap in the off-season, but they will rise in the peak season, especially during the Spring Festival.
Finally, let's talk about the ticket price, the pass for 22 scenic spots in Pingyao ancient city: 130 yuan/person. Shuanglin Temple: 35 yuan/person. Zhenguo Temple: 25 yuan/person. Children, the elderly, the disabled and active servicemen with valid certificates are entitled to preferential treatment.
Such an ancient city with rich historical and cultural heritage and the best preservation is well worth visiting.
Pingyao ancient city is worth a visit. It's very big. You don't need tickets to visit the ancient city, you can take a leisurely stroll. The scenic spots that need to buy tickets are 13. You can buy it separately or through the ticket. The pass is valid for three days. Scenic spots include escort agency, county government, ticket number, residential houses, Confucian temple, Qingxuguan, city wall and so on. Each scenic spot has its own story, which is worth savoring.
There is a very famous live performance in Pingyao ancient city, which is very shocking. You should keep walking and watching for more than an hour, and be careful when taking care of the children.
In addition, Pingyao international photography exhibition, international exhibition and many works will be held every year before the National Day, and there are forums to participate. It has been held for more than ten times.
The film Station by Shaanxi-born director Jia was shot in a factory near the ancient city, and now it has become an art shrine. Pingyao International Photography Exhibition is held here, and Pingyao International Film Exhibition will be held in the middle of 10, which has been held for two times.
There is a movie palace in the exhibition area where you can watch movies, and you can also feel it in the cinema transformed from the factory building. There are also open-air venues where you can watch movies during the event, which is not available in other ancient cities!
In short, Pingyao is beautiful, waiting for you to feel her!
Personally, Pingyao ancient city is worth visiting. As soon as the cheongsam coat is worn, the lights are dim, and there is a feeling of crossing back to the Qing Dynasty. The most important thing is that the ancient buildings inside are well preserved, and the main street has a strong commercial atmosphere, but the whole alley has a charm of the old city.
There are four points worth seeing in Pingyao ancient city. As a business person, you should definitely go there.
First of all, the former sites of major banks, such as Rishengchang Bank, can also visit underground banks. Shanxi silver ticket is universal, how to do it? The operation of private banks has begun to take shape as a modern bank. The history of the rise and fall of money houses can give us a lot of enlightenment, including being a man and doing things.
Followed by the county government. The overall pattern is well preserved, including dungeons and prisons. Think of the bank number, is there any enlightenment?
The third is the former site of the escort agency. In ancient times, there were no modern highways, planes and ships for logistics and currency transactions. How to ensure safe arrival? By force alone?
Fourth, the family courtyards of the rich are beautifully built. What kind of luxury houses did the ancient local tyrants live in? Visitors can also sleep on the heatable adobe sleeping platform. Remember today is the national day, it's only over 200, right?
Another thing worth seeing is the hand-made vinegar workshop. Pure manual operation, you can visit and participate in the whole process in detail.
Streets and alleys, old houses and dwellings, architectural style of Qing Dynasty, carved beams and painted buildings, the whole ancient city has a quaint atmosphere. Wearing cheongsam and mandarin jacket, especially when the lights are dim at night, the old street signs and Mugemen shops are antique and really feel like crossing back to my "Qing Dynasty".
Of course, the commercial street is still full of bars, restaurants and shops, and consumption can still be controlled by itself. I am a cool girl, a travel photographer and a hobby.
What are the minor travel problems? Let's discuss them together.
Why will I never go to Pingyao ancient city again? Hello, everyone, I'm a pen.
1. The food in the ancient city tastes ordinary and the price is expensive. There may be some delicious shops, but I haven't found them yet (comments are welcome). There are shopping malls such as KFC outside the city. If you don't like these, you can consider them.
2. As introduced at the beginning of the article, it is really well preserved, in terms of architectural structure, but it has a strong commercial atmosphere, and there are many bars and the like at night. I feel that I am in Fenghuang Ancient City or Nanluoguxiang, Houhai, Beijing, and the similarity with similar scenic spots is too high, losing the original flavor of the ancient city.
3. If you haven't been there, you can go if you want to see it! Pen and pen think it is enough to go once, there is no need to go again. Because this place is in a county town in Shanxi, there is only one Pingyao ancient city. If you go, you must climb the wall! The scenery and the feeling are particularly good. This is also the only place I think I particularly like. Very suitable for couples. If it is very hot during the day, it will be romantic to climb the city wall and watch the night scene at night.
Pen and Pen Travel Tips
1, it may be cold at night. Take a coat.
2. Tickets are more than 100, and students must bring their student ID cards at half price.
It is mentioned in the article that you need to buy an extra ticket to go to the city wall, and it can only be used once. For example, you can't go up during the day and want to see the night view at night.
4, accommodation can live outside the city or in the city, there are homestays in the city.
I went by train, so it is convenient to take a taxi from the railway station to the ancient city.
Pingyao ancient city is one of the birthplaces of Shanxi merchants, and Pingyao is a stop for Shanxi merchants to advance westward. To the north are Qixian, Taigu and Jinzhong, a series of Shanxi merchants, banks and courtyards. If you want to see the ticket number now, you can only go to Pingyao. This is a city snatched from the sword.
If you are the chief financial officer, come to Pingyao and explore how Rishengchang Bank can be regarded as the "originator of China Modern Bank".
If you are an ancient city controller, come to Pingyao, where there is no business and foreign accent of Lijiang.
If you are a history control, come to Pingyao. What is lacking most here is history and stories. The massiness of Pingyao really needs people who like history to understand. Pingyao said, "I have a story and a history. Are you ready for good wine? "
If you are an innkeeper, come to Pingyao. The antique inn in the ancient city, entering the courtyard through the second and third doors, must make you feel that you have crossed into a lady in a deep house on earth.
If you are a gourmet, come to Pingyao. Shanxi is the hometown of pasta. In Pingyao, you can eat all kinds of pasta, steamed, fried, boiled, fried, fried ... you will be surprised at the diversity of noodles.
If you are a hutong control, come to Pingyao. Although it is not as famous as the smoke-filled hutong in the background, a city in Pingyao has four streets, eight small streets and 72 dragonflies, which makes you want to visit every corner here.
If you are a runner, come to Pingyao, measure the ancient city wall with your feet, and commemorate Pingyao's running wall with speed;
Too much, too much.
Give you some practical information:
First, transportation:
There is no airport in Pingyao, but there are railway station (the center of the county), moving station (far from the county, but there is a bus that can go directly to the south gate of the ancient city) and bus station (it is most convenient to walk from the north gate of the ancient city for 5 minutes).
Tickets: (You don't need tickets to enter the ancient city, but you need to buy a pass to visit the scenic spots in the ancient city)
One ticket is listed 150 yuan. The scenic spot has been doing activities for the past two years, 130 yuan/person. There are 265,438+0 scenic spots in the ancient city, but one scenic spot can only be visited once, including: city wall, Confucian scholar, city god temple, county government, Rishengchang, Baichuantong Museum, Xie Tongqing Qianzhuang and so on.
If time is limited, priority should be marked in bold black first.
Note: You can also choose not to buy tickets for the ancient city, just stroll around the ancient city, walk into your favorite inn, chat with the old people sunbathing in front of the old house, learn a few words of Pingyao dialect and listen to the story of this ancient city.
Third, play arrangements (two nights in the ancient city is best)
You can spend 1 day visiting the ancient city. On the other day, you can go to the nearby Qiao Family Courtyard (located in Qixian County, about 30 kilometers away from Pingyao), Wang Family Courtyard in Lingshi and Mianshan in Jiexiu. In addition, there are motor trains here in Pingyao, or carpooling in the ancient city, which is very convenient to go to nearby attractions.
In the evening, I went to see a live drama Goodbye Pingyao. The whole performance highlights the moral tradition of Pingyao people and the sadness caused by this tradition through clips such as "choosing a wife", "bathing with an escort", "Returning to one's hometown" and "changing face". Generally speaking, there are two performances, which start at 14:00 and 19:00 respectively. Tickets are tight in the peak season, so be sure to book in advance. The theater is outside the west gate of the ancient city. You can take a battery car or go shopping by yourself.
Fourth, accommodation.
Most of the accommodation in the ancient city is an inn, with a heatable adobe sleeping platform and ordinary beds, which you can choose freely. If it is the most convenient, living in South Street is the most comfortable. But the price is slightly higher. Some people live in Xianya Street, North Street and West Street, and many of them live in unknown alleys. The price is lower, but it is much quieter. There are also youth hostels in the ancient city, so I won't recommend this separately. Let's take a look at my personal hobbies.
Five, the bar
When you come to the ancient city, you always seem to go to the bar. If the wine in the ancient city of bar owners is Qing Bar, Sakura House Bar and Traveller, here are bars, Hoh Xil, Siheyuan and bar companions. Look at that door. Whoever likes the layout of his house will go in and order a drink. There are resident singers in the shop, listening to some songs and drinking some wine. That's good.
However, the popularity is not as high as that of Lijiang bars, which may be due to insufficient tourism promotion. Fortunately, Pingyao bar has low consumption, and many of them can be found on the US group, which is still very affordable.
Sixth, food.
1. Pingyao beef, made of high-quality calf legs, is characterized by fresh and tender meat, fat but not greasy, thin but not firewood, crisp and delicious, ruddy color, clearly visible shredded pork and attractive appearance.
2. Pingyao dishes, a good dish has smooth surface texture and delicious taste. When cooking dishes, mix them with white flour, warm salt water and vegetable oil. Make it into paste, then put it in a five-inch plate, steam it in a cage and let it cool. The bowl rack can be fried cold or hot.
This kind of snack can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys of the ancient city. There are two kinds: cold salad and fried. Personally, I especially like the saucers fried by my uncle from South Street to the top of Ying Ge Lane. Stir-fried with green peppers in summer and dried red peppers in winter. I like to eat green peppers, ten yuan a bowl.
3. You are a kind of noodle food, which is made of delicate noodles. It is named after its appearance like a "basket bucket" and is called "you are a kind of noodle food".
4. Rubbing fish with oil noodles is a kind of pasta that people often eat in the mountainous areas of Yanbei, Jinzhong and Lvliang. It is named "rubbing fish" because it is shaped like a fish with two sharp ends and a thick middle. The method of rubbing fish is labor-consuming and time-consuming, and there are many ways to eat it. It can be steamed or hot, cold or fried, or braised with side dishes.
5, handmade moon cakes, generally made of flour, sugar, brown sugar, sesame seeds, peanuts and other raw materials. Two dollars for the big one and one dollar for the small one. The crust is thin and crisp, and the filling is fragrant but not greasy. There are sweet stuffing and salty stuffing, and the handmade moon cakes that have just come out of the pot and are hot are the most delicious.
6. The last thing to eat: Like all the scenic spots in China, it is vanilla meat sold by stalls! Vanilla rice! Beef skewers! It's really bad and unsanitary. Please don't try!
Seven, specialty, souvenir
1, Pingyao beef is the first, and I don't need to repeat the advantages. See above for details. In Pingyao, the best brand is Guanyun beef. If you want to buy authentic Pingyao beef, you can see the manufacturer of Guanyun beef diagonally opposite the bus stop when you leave the north gate of Pingyao ancient city. Note that you should go to a regular store to buy beef, and don't be greedy and cheap. There are 30 yuan's bags on the street, which are basically made by small manufacturers. It's up to you whether it's beef or not.
2. Pingyao push lacquer ware is named after the luster of the palm. I wonder if you have seen the movie Du Shiniang? I clearly remember that when Du Shiniang was about to jump into the river, he flew into a rage at the treasure chest. When I was eight years old, I wanted such a treasure chest full of necklaces, earrings, bracelets and other jewelry. Therefore, the glossy lacquer jewelry box will definitely satisfy your girlish heart. In addition to jewelry boxes, there are various ornaments such as screens. Don't miss it if you like Chinese classical style!
The old girl's heart made me buy this hijab bride as soon as I saw it!
3. Pingyao long yam is a medicine for invigorating spleen, nourishing stomach and benefiting qi. I don't need to say more about the benefits of yam. The yam produced in Pingyao is sticky and powdery.
Note: There are a lot of vinegar, red dates and Fenjiu in the ancient city, which are all specialties of Shanxi. Shanxi mature vinegar is one of the four famous vinegars in China, which is very famous, but it is not a specialty of Pingyao. Dear, don't buy vinegar in the ancient city.