Such as ancient as ever intact walls; Qifan flowing streets; the Ming and Qing style, are now once again do not deteriorate the gate; spirit of heroic tall shady courtyard and one into the ... ... yes they are seeing something of Pingyao, do not find, no need to explore. Pingyao meaning seems to be an ancient word, so each household knows how to do all the ancient articles. Their pride, is one or two centuries ago our ancestors created everything, wealth, markets, facade, as well as the history of fabulous wealth.

To the time at night, has long been booked by telephone within one of the ancient inn, over there that you should not be slaughtered, and to the call will be followed wherever there are cars to pick. So I would call a to the train station, did not think to pick my "car" is a human tricycles, That thought I was not in the modern sense of a measure of the ancient city? This is the beginning of an interesting experience. Like to start from the night to get to know a city, enter the ancient city, the big shop doors have been closed, lights dim, and only a few red lanterns in the streets flashing Youguang. Pedicab driver struggling to tread, in the ancient city where the left bend turn right to walk. Despite the darkness of the shadow of the ancient city has also left traces of the lively hubbub during the day, but everything becomes inadvertently. This very famous commercial city, tonight, dream of doing something again?

Little old town, rent a bike bad cold in winter, my favorite mode of transportation or walk. In the city every day might go to the market days. Never never sell all kinds of stalls selling everything from snack cakes beef shop. All sorts of people walking in the city, it seems more of a tourist like me. Was originally one to be forgotten or ignored places, a movie, several advocacy of the tourism industry in these two years will be a star, red, so that the ancient city filled with modern tentacles.

Of course, ultimately, the United Nations World Heritage recognition. Our vast ancient, make sport out of something is running out. General seem to have had Pingyao, Lijiang two small cities are eligible to enter the world cultural heritage. I had not a person to listen to propaganda, but I have no way not to read Yu's "feel ashamed of Shanxi," after it charmed them. It has been a matter for more than a year ago, and more than a year the time has finally led to a fascinating journey.

Today's Pingyao people, part, courteous, frank, enthusiastic, they know how to protect monuments; they chatter clearly and logically drawn from recent history; they know what things will be of interest of foreign workers and enclose them to sell your tickets odd; they know themselves at home every day to eat gnocchi is to be sold to attract the best customers of local food ... ... but I do not know, they are fathers the courage to leave their homeland, first in the world vision, gallop China's mettle, they have the number of is normally treated as fathers left to save and build wealth for? The Rishengchang next to a small noodle shop to eat, then do girls service of particular interest to my seat next to an alien origin, they do not tell her, asked her to guess, she had no escape convention to say that the United States, they are laughs give her another chance, and she went so far as the countries that did not. To remind her that in Europe, so she guessed Australia, later they had to say in English to expose mystery of the name of the French she renounced.

Is it the times make the hero? Those who create "the most within the four seas" in Shanxi, so that its peak for hundreds of years Pingyao Shanxi, has left us with a lot of people do so today's small business resources. They then, they are just too poor and "Zou Xikou" and do great things for the bar.

Joe went to the Courtyard. Pray for my taxi pulled counties QIAO Jia-warburg, walk in, almost wrong roadway. Many in the construction of a new building, I do not know the residents in building their own houses or in what the Government's central planning center. This is a very ordinary village, originally from here go out Qiaogui hair and his descendants who have been through their own hands and work extremely wealthy, but they did not settle down in the big city home ownership, achievement of a successful life, or return to their origin place, covered a big house, building mansions. Teruhiro watched most of this village, Shen Yuan mansion, imagine then how the scenery were Qiao Shi and glory, in their fellow eyes. Shanxi architectural style, brick and gray tiles, wall compound, not graceful, not subtle, non-tender, and simple as if the land itself. In fact, they all, including thinking, very close relationship with the land.

Pingyao after night, in addition to the South East and West Main Street restaurant a few brightly lit shop, the residential alley in the dark and silent, only occasionally one or two in front of a pair of red lanterns hanging prompted the there is a family's door. In this Chinese New Year period, the lights sometime, or some place along the North Main Street north, go a very ancient arch door, would be able to see the various lights in the ancient walls of fire will be dressed crowded. Seems to be staging a drama, Mai Menpiao upstairs, here in the Spring Lantern Festival Office. Simon went to the door from the great arch, there is no theme of the theme lantern decorations over the road. Approached a look at each piece is made rough, and only attached to the light box on a variety of paper-cut, very pretty. I would like to Embrasure overlooking the ancient city walls should be beautiful, a pity that night Denglou, the city has been looking unclear, standing at the northwest corner of looked out, a dense mass of one but not the lights, the lights all come to decorate the walls.

Hundred years ago, the scenery here, everywhere is the time it did not feel inside of my back. I know where they stand to recover an ancient city by working inside. And such efforts are still being carried out, Distressed renovated out of private museums are more and more brilliant reception a few come to the history of folk customs like hotel is also an old one. On the streets of the rickshaw, the owner of the jacket, wearing black sunglasses, elated, beside a cardboard covered with Shuishui who sat in his car and his photo. He showed me his hand to the glorious history of one side to indicate I would like to seize this rare opportunity. I doubt, if I sit to be able to understand the feelings of a hundred years ago, that time the feeling of Miss or Mrs.?

For the city, I am in love with Lijiang, I think, because of Lijiang, in addition to the natural scenery, but also in its attitude to life, given the leisurely Shan; the Government is sparing no efforts to save the ancient city of protection, and was widely liked me the most is the people there they are not arrogant nor mad, is not no quick fix dry, non-exclusive non-kitsch, over their lives that had seemed to be too ... ... Pingyao know the value of ancestral heritage, and their efforts to tap potential, take the initiative to come up with a lively straight the noisy city, the wait to all the stuff piling up in your eyes, until you lose any room for imagination and aftertaste.

Pingyao, and did not let me surprise.

Author: illa