A 400-word essay introducing Pingyao

The ancient city of Pingyao is the most complete ancient city in my country, dating back more than a thousand years. Because this ancient city is shaped like a turtle, people also call it "Turtle City" .Today I will be a little tour guide, leading everyone to visit the ancient city of Pingyao.

First of all, let us go to the city gate tower and look down. There is a small square city between the two city gates. , called Wengcheng. Wengcheng has two functions. The first function is to collect rainwater to prevent it from flowing out of the city. Because it is very dry here, rainwater is regarded as very precious, and even the people on the roofs of the houses where they live The scaffoldings are very short, because they are afraid that rainwater will flow into other people's homes, which is true to the old saying that "rich water does not flow into outsiders' fields." The second function of the urn city is to use stones and other weapons to attack invading enemies, which plays a defensive role.

The city wall of Pingyao Ancient City is very wide, and the top of the city wall is paved with large city bricks. There are several cannons mounted on the lookout points of the city wall. This was the most powerful weapon at that time, so it was named "General Shenwu". People can take pictures here, because "a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier."

Let's go to the county government to have a look. The county government office faces south. There are two large stone lions squatting on both sides of the main entrance. They look very majestic with their big mouths open. The gate railing of the Yamen is very high, and the two gates are thick and heavy, painted in vermilion. Walking into the courtyard, the east and west rooms were the places where taxes and grain payments were collected in ancient times. Each has six cave dwellings, which means the six and six fortunes. Walking further inside is a large main hall, which was the office of the ancient county magistrate. There is a large plaque with "Mingjing hanging high" hanging on it. There are many torture instruments used in the court on the left and right sides, giving people a sense of fortitude when entering. . Bypassing the main hall and entering the backyard is where the county magistrate eats and rests. There is a couplet hanging at the door, which means treating the people as parents and doing practical things for the people.

After coming out of the county government office, we strolled through a street of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are all ancient buildings from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The facades and plaques of each shop are also in ancient styles. If people wear ancient clothes, they will You can film costume dramas here.

The last stop is for us to go to China's earliest bank - Rishengchang Bank. In the account room on the right, there are two wax figures, one It seems like one is collecting money and the other is keeping accounts. It is said that a clerk here can earn 80 taels of silver a year. At that time, one tael of silver could buy an acre of land. There are strict anti-counterfeiting measures on the banknotes. , in order to prevent old customers from deciphering, 300 sets of passwords have been changed in 100 years. When we come to the backyard, the walls here are thick and high, and there are many coins built in the cracks of the walls. It is said to show the strength of the owner.

Okay, the tour of Pingyao Ancient City ends here. Thank you everyone!