What are the ancient cities worth visiting in Shanxi? Ask for a cost-effective recommendation.

Shanxi is rich in natural landscape and human history, among which the ancient city resources are the most prominent, which are favored by tourists all over the world. In April this year, I gave you three ancient tourist destinations in Amway Shanxi. Personally, I think they are very competitive. You can refer to them ~

1. Yuci Ancient City (ticket 57 yuan)

Yuci Ancient City is located in the west of Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, and it is one of the earliest ancient cities in Shanxi Province. It has a history of more than 2000 years, and the internal buildings are mainly in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.

There are various scenic spots in the ancient city, such as City God Temple, county government, Confucian Temple, Mingfeng Academy, Nanbei Street and so on. The tour will take at least 2 hours. In addition, due to the patchwork of internal buildings and soaring double eaves, various styles of buildings are included, thus forming a unique landscape integrating temples, cities, streets and scenery.

Among many scenic spots, I think the tower is the most worth punching in. The lighting at night is really unique, as if it had suddenly crossed back to the Qing Dynasty. Summer has come, and in the evening you can see the ancient city set off by fiery red clouds, which is beautiful and unusual. In addition, there are four streets in the old city, east, west, north and south. East Street is mainly a political center, with the Town God Temple and the county government. South Street and North Street are commercial centers with all kinds of food and entertainment. The last west street is the cultural center, with Confucian temples and academies. You can choose to visit according to your hobbies.

2. Yuncheng Ancient City (ticket 60 yuan)

Yuncheng Ancient City is located in downtown Shanxi, with convenient transportation. Like Yuci ancient city, it has a history of more than 2,000 years, and the buildings here have the characteristics of northern cities.

Famous scenic spots include the Wang Family Courtyard, the ancient city wall and the ancient city gate, Jinci and Jinci. Like visiting the ancient city wall, I personally suggest that you'd better rent a battery car, because the whole city wall is really big and walking will really kill you.

Everyone must be familiar with the Wang Family Courtyard, which is also the most famous tourist attraction in Yuncheng and is known as the "Folk Forbidden City". It's not so much a courtyard as a palace, because it's really beyond the scope of a courtyard. The Gaojiaya and Fort Hong Men inside are very worth seeing. The main courtyards inside Gaojiaya are three-way quadrangles, among which Ningruiju is the core courtyard. Wang Jia Courtyard is famous for its three sculptures, including wood carving, stone carving and brick carving, and Ningruiju is the most complete courtyard of the three sculptures.

The Red Gate Castle is built on the mountain, mainly made of blue bricks, and there are buildings inside. It consists of four rows of courtyards from low to low, which are symmetrical left and right. The main roadway in the middle and the three horizontal lanes are very clever to form a "king", which means the shape of a "dragon". It's really wonderful. The wisdom of the ancients is amazing. And walking up from Dingjia Garden, you can climb the city wall overlooking the whole Hong Men Fort complex, which is very spectacular.

3. Pingyao Ancient City (free admission)

Pingyao Ancient City is located in Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province. It is one of the most complete ancient cities in China. It has preserved a large number of Ming and Qing architecture, and is known as "China Architecture Encyclopedia".

There are four streets, eight small streets and countless alleys in the ancient city. The whole city looks like a turtle. The county government inside is the most complete county government in China at present, and it is also one of the scenic spots that must be punched in. The whole house is strewn at random. Above the lobby of the yamen, there are four characters "mirror hanging high", opposite which are "justice, law and human feelings", which have special meanings. In addition, there are many introductions of instruments of torture at that time, so timid friends should pay attention ~

Another scenic spot I don't think we can miss is Rishengchang Bank, which is the first bank in China. You can believe that it was all over the country at that time, even covering Europe, America and Southeast Asia. You have to think that Li Dajin and Lei Lvtai, the bosses of the bank, are really good. The "Huitong Tianxia" plaque inside is also very famous. You can see for yourself and feel the prosperity of the ticket bank at that time ~