Pingyao Ancient City
平遥古城 | |
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 Old Town of Pingyao | |
  Pingyao Location in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates: 37°12′N 112°9′E / 37.200°N 112.150°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Prefecture | Jinzhong |
| County | Pingyao |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 031100 |
| Area code | 0354 |
| Website | www |
| Official name | Ancient City of Ping Yao |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | ii, iii, iv |
| Designated | 1997 (21st session) |
| Reference no. | 812 |
| Region | Asia-Pacific |
| Extensions | 2000; 2001 |
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| Traditional Chinese | 平遙 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 平遥 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | remote plain | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 平遥古城 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Pingyao Ancient City | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Pingyao, officially Pingyao Ancient City,[1] is a walled city in central Shanxi, China, famed for its importance in Chinese economic history and for its well-preserved Ming and Qing urban planning and architecture. Administratively, it comprises the town of Gutao in Pingyao County, Jinzhong. According to the seventh Chinese census data, the permanent resident population of the county is 450,697. Compared with the 502,712 people in the sixth national census in 2010, it has decreased by 52,015 people in ten years, a decrease of 10.35%, and the average annual growth rate is -1.09%.[2]
The town was founded in the 14th century C.E. and has been the seat of local government since at least the Qin. By the 16th century, it was a regional financial hub; some consider it to have been the financial centre of the Qing Empire in the late 19th century. Pingyao Ancient City is located in Pingyao County, Shanxi Province. The ancient city was built during the reign of King Xuan of Zhou (827-782 BC) and has a history of more than 2800 years.[3]It is a AAAAA-rated tourist attraction, and the settlement and the outlying Zhenguo Temple and Shuanglin Temple became a World Heritage Site in 1997.[4]
- ^ "Pingyao Ancient City", Scenic Spots, Taiyuan: Shanxi Provincial Tourism Bureau, 2012, archived from the original on 2017-07-18, retrieved 2017-11-20.
- ^ Pingyao County Bureau of Statistics (June 9, 2021). "平遥县第七次全国人口普查公报" [Bulletin of the Seventh National Population Census of Pingyao County]. Pingyao Government Network.
- ^ "世界遗产平遥古城：汇通天下的古代金融中心_中国国情_中国网". www.china.com.cn. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
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