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1、TheAncientCityofPingyaoPingyaoCityWallThewallistenmetershigh,6163metersaround,andthreetofivemeterswideatthetop.Whilethewest,northandeastwallsarestraight,thesouthernonecurves,formingaroughsquare.Thenorthernandsouthernwallshaveonegateeach,theeasternandwester
2、nwalls,twoeach.Eachgatehasabarbicanentrancewithaninnerandanouterdoorandhadatoweraboveit,threeofwhichhavebeenrebuilt.Eachgateusedtohaveadrawbridgetocrossthemoat,whichtodayisoutsidethreesidesofthecityandismorethan3.3metersdeepand3.3meterswide.NorthGateCitywa
3、llNorthGateFakecannonsPingyaoCityWallThetortoiseisasymbolofeternity.Seventy-twowatchtowerswerebuilteveryfiftytoonehundredmetersalongthetop.Two-meterhighwallswerebuiltalongtheoutsideofthewall’stop,with3,000crenelationswithopeningsforshooting.Theserepresentt
4、he72disciplesandmorethan3,000studentsofConfucius.Eachcornerformerlyhadagrandtower,butonlytheGreatScholarTowerinthesoutheastremains,alongwithoneroll-callplatform.Atempleusedtooccupythelargeplatformontheeasternwall.CitywallinsideCitywallDraftBanksOfShanxiMer
5、chantsRishengchangCourtyardDuringtheMingandQingDynasties,merchantsorganizedcommercialgroupsthatengagedinbusinessnationwide,withShanxiProvincehavingsomeofthemostimportantonesandPingyaoasthecenter.TheXiyuchengdyestoreonXiDaJiedealtinremittanceandin1824became
6、thefirstdraftbankinChina,dealinginbankdraftsratherthaninsilverorgoldmoney.KnownasRishengchang(SunriseProsperity),itwasthecornerstoneofmodernChinesebanking.DraftBanksOfShanxiMerchantsCourtyardClerksatworkDuringthehundredyearsthatdraftbankinglastedinChina,Pi
7、ngyaobecamethehubasotherlocalmerchantsopenedsimilarbanks.BranchbanksweresoonsetupinmajorcitiesinChinaandinAsia,leadingtogreatprosperityinPingyao,withitssubsequenteconomic,culturalandsocietaldevelopment.Courtyardsbecamemoreornate,streets,shopsandstoreswered
8、eveloped,enlargedorimproved,anditsproducts,suchaslacquerwareandclaysculptures,becamewellknown.Rishengchang(SunriseProsperity)ThefirstdraftbankofChina,Rishengchang,issituatedinthebusiestsectionofXiDaJie,whichu
