文档介绍：The Ancient City of Pingyao
Pingyao Ancient City is located in central Shanxi,It is a city with 2700 years of history to test. In the most ancient of existing temple monuments, the few large and medium for four years (1011) "aunt of the monument". Ages ago, illegible, line 20 "repaired the temple YuWuPing two years" passable recognizable. "WuPing two years" (571) is the quanbeiqiwen period nianhao, is both rebuild, its create s early in the will. Even from the quanbeiqiwen, count all has already in the temple after one thousand four hundred more spring and autumn.
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During the hundred years that draft banking lasted in China, Pingyao became the hub as other local merchants opened similar banks. Branch banks were soon set up in major cities in China and in Asia, leading to great prosperity in Pingyao, with its subsequent economic, cultural and societal development. Courtyards became more ornate, streets, shops and stores were developed, enlarged or improved, and its products, such as lacquer ware and clay sculptures, became well known.
Draft Banks Of Shanxi Merchants
Rishengchang (Sunrise Prosperity)
The first draft bank of China, Rishengchang, is situated in the busiest section of Xi Da Jie, which used to be the First Street in the Qing Dynasty. The original site of Rishengchang occupied 2,324 square meters. The land used is arranged in a compact layout of buildings with definite functions. Although it was only a small compound, it was a forerunner of modern banking and once manipulated the economic lifelines of the whole Qing Dynasty in the 19th century
Collection of historical items
Seat of the County Government
The seat of the county government faces south and is over 200 meters long and over 100 meters wide with an area of over 20,000 square meters. Although Pingyao has been the seat of the county government since the Qin Dynasty, the complex was built in 1346 (Yuan Dynasty). Except for one remaining Yuan Dynasty building, the existing