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平遙古城在明清時代不過是一座普通得不能再普通的縣城。蜿蜒的古道上奔波著忙碌的商賈和行人，城外河水潺潺，芳草萋萋。 平遙古稱平陶，後魏為避太武帝諱，改稱平遙。平遙是一座4000多年的古城。傳說公元前2100年前，帝堯初封於此。在18至19世紀的100多年間，曾是財富中心，票號林立，商賈雲集，有〝小北京〞之稱。今天雖然世事變遷，往事如煙，繁華舊事成一夢，但古老的城牆、街巷、廟宇、道觀卻依然保存暮原來的風貌。 平遙古城自明洪武三年（公元1370年）重建以后，基本保持了原有格局，有文獻及實物可以查証。平遙城內的重點民居，系建于公元1840∼1911年之間。民居建筑布局嚴謹，軸線明确，左右對稱、主次分明、輪廓起伏，外觀封閉，大院深深。精巧的木雕、磚雕和石雕配以濃重鄉土气息的剪紙窗花、微妙維肖，栩栩如生，是迄今漢民族地區保存最完整的古代居民群落。 平遙古城內的街道、商店和民居都保持著傳統的佈局與風貌。街道呈十字形，商店舖面沿街而建。鋪面結實高大，檐下繪有彩畫，房樑上刻有彩雕，古色古香。鋪面後的居民宅全是青磚灰瓦的四合院，軸線明確，左右對稱。整座古城呈現出一派古樸的風貌。 根據史書記載，平遙古城歷年受侵的事實；
位於城牆四角的角樓、飛挑的檐角，不僅增加了城牆的靈動的美感，而且角樓匾額上的題字，也極富詩意。西北角樓曰〝霞疊〞，如見滿天彩霞；東北角樓曰〝棲月〞，如見月光溶溶；西南角樓曰〝瑞靄〞，如見霧靄氤氳；東南角樓曰〝凝秀〞，如見旭日初升。
除此之外，平遙古城最為人稱道者，要數城牆上的三千垛口，七十二座堞樓。相傳孔子有弟子三千，身通六者七十二，平遙城牆的垛口與堞樓的數目正好表達對孔子和他的弟子的尊敬，也暗示人們對戰爭的深惡痛絕。從某種意義說，有了城牆的保護，人們對美好的生活有所依托。在城牆的保護下，明清期間這些小小的縣城，幾乎成為全國的金融業中心。全國53家票號，平遙就佔22家。一時間，平遙車水馬龍，一派繁華景象，甚至有小北京之稱。 平遙古城的著名景觀、習俗或事跡 雙林寺 建築年代不詳，但根據寺內現存北宋大中祥符四年（公元1011年）〝姑姑之碑〞記載，中都寺重修於北齊武平三年（公元571年）。如此推算，這座在中國佛教史上舉足輕重的古寺距今應至少有1400多年的歷史了。 雙林寺原名中都寺，因為這裡是中都故城的所在地。在平遙縣城西南的橋頭村北側，距平遙城約6公里。雙林，係釋迦牟尼“雙林入滅”之說。該寺修建於北齊武平二年(西元571年)。寺內10余座大殿內保存有元代至明代（西元13∼17世紀）的彩塑造像2000余尊，大的可達3、4米高，小的只有幾十釐米，每尊塑像都是形神俱備，藝術價值極高，尤為難得的是這樣數目龐大的彩塑，竟能完好保存至今。被人們譽為“彩塑藝術的寶庫”。 雙林寺外觀來看是一座城堡式建築，寺四週築有夯土墻壁，寺在當中。全寺佈局完整，共有十座殿堂，三進院落，西為廟院，東為經房、禪院、僧舍，中軸線上依次有天王殿、釋迦殿、大雄寶殿和佛母殿。釋迦殿造型簡潔，寺內四壁以壁畫形式展現了釋迦牟尼成佛的過程。羅漢殿中18尊羅漢像是寺中彩塑的精華，18尊羅漢神態各異，表情豐富，帶給人強烈的美感。
清虛觀 坐落在東大街，始建於唐高宗顯慶二年(西元657年)。1300多年以來悠然地做著道場。據說乾隆十六年(西元1751年)八月廿五日未時，忽然有一道人坐在清虛觀玉皇閣上，年約40歲，唐巾布袍，貌似純陽子。人們擁而觀之，道士悄然而去，並在柱間留下五字；〝一心一人仁。〞字畫奇絕，刮而復現；擦之不去，稱為〝清虛仙跡。〞 據史料記載，清虛觀原名太平觀，宋治平元年(西元1064年) 奉皇帝之名改為清虛觀。元初時分別改為太平興國觀、太平崇聖宮。觀內住持清和真人為一代宗師邱處機的弟子，深得元太祖的信任，令道教在平遙興盛一時。清代復稱清虛觀。
日升昌票號 今日的明清一條街竟被稱為19世紀亞洲的華爾街。這裡曾經是顯赫一時的金融中心。那時的平遙城，商號林立，車水馬龍、財源滾滾。人稱銀窖裡的銀子裝不滿、拉不完，其富庶程度可想而知。 昔日的繁華已煙消雲散。直到今天，平遙人仍以會做買賣見稱。 瑞蚨祥綢緞莊是京都一家有名的店舖。光緒廿六年（1900年），八國聯軍入侵北京，殺人放火，無惡不作。在走投無路的情況下，來到崇門外的十條日升昌北京分號。其時日升昌北京分號的掌櫃梁懷文熱情地接待了他，一次放款四萬兩白銀，幫助瑞蚨祥綢緞莊重振雄風。他們這種雪中送炭的舉動，獲得豐厚的回報。 人們不禁會問，日升昌這種投資不是要冒很大的險嗎？不錯，風險是有的，可是日升昌的決策者並非盲目投資，亦不是意氣用事。他們深知瑞蚨祥綢緞莊的倒閉不是由於經營不善。他們深知經歷了這樣的打擊，會比以前發奮圖強。
日升昌正是因為〝誠信無欺，先義後利〞的商德，使他們擁有良好的信譽，並得以在原號界立足。一紙匯票一到，十萬、百萬兩現銀即時兌付。這家建於道光三年（1823年）的票號曾創造一個多世紀的輝煌成績，是中國金融發展史上一個重要的里程碑。 日升昌在全盛時期僱用多名伙友，分號四十餘處，遍及全國廿多個鄉鎮。 灶王爺
所謂民以食為天，老百姓最關心的是自己的肚子。因此在平遙幾乎每家每戶都供奉著掌管飲食的灶王爺。據說他是玉皇大帝派往人間的一個密探。所謂〝受一家香火，保一家康泰，察一家善惡，奏一家功過。〞一年之中，人們的一舉一動他都看在眼裡、記在心上。每到臘月，他必回到天上稟報一次。玉帝根據他的稟報來對人們進行賞罰。大錯減壽三百天；小錯減壽一百天。為防止他向玉帝打小報告，每年臘月廿三日(即他上又稟報的日子），異一些糖瓜加以供奉，令灶王爺嘴裡甜甜的，滿心歡喜的匯報。直到大年初一灶王爺回來，人們也不怠慢，會以極隆重的形式歡迎他。由此看見百姓那份世俗的天真和現實，但也不失可愛。 Ping YaoPing Yao is an ancient city with a history longer than 4000years. It is said that The Emperor Yao won his title here about 2100 years ago. During the period of from 18th century to 19th century, about 100 hundred year ago, Ping Yao had been the financial center and there had been so many draft banks (Piaohao) located here and so many other companies had run their business in this city. Then it had been named as “small Beijing”. Now everything has gone with history and all the glorious past is just like a dream. Those famous successful businessmen have already passed away. But the ancient city wall, streets, shops, temples and monasteries（男子的修道院;僧院） have still reminded their original style. It is a complete painting showing the unique development of its culture, society, economy and religion to nationally during the Ming-Qing Dynasties. Everyone who has visited Ping yao can say that the world heritage（遺產; 繼承物; 傳統）. The former name of Ping yao is Pingtao but later the name has been changed into Ping yao because of the taboo （禁忌的事物(或行為);禁忌語）for the name of the Emperor Taiwu. Since Pingtao is located at an important place to resist the aggression from the northern border, it is very necessary to build a city wall for the resistance. It is said the King Zhouxuan dispatched （派遣;發送;快遞）a general to fight against the invaders at the northern border and the troop（軍隊,部隊）was stationed in Ping yao during 827B.C. to 782 B.C They built an earth city wall but it was very low and narrow and it couldn’t resist the invasion in Ping yao who had been suffered a lot from the war built up a magnificent city wall on its basis of the earth wall in 1370 of Ming Dynasty. This magnificent city wall looks as a natural moat（護城河,壕溝）and there the tiger and leopard standing on the mountain. The city wall now we see is mostly built up in Ming Dynasty with a total length of 6200 meters, 6-10 meters high and 3-6 meters wide on its top. There is a tower on each of the sit city gates, a corner towers has a poetic name indicating that the harmony between the people and nature. There is a booth tower every 40-60 meters ways on the city wall. The total number of crenels is 3000 and the number of booth tower is 72 symbolizing the same amount of students and persons of virtue（優點,長處, 美德,德行）of Confucius. This military construction of city wall has a deep connotation showing that the people are looking forward to the benevolent government. Merchants from the Shanxi Province once controlled the financial market of China and those from Ping Yao occupied about half of the total financial market. The first banking company which has been honored as ‘the founder in the countryside for banking system in China’-Rischengchang, was born in this small town of Ping Yao. At that time, there were 51 draft banks in the whole country, among which 43 were in The Shanxi Province.But there were 22 in Ping yao, and the Ming-Qing Street in Ping Yao was called as ‘The Wall Street of Asia in the 19th century’. The richest businessmen in Ping Yao were opening their headquarters in this street and spread their branch offices to every part of the world. Since the prosperity of in Ping yao, there were many houses with beautiful decoration and surrounded by the high wall, and also the residential houses of local people with its special style. Those houses both for the rich people and the ordinary people are linking together and nestling（剛孵出的雛鳥） in the city walls and they also look like sleeping in the safe port of history. If you look the whole scenery within the city from the top of the city wall, you can see that the green brick and gray tile（瓦;瓷磚;牆磚;地磚）of the houses are showing its long history as well as life of the local people. As an outstanding example of Han nationality in China of Ming-Qing Dynasties, the ancient city of Ping Yao deserves the honor undoubtedly. The whole structure of the city completely conform with（符合,相一致） traditional feudal（建的;封建時代的）system: the whole city is square and upright, the streets are crossing each other horizontally and vertically, the major streets and the small streets are distributed in a good order showing what is primary from what is secondary. The city tower situates in the center of the whole city and the street it is located is a straight axis line to the north and south of the city. The buildings in the city are divided into two parts: the Tower God Temple in the left and the local government office of the feudal society in the right, the Temple to Confucius in the left and the Temple to Guanyu in the right, Qingxu Temple of Taoism in the left and Jifu Temple of Buddhism in the right.
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