The Ancient City of Pingyao
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Title
The Ancient City of Pingyao
Subject
Culture,Immovable Culture Heritage,Tourism
Description
Pingyao Ancient City is located in Pingyao County, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province. It was first built in the period of King Xuan of Zhou Dynasty and expanded in the third year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1370). It has a history of more than 2,800 years. It also relatively intactly retains the basic features of the county town during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and is the most complete ancient city existing in the Han ethnic area of China. Moreover, in the development of Chinese history, it shows people an extraordinary complete picture of cultural, social, economic and religious development.
Source
is51102024
Date
2023
Contributor
yz246@st-andrews.ac.uk
Format
video/mp4
Type
Moving Image
Date Submitted
05/04/2024 02:37:04 pm
License
In Copyright (InC)
Spatial Coverage
current,37.1977918965233,112.18139648437501;
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Object
https://www.youtube.com/embed/RwPPlxisYEs
Europeana Provider
https://www.youtube.com/@ChinaWalkingTour
Europeana Rights
China Walking Tour
Europeana Type
VIDEO
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DescriptionEN
Pingyao Ancient City is located in Pingyao County, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province. It was first built in the period of King Xuan of Zhou Dynasty and expanded in the third year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1370). It has a history of more than 2,800 years. It also relatively intactly retains the basic features of the county town during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and is the most complete ancient city existing in the Han ethnic area of China. Moreover, in the development of Chinese history, it shows people an extraordinary complete picture of cultural, social, economic and religious development.
Citation
“The Ancient City of Pingyao,” STAGE, accessed December 13, 2025, https://stage.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/2250.
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