Pingyao，China

中國(guó)，平遙

平遙古城位于山西省中部平遙縣內(nèi)，始建于西周宣王時(shí)期（公元前827年～公元前782年）。平遙古城是中國(guó)漢民族城市在明清時(shí)期的杰出范例，在中國(guó)歷史的發(fā)展中，為人們展示了一幅非同尋常的漢族文化、社會(huì)、經(jīng)濟(jì)及宗教發(fā)展的完整畫(huà)卷。

    山西平遙被稱(chēng)為“保存最為完好的四大古城”之一，也是中國(guó)僅有的以整座古城申報(bào)世界文化遺產(chǎn)獲得成功的兩座古城市之一。

    2009年，平遙古城被世界紀(jì)錄協(xié)會(huì)評(píng)為中國(guó)現(xiàn)存最完整的古代縣城。2015年7月13日，平遙古城成為國(guó)家5A級(jí)旅游景點(diǎn)。

    Pingyao is located in Pingyao County, Shanxi Province. It was built in the Western Zhou Dynasty XuanWang Period (827 BC - 782 BC). Pingyao is an outstanding example of the Chinese cities in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the development of Chinese history, Pingyao shows an unusually complete picture of the Han cultural, social, economic and religious development.

     Pingyao is caled as one of “the four best preserved ancient city” and the “World Cultural Heritage”.

     In 2009, Pingyao was honoured as the most complete ancient county among extant Chinese counties, and became the “National 5A Tourist Attractions”on July 13, 2015.