In Pingyao, you all feel the depth of the cultural heritage here.

From the Pingyao city wall, the market pattern, the merchant shop, to the courtyard of the house, the Buddhist temple, all show you the profound cultural heritage, the wisdom and talent of the people of Pingyao. From the carving of a handrail to the layout of the city gate, there are stories and connotations. For example, the three words "Rishengchang" in the ticket number of "Rishengchang" are read as prosperity and prosperity every day, and the reverse reading is also rising every day.

The gate of the city is open diagonally, rather than straight down, which is said to be to prevent the wind and sand from driving straight in, and to prevent the enemy from entering the city. "Good intentions" like this can be seen almost everywhere. In Rishengchang ticket number: from the management system, to food, clothing, housing and transportation, from the exchange of the first bill of exchange, the exquisite setting of the secret deposit, to the mercy of the position of the warehouse, and then to the method of mutual supervision and mutual clamping embodied in the employment system, all reflect the shrewdness and wisdom of Pingyao people. No one would have thought that the vault would be hidden in the verses, that the vault would be located in the drawing room.

From the prosperity to the decline of Rishengchang, we can see the development process of China's ticket number; You can also see the history of the rise and fall of a country and a nation.

In Shuanglin Temple, those clay sculptures and painted Bodhisattvas, exquisite craftsmanship, and bold ideas will make you sincerely sigh. How many years have passed, and the eyes are full of energy, and the demeanor is realistic and natural. The sitting Buddha will make you feel more humane and intimate.

In the county and town halls, you can see the horrific torture instruments in the prison: nail horses, nail beds, iron shackles; You can also see the flow chart of the whole process of the imperial examination, and experience how the ancient people jumped the dragon gate step by step, and the high school emperor list. At the same time, you can also see the mastery of the cheating methods of the ancients, those "little books" that are small enough to hide in their hair.

You can see with your own eyes the answer sheet of the champion who was circled by the emperor, and feel the neat and neat pale head, the skill of doing it in one go, and the shrewdness of cautiously avoiding the text prison. You just know how Fan Jin went crazy after middle age, after hearing that he was in the middle school.

If it is said that the scenic spots also occupy the right time, the right place and the people, Pingyao does not have high mountains and famous rivers, it does not occupy the time; Its geographical location is not prominent, and it is even a little closed, and it does not occupy an advantageous area. What it possesses, what it has, is people. It is the wisdom and talent of people and the profound cultural heritage of the Chinese nation.

As a person from the hometown of gardens and bonsai, someone asked me about the similarities and differences between the scenery of Pingyao and the gardens in the south of the Yangtze River. I said, if the Jiangnan Garden is a delicate woman, then the ancient city of Pingyao is a great husband. If the garden in the south of the Yangtze River lies in a clever word, then the ancient city of Pingyao falls on a heavy word.

I still remember that day in the hazy sky, the first sight of the ancient city, those shops that unfolded one after another, and I also remember that the doorway was narrowed, the crowd was squeezed, and the ancient city was awake. However, I still remember that I returned from Zhouzhuang a few years ago and wrote an article "The Sorrow of Zhouzhuang". When I came back from Pingyao, I didn't write sadness, I wrote heavily. Because my heart is heavy.

The heavy also includes the friendship of Pingyao people.