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1Pingyao Ancient City

Pingyao, Shanxi is known as one of the "four best-preserved ancient cities", and it is also one of the only two ancient cities in China that has successfully declared its entire ancient city as a World Cultural Heritage. Pingyao used to be the financial center of China in the late Qing Dynasty and has the most complete ancient county structure in China. Pingyao has basically preserved the prototype of the county town during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and is known as the "turtle" city. The street pattern is in the shape of "earth", and the building layout follows the direction of the Eight Diagrams, reflecting the urban planning concept and shape distribution of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are more than 300 sites and ancient buildings of various types inside and outside the city. There are nearly 4,000 well-preserved houses of Ming and Qing Dynasties. The street shops reflect the original historical appearance and are called living samples for studying ancient Chinese cities.

2Langzhong Ancient City

The ancient city of Langzhong is located on the northeastern edge of the Sichuan Basin and the middle reaches of the Jialing River. The "5A" scenic area of ​​the ancient city of Langzhong has a total area of ​​4.59 square kilometers and the core area of ​​the ancient city is 2 square kilometers. As of 2015, the ancient city has a history of more than 2,300 years, and it is an important military town in the ancient state of Ba Shu. The ancient city of Langzhong has 8 national key cultural relics protection units, including Zhangfei Temple, Yong'an Temple, Wulong Temple, Tengwang Pavilion, Guanyin Temple, Baba Temple, Big Buddha Temple, and North Sichuan Dao Gongyuan; there are Shaojiawan Tombs, Wenbi Pagoda, Stone Room Cliff There are 22 provincial cultural relics protection units including statues, Leishen Cave cliff statues, Niuwang Cave cliff statues, the site of the General Political Department of the Fourth Red Army, and Huaguang Building.

3 Phoenix Ancient City

The ancient city of Phoenix, as a national historical and cultural city and one of the first strong tourism counties in China, was once praised by the famous New Zealand writer Louis Alley as the most beautiful town in China. It is comparable to the ancient city of Lijiang in Yunnan and the ancient city of Pingyao in Shanxi. The reputation of "Phoenix". The ancient city was built in the forty-third year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty (1704). After 300 years of vicissitudes, the ancient appearance still remains. The East Gate Tower and the North Gate Tower are still in existence. The bluestone streets in the city, the wooden stilts on the riverside, and the Chaoyang Palace, Tianwang Temple, Wanshou Palace, Dacheng Hall and other buildings all have the characteristics of the ancient city.

4Dali Ancient City

The ancient city of Dali is bordered by the rippling Erhai Lake in the east and the evergreen Cangshan Mountain to the west, forming an urban pattern of "one water surrounds Cangshan Mountain and Cangshan Mountain embraces the ancient city". From 779, Nanzhao Wang Yimou sought to move his capital to Yangjumei City, which has a history of 1,200 years of construction. The existing ancient city of Dali was restored on the basis of Yangjumei City in the early years of the Ming Dynasty. The city is square in shape, with four gates, a tower on the top, an acropolis underneath, and three streams in the north and south as a natural barrier. It is made of bricks; the city traverses five streets from south to north, and eight streets and alleys from west to east. The entire city has a chessboard layout. The houses in the city are civil houses with tile roofs, and the streets are mostly made of bluestone slabs. The architectural style of the city is uniform, the scale is appropriate, and the city appearance is simple. The streets are surrounded by flowing water, and households grow flowers. In some old houses in the streets, flowers and trees help sparse, "three houses with a well, a household with several potted flowers" scene.

5 Lijiang Old Town

The ancient city of Lijiang was built at the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It has a history of more than 800 years and has a total area of ​​7.279 square kilometers. It includes the ancient city of Dayan (including the Heilongtan Scenic Area), the Baisha residential complex, and the Shuhe residential complex. The ancient city is paved with multicolored stone slabs, covered with blue tiles, the city is crowded, residents of all industries, living in the city, every family flowing water, households hanging poplars, small bridges facing waves, flowers and trees shaded, one street and one scene, one brick and one stone, everything is picture. It is a typical oriental garden of "little bridges and flowing water people", and it is also a cultural city with a rich history like "Shangming River Picture".

6Ancient City of Huizhou

The ancient city of Huizhou has always been the seat of the county, prefecture, and government of Huizhou. It was built in the Qin Dynasty. Since the Tang Dynasty, the county government and the government have been in the same city, forming the unique style of a city. The ancient city of Huizhou is the birthplace of "Hui Xue", one of the three major local schools of thought in China. It is known as "Zou Lu in the Southeast, and the State of Etiquette". It is one of the four great ancient cities in China well-preserved. I have never dreamed of Huizhou. The ancient city of Huizhou is an ancient city with a unique "urban city" style. The Xu Guo Shifang in the ancient city is the most essential part of the ancient city. The ancient city of Huizhou is divided into an inner city and an outer wall, with 4 gates from east to west, north to south. In addition, the urn city, city gates, ancient streets, and ancient alleys are still preserved.

7Jingzhou Ancient City

The ancient city wall of Jingzhou is one of the four most well-preserved ancient city walls in China. The construction history of the ancient city wall can be traced back to the period of King Zhou Li more than 2,800 years ago. It is the only ancient city wall in my country that lasts the longest in the era, spans the most dynasties, and evolved from the development of Tucheng. As one of the birth centers of Chu culture, a large number of precious cultural relics were unearthed around the ancient city of Jingzhou, including the ancient corpse of the Western Han Dynasty, the silk of the Warring States Period, and the Goujian sword of the Yue King. The ancient city of Jingzhou has a long history. Not only Liu Yuxi, Li Bai, Zhang Jiuling and others wrote poems to praise, but also the special products of Jingjiang duck, Tibetan phoenix in snow, and fish cake are unforgettable.

8 Suzhou Ancient City

The ancient city of Suzhou has more than 5,000 years of Chinese farming and cultural soil, 3,000 years of Wu culture foundation, and 2,500 years of spring and autumn capital. The 1,500 years of Buddhism and Taoism culture, the 1,000-year-old city pattern of the Tang Dynasty, the streets of the Song Dynasty 800 years ago, and the flourishing civilization of the Ming and Qing dynasties over 500 years have left this city with 13 national key cultural relics. Protection units, 57 Jiangsu cultural relics protection units, 178 Suzhou cultural relics protection units, 250 controlled and protected building communities, five historical blocks of Changmen, Shantang, Pingjiang, Zhuozhengyuan and Yiyuan, Guanqian and Shiquan Street and Fengqiao three historical areas, more than 30 historical areas of old streets and lanes, 70 ancient bridges, 22 ancient revetments, 639 ancient wells, and 22 ancient archways.

9Shangqiu Ancient City

The ancient city of Shangqiu, also known as Guide City, is one of the top ten well-preserved ancient cities in China. The ancient city is composed of three parts: brick city, city lake and city corridor. The three parts make the outer circle and inner side of the ancient city look like ancient coins. The architecture is very unique and unique. It symbolizes that Shangqiu is the birthplace of commodities, commerce and business culture. The meaning is very special. The existing ancient city of Shangqiu was the official city of Guide in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It was built in the sixth year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty (ie 1511 AD). The whole ancient city is composed of three parts: brick city, city lake, and city outline. The outer circle and the inner square of the city present an ancient coin shape. The 93 streets criss-cross like a chessboard. The architecture is very unique, and it is the wisdom of the ancestors of the past. The results of creation.

10 Luoyi Ancient City

There is an ancient city of Luoyi in the old city of Luoyang. The entire ancient city project starts from Xinjie in the east, ends at Jinye Road in the west, starts from Zhongzhou East Road in the north, and reaches the moat in the south. It covers an area of ​​nearly 1,360 acres and costs RMB 12.7 billion. Covering many historical and cultural protected buildings such as the Confucian Temple, the ancient city wall ruins, etc., it is a comprehensive humanistic scenic spot integrating play, sightseeing, visit to ancient times, leisure and entertainment. The buildings in the ancient city adopt the architectural style of blue bricks and gray tiles, carved beams and columns in the Central Plains during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The ancient city is linked by the moat water system and surrounded by many historical sites. It organically combines traditional elements with modern technological innovation, and combines ancient architecture with The integration of antique buildings gives the ancient city both a profound traditional cultural heritage and a modern atmosphere. The entire scenic area is divided into various functional areas and the thousand-year charm of the ancient city of Luoyi is displayed.