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平遥古城演讲稿
平遥古城
goodmorning，ladiesandgentleman，welcometoshanxi.mynameisxxx.i’mhonoredtobeyouguide.
nowwehavearrivedatpingyaoancientcity，oneofchina’smostfamoushistoriccities.pingyaohasalonghistory.itiswrittenthatpingyaoancientcitywasbuiltinthezhoudynasty.nowthestructureweseewasexpandedinthemingdynasty.
todaywearegoingtovisitwengcityatfirst.itwasbuiltforprotectingthecitygate.thewengcitylookslikeabigurnmostlyandissemi-circular.sothenamealsocontainedthemeaningthat，iftheenemyattackedthewengcity，wewouldpractice“tocatchtheturtleinanurn”.
whenweclimbupthecitywall，wewillenjoythegatetower，atallandgrandbuilding.thefounctionofthegatetowerwasmainlyforthecommandertoascendtheheighttowatchtheenemyandcommandthebattle.todaythegatetowerhasbecomethebestscenicspotforthetouriststooverlookthesceneryoftheancientcity.fromhere，wecanseemanyconstructures.let’shaveakeylookatthearrangementofthestreetsinthecity.
thestreetsoftheancientcityarebasicallykeptinthestyleofmingandqingdynastiesandtheiroveralllayoutisdesignedinlimitatingthestyleofsupernaturalturtle.thewholecitytakestheeast，west，southandnorthlargestreetsasmainlinesandhas8smallstreetsand72centipede-likelanesintersectingtheminacrisscrosspattern，toconstitutethesetupsimilartotheeightdiagramspatternonthetortoise-shell，whichdifferentiatestheprimaryfromthesecondaryandappearsinperfectorder.
nowwehavearrivedattheformersiteofrishengchang，thechineseexchangeshopmuseum.itwasfoundedintheqingdynasty.atthattime，manymerchantsofshanxiopenedvariouskingsofshopsinbeijing.ateachyearend，theyallwantedtosendsomesilvertotheirhomes，butit’sveryinconvenient.thereforelidaquanformedrishengchangexchangeshop.exchangeshopwasthefirstandearliestbankandrishengchangwasworthyofthechinesebankingfounder.southstreetisacommercialstreetwherethebuildingsofmingandqingdynastiesarepreservedmostly.citybuindinghereisthetallestbuildinginthecity.
ok，that’sallformyexplainationofthepingyaoancientcity，youcanvisititfreelynow.
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