位于山西省中部的平遙古城是一座具有2 800 多年歷史的文化名城。平遙古城歷盡滄桑,但自明清以來的600多年間,平遙古城的面積和布局基本未變,成為迄今為止國內保存最完好的一座明清時期的古代縣城。平遙古城內現今保存了近4000處傳統的四合院民居,其中有400余處保存得相當完好,還有少部分為明代和罕見的元代民居。
Ancient City of Pingyao, which is a famous cultural city in the central part of Shanxi Province, has a history of more than 2 800 years. Pingyao has gone through many vicissitudes, but its area and layout have remained basically unchanged since the Ming and Qing Dynasties for more than 600 years, making it the best preserved ancient county in China. Preserved in the ancient city are near 4 000 traditional quadrangle folk residences, over 400 of which are fairly intact. In addition, there are few houses of the Ming Dynasty and rare prototypes of the Yuan Dynasty.