Shanxi Pingyao was founded in the period of West Zhou Xuanwang, with a history of 2800 years. 1986 is listed as a national historical and cultural city, and 1997 is listed on the world heritage list together with the neighboring national 5A-level tourist attractions Shuanglin Temple and Zhenguo Temple. UNESCO commented on Pingyao Ancient City: "Pingyao Ancient City is an outstanding model of Han cities in China in Ming and Qing Dynasties. The ancient city of Pingyao preserved all its features and showed people a complete picture of the extraordinary cultural, social, economic and religious development in the historical development of China. "

Pingyao used to be called "ancient pottery". In the early Ming Dynasty, the city wall was built to prevent foreign countries from disturbing the south. In the third year of Hongwu (AD 1370), the old city wall was rebuilt and expanded, and all of it was made of bricks. Since then, Jingtai, Zhengde, Jiajing, Qin Long and Wanli have been renovated for ten times, the towers have been updated and enemy towers have been added. In the 43rd year of Kangxi (AD 1703), because the emperor visited Pingyao on his way to the west, he built four towers, which made the city more spectacular.

The ancient city of Pingyao looks like a turtle, and its walls are magnificent. The residential buildings in Pingyao City have strict layout, clear axis, clear priorities, undulating contours and deep courtyards. The colored sculptures in Shuanglin Temple are the pinnacle of China colored sculpture art; The Millennium Treasure Zhenguo Temple is an outstanding example of "China Ancient Architectural Art".

Pingyao ancient city is also an important birthplace of Shanxi merchants, where the Rishengchang draft bank "Huitong Tianxia" was born. She introduced the concept of "bank" for the first time in the history of China, and witnessed the beginning of China's financial development history, becoming the originator of China's financial industry.