Ancient City of Pingyao - Some more

看完院子，我们来看城
在山西的那些天，几乎每天都在下雨
在南方，雨之于我们是最平常不过的
而在北方，雨却是稀罕之物
所以北方大院中常见的蓄水大缸，又有敛财之意
而只有内半边的人字型屋顶，则让雨水汇往屋内，即取自“肥水不流外人田”之说
这些都说明了北方人对雨的看重

而作为游客的我，更要感谢那些日子里的雨
它即给我们酷暑的旅途带来了丝丝清凉
更洗刷了山西这个煤矿大省，无时无刻漂浮在天空中的细小煤颗粒
让镜头下的景物干干净净，清清爽爽
古城的钟楼，上去的费用不包括在160元（学生半价）的全城通票之内

Let's have a look at the city around

Those days when we were up north, it rains almost every day
But in south, back to my hometown, raining most days in a year just as normal as eating rice at every meal
People in the city there were very happy about it, since it rarly rain in northern part of China
You may see a huge vat in every courtyard, which had used be collectng rain in case of catching fire
However, there's another meaning behind it which is collecting fortune
Talk about the roof, you may see not the usual "人" shape, lead the rain to both inside and outside
but half part of it , like "丿" shape, which only faces to the inside of the courtyard
It also means, people don't want let the rain go outside but only inside
since rain is as presious as fortune to a city which was immersed in business in those old days

As tourists, we also felt thankful to have some rain during our trip
It wiped off all the coal dusts in the air, brought us not only the cool but also the refreshing city view
let us were able to take some clean and beautiful photos

FYI: the city pass is 160RMB, half for student, exclusive the bell tower shows below in the photo

参观古城衙门（包括在通票内

我是从衙门门口对面的普通街道走过去的
石照壁的两边众生人像
一面是干净整齐，络绎不绝的游客和电瓶车
另一面则是正在休整中的道路，堆积的垃圾













“灋”为的“法“字的古体写法。根据东汉许慎所著《说文解字》一书的解释：“灋，刑也，平之如水，从水；廌，所以触不直者去之，从去”。之所以偏旁为“水”，是因为法律如水那样公平；而之所以有“廌”，因为“廌”是传说中古代的一种独角兽，生性正直，古代用它进行“神明裁判”，见到不公平的人，会用角去顶，因此也就有了“去”。

"灋" was the old style of the "法"(Law).
Based on "说文解字(shuowen jiezi)"
the left part "氵" measn water, since water always horizontal, the law should be as justice as water
the right part means a legendary unicorn, which was used to justify.
It would attack the unjustifiable person
The blue creature down the photo's right side is the unicorn













城隍庙



猜猜下面图中两字为何意？



the two charactors means "Dare to go thru?"









古旧的戏台
两旁各有上下两层，中间还有宽阔的留空
在在说明当年的热闹景况



巧夺天工的木雕，转角斗拱，垂花柱
我们的祖先很会摆弄原始的木头，勾心斗角，相互叠压
经过几千年的发展，形成中国古建筑特有的组合形式，出跳越多，出檐也就越深远







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