Ladies and gentlemen， this time we are going to visit the famous Pingyao County. Pingyao County is one of the cultural heritages of the world heritage list. Please keep the floor clean during the tour. If you have any questions， you can ask me.
We first came to the first tourist spot： South Street. The composition of Pingyao County is crisscrossed four streets， eight small streets， seventy—two winding streets， and now we come to the South Street of four Avenue. You see， on both sides of the street， old and famous shops are flourishing traditional commercial streets. During the Qing Dynasty， South Street controlled more than fifty percent of the financial institutions in the country.
West Street is known as "the first street of Finance in Qing Dynasty"， and it is a main street directly connected with East Street. And the East Avenue North and South Street intersection， North Street is to the west central street.
Eight small streets and seventy—two lanes are named in the nearby buildings or marked signs； some are named in the temple temple； some are named in a city in the city； and some streets and lanes have been unable to explore the source of the name.
There are many beautiful legends in Pingyao County， such as sleeping aunts and drug wives， and burning Town Gods Temple. Please take a good tour of this beautiful ancient city.
Ladies and gentleman，good morning！welcome to shanxi！its my great honour to stand here to be your tour guide，please allow me introduce myself， my name is z，u can call me Doris too.the man who sitting beside me is our driver Mr li ，he has more than ten year’s experience in driving so all of u are in the safe hand.we will do our best to make your tour pleasant and enjoyable.
Okay，now，the ancient city of pingyao is nearly there.the ancient city of pingyao has a long history.it was built in the Western Zhou Dynasty.In december of 1997，the ancient city of Pingyao was listed into the "World Cultural Heritage List".
There wasnt any accurate record about when this acient city what we see now have been build.during the long history，it has experienced prosperous and also has witnessed many battles.the city walls that we see，which is extended the old city walls in Ming Dynasty .eventhough it have been overhaouled many times in Qing Dynasty，but its style has never changed.
The city saved many ancient buildings.especially the domestic house on the streets，it remained the basic flavor of ming and qing dynasty.when u walking down the street，u will see many antique gate，richly carved ancient decoration.
Now we are walking on the Huiji bridge，this is a stone bridge with nine arches which has been build in Qing dynasty.its history not so long，but it has beautifully shaped，and a flat surf—ace.its easy for walking on there.morover，there is another bridge under this one，it has been found because a heavy downpour.the flood taken away the river sand.the old briage was used as the foundation of the new briage.this is a miracle in briage building history.