The Ancient City Pingyao has always been reputed as a"treasure-house of ancient architecture of China,"and it is extremely rare to find a site in China with as many first.class cultural relics.As a historical museum of architectural art of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Pingyao brings" to life the historicat context of the 17th to 19th centuries,hence of great historical,artistic and scientific value to study the transformation of ancient cities in China.and the development of Urban architcture,residential paRern and traditional culture.