平遥古城 Pingyao Ancient City

此外，城池内还建有一些大小庙宇，老式铺面亦是鳞次栉比。
In addition, there are temples, big and small, and rows upon rows of old-fashioned shops.

这座三层木结构的建筑叫古市楼，是古城内最高的建筑，也是古城的中心。
This three-storied wooden-structured building is called Ancient City Building. It is the tallest building in the ancient city and also the center of the ancient city.

因其楼下有一口“金井”也叫“金井楼”。
Because there is a “Gold Well” downstairs, it is also called “Gold Well Building”.

你也许想象不到，平遥在300-600多年前曾经是中国北方的一座商业重镇。
You may hardly realize that Pingyao was a commercial center in the northern China 300 to 600 years ago.

这里有着中国第一家真正意义上的银行，日升昌票号。
The first bank in China —RiShengchang Draft Bank was built here.

如今，这座四合院式的建筑被辟为“中国票号博物馆”共设有二十余个展厅。
Nowadays, this quadrangle-shaped structure is a “Museum of China’s Bank Draft” with over 20 exhibition rooms.