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　　Hello, everyone

　　The towering brick wall in front is Pingyao City, one of the four existingcomplete ancient cities in China. It has a history of more than 2700 years. Sofar, it still retains the basic features of the county town in the Ming and QingDynasties, which can be called the most complete ancient city in the Hannationality region of China.

　　The biggest feature of Pingyao ancient city is the ancient city wall. Now,please follow me up the city wall and watch the construction of the ancient citywall.

　　We can see that there are short walls on both sides of the city wall, whichare called "parapets". Why are they called "parapets"? There is a popular storyamong the people: there was no parapet in the city in the early days. Once, anold man was pulled to work, and his little granddaughter, who was dependent onhim, came to the city every day and sat beside him to watch. One day, a verytired migrant worker walked to the edge of the city wall in a daze. The littlegirl was afraid that he would fall and pushed him in. Unexpectedly, the migrantworker was saved, but the little girl fell to death. In memory of her, craftsmenbuilt a parapet in the city and called it a parapet. It's a touching story, butit does illustrate the protective function of the parapet. We have noticed thatevery other section of the city wall has a projecting part, which is called thepier. What's the pier for? It's for the defense of the city wall. With piers andabutments, a powerful three-dimensional shooting net can be formed from threesides, and the city defense force is greatly strengthened. On each pier there isalso an enemy tower with holes for observation and shooting. There are 3000crenels and 72 enemy towers in the ancient city of Pingyao, which is a symbol ofConfucius' three thousand disciples and seventy-two sages.

　　OK, tourists, it's free time. You can take photos. When taking photos, youshould pay attention to your body. Don't go outside the wall. Pay attention tosafety. Don't engrave on the wall. Thank you for your cooperation.