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Tickets for the Ancient City of Pingyao Inscription Increase 70 Times in 13 years

Tickets for the Ancient City of Pingyao Inscription Increase 70 Times in 13 years

 

2700-year-old ancient city of Pingyao is experiencing an unprecedented crisis. Since 1997, the world's cultural heritage, the Pingyao County, announced in 2005 to move out half the population of the ancient city. However, 13 years later, the ancient city of population of only 1.5 million people moved out, the city still has 35,000 residents, beyond a reasonable load 2 million populations nearly doubled in recent years, there is a trend rally.

"Population overload brought to the ancient city of too much pressure on heritage conservation, and we feel every day, sitting on a volcano." Discipline secretary of Pingyao County Cultural Relics Bureau said the heavy negative tone of the baby. The Administrative Committee also pointed out that the ancient city of Pingyao, the ancient city water supply, power lines followed by 60 years since the last century, these "old" city infrastructure already can not keep up the pace of tourism development, has long been overwhelmed. If city residents do not timely relocation of the ancient city of sustainable development will be difficult to sustain.

However, the residents of the relocation problems are intertwined. Pingyao Town construction, relocation and renovation costs of the ancient city needs more than 20 million, and revenue last year, Pingyao County only 730 million yuan, the power of one county alone the short term is impossible to allow so many people to move out. The city of mostly low-income groups, they could not afford a house outside the city. Relocation of the residents seemed deadlocked.

To ease the financial strain of protection issues, from next March, the ancient city of Pingyao fare rose to 125 from 100. Ticket prices make revenue outside the city housing residents one after another in it? All is still unknown.

Pingyao Ancient City is undoubtedly a classic sample.

About Pingyao Ancient City

Ancient city of Pingyao in Shanxi Province, Pingyao County, Jinzhong City, with 2,700 years of history is a cultural city, and the same for the second batch of national historical and cultural city of the Sichuan Langzhong, Lijiang, Yunnan, Anhui Shexian known as the "best preserved of the four ancient city ", is currently the only declared world cultural heritage to the whole success of the ancient city of the ancient town. December 1997 as the world's cultural heritage.

City life

A family of three crowded kang

Zhang Yumin, 47, his morning bike broke early in the morning to Dengzhe three rounds to go out. Zheliang tricycle is too broken, uneven bumps in the ancient city of stone on the road, the whole body is affected.

Stop living in the ancient city of Pingyao Zhang Ma Dao, 14, Zhang said, their own old house is the world's cultural heritage. "Have as heritage, and is not valuable? People outside told me to say." Zhang sat cross-legged on the bed, with a wry smile.

However, Ren Shuping Zhang and his wife are not living because it is the city "has a family room" to improve much. Reporter looked around, the old couple living in this house about 15 meters, a Taikang to account for about 7 square meters. White picket fence next to the stove on, wardrobes, cabinets and other debris arranged in turn, grew. Be a second hand TV's most valuable belongings old Chang had. Kang did not quilt, pillow. Zhang said, cooking, cooking in the room, it is easy to quilt dirty smoke, so regard the quilt on the closet during the day and at night a chance to.

The ancient city has no heating, the winter is tough. Most residents use the firewood and coal, and even gas is not much. Long pass in the natural gas outside the ancient city.

Chatting about life inside the city, Zhang embarrassed. "I have two children, son 20 years old, went to university in Tianjin, the second daughter is 17 years old, read Vocational School in Pingyao. Son to college before the three of us crowded into a brick bed to sleep. Daughter long-lived with her grandmother. "Ren Shuping said:" A big girl teenage love clean, love beautiful, year-round with her grandmother live in a house, over the years are like this, no way. "

Low-income people, mostly city

Zhang is now no fixed job, usually the main dry point handyman, someone else with coal, pulls visitors earn a little money. "Income of 1,500 yuan a month at most, also, to maintain a family on the bad food and clothing." Zhang said. The two children go to school, son to eighty-nine hundred dollars a month for living expenses, her daughter have 2,500 yuan a semester. Ren Shuping wife has high blood pressure.

Zhang said the city got any inscription he did not take advantage. He said that in the ancient city to open tourist car batteries, car batteries to buy their own, a car needs 3 million small stores have to offer 3 million under the ~ 5 million start-up capital, not their own capital.

The city wall of ancient city wall, outside the city divided into two worlds. Zhang's old house from the old one mile away is the bustling town of Pingyao. Outside world so wonderful, why not move out there? Zhang said the county's housing prices are now at least in 2000 to 3,000 yuan / square meter. Move outside the city, at most, worked on the mouth addiction.

Starting from the World Heritage List in 1997, Pingyao County, the county government as well as hospitals, schools, etc. will gradually move out. Now living in the city, life really inconvenient. Only Simon opens all year round the ancient city, the other three doors are normally closed. If the family has children to school, or normal needs of the hospital sick, and that in trouble - have to run a few miles outside the city. "One time my wife's illness made, I literally stepped on three, five or six miles to get the woman to the hospital."

Too many people live in the city, tricycles, bicycles, car batteries, cars what cars have now to work on time, all types of vehicles are often blocked together, and the city plugs into gruel.

Today, there are still 3.5 million people in the city. Pingyao County Tourism Bureau Deputy Director Hour Shaun admitted, currently residing in the city where the residents are low-income groups, the rich have already moved out of town living.

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