The Shuangpin Temple is in the southwest of the Pingyao Ancient City. It was built in the second year during the Wuping Era (571) in the Beiqi Dynasty. There are more than ten palaces where over 2000 colored statues are kept. There statues are built from the Yuan Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty (from the 13th century to the 17th century ).
The streets, shops and dwellings in the Pingyao Ancient City stay all the same layout and type as before. The streets form crosses. Shops were built right besides the streets. There shops are high houses with colored painting on the roof. The residential dwellings are all quadrangles with courtyards.
The Pingyao Ancient is very elegant with classic style. The Zhenguo Temple is very famous there. It was built in around the 10th century. That means it has a history of over 1,000 years. This makes the Zhenguo Temple the third oldest structural architecture in China. In the southwest, the Shuanglin Temple is also very popular. It was built in the second year during the Wuping Era (571) in the Beiqi Dynasty. There are more than ten palaces where over 2000 colored statues are kept. It is highly rewarded as the treasury house of colored statues.
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