Look at the yellow calendar in the vault.

In the long history of China, there are many world-famous historical sites, such as the Palace Museum, the Great Wall of Wan Li, the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of the First Qin Dynasty, and some large and small ancient towns in chengde mountain resort and China. They are not only the witnesses of China's Millennium history and culture, but also the intuitive embodiment of China's history and culture, and they are popular tourist attractions at home and abroad.

For tourists who like the history and culture of China, every ancient city and historic site in China has become their yearning place, and I happen to be one of them. When I visited all the ancient cities in China, I found Pingyao, a vast and rugged place, was my favorite.

All the friends who have known our history know that Pingyao ancient city is the birthplace of Shanxi merchant culture, and a prosperous city was born here. Pingyao ancient city has a history of more than 2,800 years, and it is the most well-preserved city in China during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are more than 10,000 houses and many deep houses in the ancient city. It took two days before and after visiting it.

The loess high walls and the red lanterns set each other off. There are no straw houses and adobe houses in the ancient city, but tile houses or bungalows with wooden doors, wooden windows and blue bricks and gray tiles. All the 84 streets and lanes in the ancient city are paved with square blue bricks, which is enough to show the prosperity and prosperity of Pingyao ancient city.

What makes me feel the prosperity of the ancient city most directly is not only the livelihood project completed hundreds of years ago, but the gold and silver jewelry hidden in the underground vault of the bank, which is unimaginable and amazing!

Among the underground vaults of banks in the ancient city, the most striking one is Xie Tongqing's underground vault, which really piles up gold and silver into mountains, and its estimated value is as high as 30 billion yuan. How rich is the underground vault in this ancient Pingyao city? For example, the GDP of Jinzhong City, where Pingyao ancient city is located, was 71700 million yuan in the first half of 202/kloc-0.

Maybe it's "greed", and I have a strong interest in Xie Tongqing's Qianzhuang, which has been exposed, and I can't wait to have a look.

Xietongqing Bank is one of the top ten banks in Pingyao Ancient City. It is located on the south street of Pingyao ancient city. During the 58-year opening period, it has set up as many as 33 branches of Xie Tongqing Bank all over the country, which has always been called "a unique bank in China Bank Industry".

Walking into Xietongqing Bankhouse, you can see the grandeur and luxury of Qijin Courtyard, and you can intuitively feel its extraordinary temperament and strength from its architectural style.

Of course, what attracts me most is the underground vault of Xietongqing Bank, which is relatively remote and needs to bypass an inconspicuous wall to see its entrance. After entering the entrance of the underground vault, you need to go through several circuitous and narrow steps to enter, which shows that the bank's security awareness was very strict at that time.

When I officially entered the underground vault, I found that the area here is very large, and the room where gold and silver are stored is full of real gold and silver, a veritable Jinshan Yinshan, which is very spectacular! In the center of the main hall stands a dragon column, which is known as the "needle of anchoring the sea". According to the tour guide, the place where this dragon column is located is the center of the whole Pingyao ancient city, which may have some special significance.

Here is a cold knowledge for everyone. Do you know the origin of the word "cash withdrawal" now? When customers in the store need to exchange silver coins, they use bamboo baskets to hang silver coins into the store through the shaft with ropes. This process is called "cash withdrawal" and is still in use today.

Whether it was shocked by the wealth of Pingyao ancient city, we should know that Xietongqing Bank was only one of the top ten banks in Pingyao at that time. Besides family vendors, there were nine banks with it. I am really eye-opening here, and I deeply admire Shanxi merchants and their culture.