[Explanation] After a lapse of 60 days, the thousand-year-old city Pingyao opened its doors to welcome guests on March 25, and officially pressed the "restart button".

Duan Guiyuan, who drove more than 100 kilometers from Changzhi, and three old friends became the first guests to open the door of the ancient city of Pingyao. At the entrance of Ying Xun, everyone needs to enter an intelligent epidemic prevention machine. After intelligent temperature measurement and whole body disinfection, they can enter the city.

At the ticket gate of Rishengchang's old site, the first ticket number in China, Duan Guiyuan scanned the QR code of the online booking ticket to enter Rishengchang attractions.

[Same Period] Tourist Duan Guiyuan

Feeling good. Especially the ancient city of Pingyao is quite famous, is n’t it? It ’s good. Yes, it ’s not many people today. Today ’s first wave, we can see enough. See well, yeah. .

[Explanation] Except for the opening of attractions in the ancient city, other shops and inns are not open. With thousands of shops in the ancient city, fewer than 20 are open today. According to reports, most stores are entering the approval process in accordance with procedures, waiting to open the door.

During this period, many store operators washed their doors and washed away the accumulated dust for 60 days. To reduce contact infections, Pingyao implemented online ticket purchases. Tourists who come to Pingyao from overseas, medium and high risk areas, need to be quarantined at the designated place for 14 days before entering the scenic area.

[Concurrent] Gao Mingming, Vice Chairman of Pingyao Ancient City Scenic Area Management Co., Ltd.

We set up an intelligent epidemic prevention machine. If the temperature is normal and there are no symptoms such as cough, we will start to register, and then scan the code, which is equivalent to contactless paperless ticket sales. If there are tourists who have fever or cough, we will quarantine first and then notify our medical department to come and check.

[Explanation] On January 25, the ancient city scenic spot of Pingyao was announced to be closed, and it became the "hardest hit area" of the epidemic in Shanxi. As of now, Shanxi has reported a total of 133 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and 133 cured and discharged, of which 36 were in Pingyao County.

On March 10, Pingyao adjusted from a risk area in the epidemic to a low-risk area. Three days later, the last patient diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia in Shanxi (Pingyao case) was discharged, and the restart of tourism in Pingyao Ancient City was put on the agenda.

[Same period] Hou Shijun, Director of Pingyao County Cultural Tourism Bureau

Pingyao County is the most serious county in our province. Well, after our all-out struggle, the epidemic has now been contained. And the official opening of the ancient city of Pingyao today also marks that our province's cultural tourism industry has entered a new stage of development after the epidemic.

Reporter Qu Lixia reported from Shanxi Jinzhong

Editor-in-chief: [Luo Pan]