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Overview of the ancient city

The ancient city of Xinzhou is known as the "Key to the North of Shanxi"

　　Xinzhou City is located in the north central part of Shanxi Province, and is known as the "Northern Shanxi Lock Key". It borders Datong and Shuozhou in the north, Taiyuan in the south, Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia across the Yellow River in the west, and borders Hebei with Taihang Mountain in the east. Xinzhou City governs 13 counties in Xinfu District, Yuanping City and Dingxiang, Wutai, Daixian, Fanzhi, Ningwu, Jingle, Shenchi, Wuzhai, Kelan, Hequ, Baode, and Pianguan District. There are 191 towns, 4888 administrative villages, with a total area of 25,150 square kilometers, and a total population of 3.1 million in March 2011, including an urban population of about 950,000 and an agricultural population of 2.15 million. The population is dominated by the Han nationality, accounting for more than 99% of the total population.

Ancient city traffic
　　 Xinzhou City has convenient transportation, with the Jingyuan and Beitongpu railway lines running through the entire territory. The highway extends in all directions, and it is located on the Universiade Line, which has an important geographical advantage of connecting from the south to the north and radiating east to west. Xinzhou is also a characteristic leisure city in my country. It forms the Jinzhong Economic Zone of Shanxi Province with Yangquan, Luliang, Jinzhong and the provincial capital Taiyuan.

History of the ancient city
　　 Xinzhou was called "Xiu Rong" in ancient times. It has a long history, ancient culture, unique folk customs and honest folk customs. The tourism resources are rich and colorful, and are widely distributed, complete in varieties and high in taste. There are not only natural tourism resources dominated by famous mountains and rivers, but also ancient and unique humanistic tourism resources. The city has 5 national key cultural relics protection units and 40 provincial key cultural relics protection units. 1710 (pieces) of various cultural relics. There are many natural and cultural landscapes in Xinzhou. There are Wutai Mountain, one of China's four major Buddhist sacred sites, the virgin forest Luya Mountain, and Yanmen Pass, Piantou Pass, and Ningwu Pass, which are important military sites for military strategists in the past. During the Anti-Japanese War, the famous "Pingxingguan Victory", "Xinkou Battle" and "Yanmenguan Ambush" took place here, which shocked China and foreign countries, and they will last forever. Since ancient times, Xinzhou has flourished in humanity, with many famous people, many historical sites and rich historical heritage. From the ancient Western Han Dynasty Ban Jieyu, Song Dynasty Yang Ye, Jin Dynasty Yuan Haowen, Yuan Dynasty Baipu, Sa Du Ci, Qing Dynasty Xu Jisi; to modern and modern Gao Junyu, Xu Fanting, Xu Xiangqian, Bo Yibo and other older generations of proletariat Revolutionary pioneer; Xinzhou is the central hinterland of the famous Jinchaji Anti-Japanese Base. Nie Rongzhen, He Long, Xiao Ke and others have lived here for many years. The international communist fighter Bethune created a "model ward" here. Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi, Zhu De and other national leaders also left their footprints here.

Geography of the ancient city
　　The ancient city of Xinzhou was built in the Eastern Han Dynasty 20 years after Jian’an, and has a history of 1,800 years. Xinzhou is a famous historical and cultural city on the China-Russia Wanli Tea Road. Because of its prosperity and prosperity, it has won the praise of "Southern Jiangbei Dynasty, Xinzhou is not bad", and because of the prosperous style of writing, it has the reputation of "Collected Works of Nine Originals, Elegant and Beautiful". In the name of "Northern Shanxi Locks and Keys, Sanguan Chief", it is the political and cultural center and the center of commodity distribution in northern Shanxi.
　　 (1) Geographical location
　　 Xinzhou Ancient City is located in Xinfu District, Xinzhou City. Xinfu District is the seat of Xinzhou City Government. It is connected to Dingxiang to the east, Jingle to the west, Yangqu to the south, and Yuanping to the north. It is an important transportation hub in Shanxi Province and is known as the "Key to North Jin". The ancient city is 440 kilometers northeast of the capital, Beijing, 200 kilometers north of Datong, and 75 kilometers south of the provincial capital Taiyuan. It lies within the radiation circle of Taiyuan Metropolitan Area.
　　 (2) Traffic location
　　 The external traffic in the project area mainly depends on Xinzhou City. Xinzhou City spans the three provinces of Shanxi, Hebei, and Mongolia, and has the unique geographical advantage of forming an important regional transportation hub and a distribution center for commerce and logistics. Four expressways (Dayun Expressway, Wubao Expressway, Fanhe Expressway, Tianli Expressway) and two high-speed railways (Daxi Expressway has been opened to traffic and Xinbao Expressway has been established) have passed through Xinzhou, and Wutaishan Airport has been opened to traffic. In the mid- to long-term rapid transportation network planning, Xinzhou will become the intersection of northwestern Shanxi and central China's emerging transportation hub, and the status of a regional transportation hub has formally formed.
　　 (3) Tourist location
　　 Xinzhou City, as the only place to travel to Shanxi, has obvious advantages in the tourist location of the ancient city. The ancient city is 120 kilometers away from Wutai Mountain, a Buddhist holy site in the east, 120 kilometers away from the ecological scenic spot Luya Mountain in the west, 101 kilometers away from Yanmen Pass in the north, and 160 kilometers away from Yingxian Wooden Pagoda. The surrounding core tourism resources include: Hesuo, Qicun, and Duncun three hot spring leisure resorts, national 4A-level tourist area Yunzhonghe Scenic Area, Tuoluo Mountain Provincial Tourism Resort, Diaochan's hometown, Yuanhaowen's hometown, Yu Wangdong National Forest Park.