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——化工101王惠茹Shanxihasindeedgoodsceneryaseverybodysaysso!Welcometomyhometown!Howmuchdoyouknowtheshanxiprovince?Coalmine煤礦Shanximaturevinegar山西老陳醋BriefcontentsGeographicalpositionScenicspotsandhistoricalsitesHistoricCelebritiesCulturalcustomsSpecialdietShanxiProvince,issituatedinnorthernChina,andadjacenttoHebei(河北),Henan（河南）,Itisso-calledforitslocationonthewestsideofTaihangMountains（太行山）.Coveringanareaofover150,000squarekilometers,Shanxihasapopulationof32.97million,Taiyuan（太原）isthecapitalcity.GeographicalpositionScenicspotsandhistoricalsitesthefirststopishengmoutain

HengMountaininShanxiProvinceisoneoftheFiveSacredMountains（五岳名山）ofTaoism（道教）.At2,017m,itisoneofthefivetallestpeaksinChinaProper.HengShaninShanxiProvinceissometimesknownastheNorthernHengShan（北岳恒山）,andtheoneinHunanProvinceasSouthernHengShan(南岳衡山).BothmountainshavethesamepronunciationinChinese,andtheSouthernHengShanisalsooneoftheFiveSacredMountains.

HangingTemple（懸空寺）

TheHangingTempleisatemplebuiltintoacliff(懸崖)(75mor246ftabovetheground)nearMountHenginHunyuanCounty,Shanxiprovince,China.TheclosestcityisDatong,64.23kilometerstothenorthwest.AlongwiththeYungangGrottoes,theHangingTempleisoneofthemaintouristattractionsandhistoricalsitesintheDatongarea.Builtmorethan1,500yearsago,thistempleis

notonlyforitslocationonasheer（陡峭的）

precipice(懸崖)butalsobecauseitincludesBuddhist,Taoist,andConfucianelements.Thestructureiskeptinplacewithoak

（橡木）crossbeams（橫梁）fittedintoholesandchiseled(鑿刻)intothecliffs.Themainsupportivestructurewashiddeninsidethebedrock（巖床）.thesecondspotisWutaiMountain

MountWutai,alsoknownasWutaiMountainorQingliangShan,islocatedinShanxi,China.ThemountainishometomanyofChina'smostimportantmonasteries(修道院)andtemples.MountWutaiishometo53sacredmonasteries,andtheywereinscribedasaUNESCO（聯(lián)合國教科文組織）WorldHeritageSitein2009.Ittakesitsnamefromitsunusualtopography,consistingoffiveroundedpeaks(North,South,East,West,Central),ofwhichtheNorthpeak,calledBeitaiDingorYedouFeng,isthehighest,andindeedthehighestpointinnorthernChinapilgrim朝圣者Buddha'srelics

舍利子YungangGrottoes(云岡石窟)thethirdstopisyunganggrottoes

TheYungangGrottoesareancientChineseBuddhisttemplegrottoesnearthecityofDatongintheprovinceofShanxi.Theyareexcellentexamplesofrock-cutarchitectureandoneofthethreemostfamousancientBuddhistsculptural

（雕刻的）sitesofChina.TheothersareLongmenandMogao.TheQiaoCompoundislocated30kilometersnorthwestofthehistoricPingyaocity,China.ItisfamousforbeingthechieflocationinthefilmRaisetheRedLantern.Begunduringthereign(統(tǒng)治)oftheQingDynasty'sEmperorQianlong(in1756)andfinishedinthe18thcentury,itisacourtyardestatecovering9000squaremetersandhaving313roomswith4000squaremeterswithin6largecourtyardsand19smallercourtyards.ItsoriginalChinesenamewasZaiZhongTang(在中堂).TheQiaoCompound(喬家大院)

ArchitectsconsiderittobeoneofthefinestremainingexamplesofimposingprivateresidencesinnorthernChina.Ithasbeenconvertedintoamuseumandhasmanyperiodfurnishings.Itistheresidentialcompoundofwell-knownfinancierQiaoZhiyong(喬致庸1818—1907),whoisthemostfamousmemberoftheQiaofamily.A2006MainlandChineseTVserial,Qiao'sGrandCourtyard,wasalsoshothere.theacientcityofpingyaoHistoricCelebrities

WuZetianpersonalnameWuZhao(武曌),oftenreferredtoasTianHou(天后)duringtheTangDynastyandEmpressConsortWu(武后)inlatertimes,wastheonlywomaninthehistoryofChinatoassumethetitleofEmpressRegnant(Huangdi).

DiaoChan,oneofthefourbeautiesinancientChina,wasborninxinzhoucity,shanxiprovince.Sheisalthoughnoton

theancientrecords,butmanyaredescribedinliterature,asanimportantfigureintheHanoneofthethreedisputes.LuoGuanzhonghadmadeafurtherdescriptionand

characterizationonDiaoChan,andproducedalotofinfluence.Culturalcustomsshangdangbangzi上黨梆子LanternFestival燈節(jié)SpecialdietthefirststopisfloursculptureInNorthChina'sShanxiprovince,flourisamainmaterialforthefood,andtherearemorethanahundredtypesoffoodmadefromflourinthearea.Whilemakingfood,peoplehundredsofyearsagotriedtomakeitbeautiful,aswellasdelicious.Theymadethesteamedbreadorotherkindsofcakeintodifferentshapes.Andthesecakesandbreadsaretheso-called"floursculpture（面塑）"today.Shanxipasta(面食)

hasalonghistory,fromtheavailabletestdate,therearetwothousandyearsofhistory.Shanxihaswideran