Jincheng

Jincheng is a prefecture-level city in the southeast of Shanxi province of north China. It is an industrial city in an area where coal mining is an important industry. Located in southeastern Shanxi Province, Jincheng is bordered by Henan Province to the east and south, and neighboring Changzhi City to the north. It is where the Shen Nong Divine Farmer helped Chinese ancestors make the transition from a pastoral-nomad way of life to farming. Jincheng was known as Zezhou in ancient times. The Tang (618-907) Court established Jincheng County. Mountains and hills constitute the major part of the city. Mountainous areas are mainly distributed in the western, eastern and southern territories of the city, while the northern and central land is occupied by undulating hills interweaving with basins.

Manghe Macque National Nature Reserve located in Sanglin Town, Yangcheng County, this nature reserve was established for the protection of macaques and subtropical vegetation. Its ten kilometers long calcified landscape is the only calcified valley in Eastern China. Jade Emperor Temple a Taoist site famous for the twenty-eight tutelary gods of the twenty-eight constellations in Taoism. House of the Huangcheng Chancellor a royal residence of the Prime Minister Chen Tingjing once visited by Emp