What famous people and places of interest are there in Shanxi Province?

The Yellow River flows through Shanxi, giving birth to countless heroes and people with lofty ideals. In various historical periods of China, many politicians, strategists, scientists, writers and historians emerged in Shanxi. The most famous ones are Jin Wengong Zhong Er, one of the overlords in the Spring and Autumn Period, the only female emperor in China, Wu Zetian, an outstanding politician in the Tang Dynasty, Guan Yu, a famous figure in the Three Kingdoms Period, De Renjie and Pei Du in the Tang Dynasty, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, famous figures in the Han Dynasty who fought against the Huns, Sima Guang, the author of Zi Jian, the first chronicle of China, and a famous historian in the Song Dynasty, who founded the "Painting Six Bodies". There are Luo Guanzhong, the author of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, one of the four classical novels in ancient China, Wang Bo, Wang Zhihuan, Wang Wei, Wang Changling and Bai Juyi, Liu Zongyuan, a famous writer, philosopher and political reformer in Tang Dynasty, Yuan Haowen, a writer and poet in Jin Dynasty, Guan Hanqing, Bai Pu and Zheng Guangzu, famous dramatists in Yuan Dynasty, and thinkers, writers, doctors and early Qing Dynasty. It can be said that Shanxi is outstanding, generation after generation. Among them, Shanxi merchants have traveled all over China, enjoying a world-renowned reputation.

Shanxi is one of the main representatives of the thick Yellow River culture. Ancient human cultural sites, the ancient capital city, Baosha Buddhist Temple, grottoes and stone tablets, sculpture murals, ancient pagodas and ancient tombs, Buddhist and Taoist shrines, dangerous buildings and passes, revolutionary cultural relics and historical sites. From north to south, the whole province has been strung together, forming a rich and colorful cultural landscape in Shanxi. At present, more than 70% of the ancient buildings before the Song and Jin Dynasties are well preserved on the ground in the province, and there are more than 9 national key protected cultural relics with precious value11. Famous tourist attractions include Yungang Grottoes, Hanging Temple, Yingxian Wooden Pagoda and Hengshan Mountain, one of the five mountains in China. Wutai Mountain, Luya Mountain, Yang Jiajiang and Daixian in Xinzhou Tourist Area; Jinci in Taiyuan tourist area, Pingyao ancient city in Jinzhong, and the mansion compound of Shanxi merchants in the past; Yao Temple in Linfen Tourist Area, Dahuashu in Hongtong County, Guangsheng Temple and Hukou Waterfall of the Yellow River in Jixian County; The Jiezhou Guandi Temple, Ruicheng Yongle Palace mural, Xiaxian Sima Guang tomb, Yongji Yellow River Tieniu, Yongji Pujiu Temple, Yingying Tower, etc. Pingyao Ancient City and Yungang Grottoes have been included in the world cultural heritage.

List of Shanxi emperors

Jin Wengong and Khufu, the overlords in the Spring and Autumn Period, rode horses and shot King Wuling.

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The sons of Xianbei, TaBaHong and Emperor Liu Yuan.

Han Dynasty Emperor Liu Cong and former Zhao Emperor Liu Yao.

Xerox and Qin Shihuang in the Later Zhao Dynasty

Li Keyong, the ancestor of the late Tang Dynasty, and Li, the ancestor of the late Tang Dynasty.

Li Siyuan, Ming Di in the late Tang Dynasty, and Shi Jingtang, the late emperor of Jin Dynasty.

Later Jin Dynasty produced Shi Zhonggui and later Emperor Gaozu Liu Zhiyuan.

Emperor Liu Chong of the Northern Han Dynasty and Emperor Liu Jiyuan at the end of the Northern Han Dynasty.

Wu Zetian, the only female emperor in China.