Hongtong County, alias Lianhua City, belongs to Linfen City, Shanxi Province. It is located in the south of Shanxi Province, at the northern end of Linfen Basin, with Huoshan and Guxian in the east, Lvliang and Puxian in the west, Huozhou and Fenxi in the north and Yaodu District in the south. It can be divided into four landforms: mountains, hills, piedmont slopes and valley terraces.
By 202 1 65438+February, the county's total area was 1494 square kilometers, and as of 202 1 resident population was 627,700. As a national garden county and a culturally advanced county, China is the hometown of martial arts and one of the cradles of ancient civilization in China. Known as "Hongdong, the hometown of China people, rich in mineral resources, and one of the" energy and heavy chemical industry base counties "in Shanxi Province.
history
More than half of the 26 ancient figures listed in China Celebrity Dictionary can find traces of their activities in Hongdong. The pagoda tree in Hongtong is the only sacred place in China with the theme of "seeking roots" and "ancestor worship". It is a key cultural relic protection unit in Shanxi Province and the largest ancestral shrine in China. Known as the "Holy Land of Roots", "Hometown of the World, Hometown of Chinese".
In the history of Hongtong County, a large number of officials and generals emerged, including Yu Shun, a musician of the Jin State who formulated the criminal law, a famous Wei general in the Three Kingdoms period, a calligraphy master in the Ming Dynasty who was not afraid of violence and dared to fight for power and gain, and Wang Duo and Liu, ministers of civil affairs, assistant ministers of the Ministry of War and philosopher Fan in Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Hongtong County