According to records, the location of Yangjiacheng in the northeast of the county is the ancient Linzhou City. It is said that about forty steps southeast of the city, there are three pine trees. The big ones require two or three people to hug them. They belong to the Tang Dynasty. The old things are called sacred trees.
In the Jin Dynasty, it was changed to Shenmu Village. In the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongols eliminated the Southern Song Dynasty and unified China. The mausoleum of Genghis Khan, the founder of the country, is located in Yijinhuoluo Banner in Inner Mongolia. Yiqi and Shenmu are close neighbors, and they are loved by many people, so Shenmu Village was upgraded to Shenmu County. There are still relics from the Ming Dynasty.
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Shenmu City, affiliated to Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, is the site of the Shimao site, the "eve of Chinese civilization". It is located in northern Shaanxi and the border area of ??Qin, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia provinces.
The sacred tree has a long history, with human beings inhabiting the territory four to five thousand years ago. The Shimao site is the largest existing prehistoric city site and was the center of civilization in northern China and the Yellow River Basin more than 4,000 years ago. Historically, Shenmu has been a frontier outpost guarding the Central Plains and fighting against foreigners. It has always been an important place in the fortress.
In the Northern Song Dynasty, the heroic group of generals of the Yang family, represented by Yang Ye, a famous general who grew up in Linzhou, was full of loyalty and martyrdom, guarding the frontier and guarding the borders, and their reputation will last forever. Famous writers and poets in history, such as Wang Wei, Lu Lun, Li Yi, Liu Yuxi, Fan Zhongyan, etc., all left immortal poems here, such as Wang Wei's "Pine Tree Song of New Qin County" and Fan Zhongyan's "The Proud Fisherman". "Linzhou Autumn Poems" has become an eternal masterpiece.
Shenmu is also a famous old revolutionary area. The party organization was established as early as 1927. In 1934, the red regime was established and the Shenfu revolutionary base was opened. It became one of the few remaining places of the Communist Party of China in the country. One of the red base areas that has not been cleared by the enemy.
In this glorious land, countless red stories that can be praised and praised have happened, and revolutionary patriots such as Wang Ying, Wang Ming, and Zhang Youqing have emerged; Jia Tuofu, Zhang Xiushan, Wang Zhaoxiang, Li Ziqi, and Li Zhisheng have emerged. and a group of senior leading cadres; leaving the footprints of the life and battles of party and state leaders such as Zhang Wentian, He Long, Liu Zhidan, Ma Wenrui, Ulanfu, Hua Guofeng, and international friend Bethune.
Baidu Encyclopedia--Sacred Tree