太原英文介绍 Introduction of Taiyuan

Taiyuan

Taiyuan, also known as Bing State, whose ancient name was Jinyang, is also called

“Dragon

City”.

Taiyuan

is

the

capital

of

Shanxi

Province.

It

lies

on

the

Fen

River,

surrounded by mountains on its three sides. Taiyuan is a historical city with a history

of more than 2500 years and it is also the political, economic and cultural center of

Shanxi Province. Taiyuan is a place of military and cultural importance in Northern

China.

It

is

a

world-renowned

city

of

Jin

Merchants

and

one of

the

most

important

energy and heavy industry bases.

Brief Introduction

Taiyuan, also known as Bing State, whose ancient name was Jinyang, which is also

called “Dragon City”, is the capital of Shanxi Province. There are six districts, three

counties and one county-level city in Taiyuan.

City flower: chrysanthemum

Administrative

divisions:

There

are

six

districts(

Xiaodian

District,

Yingze

District,

Xinghualing

District,

Wanbolin

District,

Jinyuan

District),

three

counties(

Qingxu

County,

Yangqu

County,

Loufan

County),

one

county-level

city(

Gujiao

City)

and

four

development

zones(

Taiyuan

National

Economic

and

Technical

Development

Zone,

Taiyuan

National

High

and

New

Tech

Development

Zone,

Taiyuan

Privately

Operated Economic Zone, Taiyuan Stainless Steel Eco-industrial Park).

Area:

The total area of Taiyuan is 6988 square kilometers.

The downtown area is 1460 square kilometers.

The built up area is 330 square kilometers.

Population: At the sixth nationwide census in 2010, Taiyuan had a total population of

4,201,591

inhabitants.

Among

them,

3,982,479

are

permanent

residents

and

more

than

3.2

million

are

urban.

At

present,

the

population

of

registered

temporary

residents

is

755

thousand,

accounting

for

one

fifth

of

the

total

population.

After

inspecting, the number raises by 431,948.

Gross regional domestic product: 231.15 billion Yuan in 2011(account for 21.7% of

Shanxi Province GDP).

Time: GMT+8, Beijing Time (China Standard Time).

City emblem: Taiyuan?s city emblem was formally

made on April 15

th

, 1985 and it

was

the

first

city

emblem

in

China.

The

pattern

of

the

emblem

consists

of

twin

towers,

a

Chinese

character”

Bing”,

coal

bed

and

flames,

which

symbolizes

that

Taiyuan

is

a

energy

and

heavy

chemical

industry

base

possessed

long

history

and

rich coal resources and it also symbolizes a new look of the flourishing development

of Four Modernizations.

In

recent

years,

Taiyuan

has

made

remarkable

achievement

in

transportation,communication,

municipal administration,

ecological

environment

and

so

on.

The

whole

city

changes

rapidly,

having

formed

a

three-dimensional

traffic

network with aviation, railway, and highway. Taiyuan Wu Xu International Airport,

which is the alternate airport of the domestic trunk airport and the capital International

Airport, can take off and land the airliner A380--the biggest airbus around the world,

and it has opened more than 50 international and domestic air routes. Taiyuan Railway

Station

is

the

maincenter

of

six

main

railway

line

including

Datong-North

Taiyuan

Railway,

Datong-South

Taiyuan

Railway,

Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan

Railway,

Beijing-Yuanping

Railway

and

so

on.

There

are

the

high-speed

railway

leading

to

Shijiazhuang,

Beijing,

Shenyang,

Zhengzhou

and

others,

Taiyuan

North

Railway

Station

--the

biggest

freight

transport

hub

and

Taiyuan

East

Railway

Station--the

greatest

goods

collecting

and

distributing

centers.

Besides,

Taiyuan

High-speed

Railway Station will be the new-type railway stations with high level when it finish

constructing, and the passenger traffic will be up to 40 million. The overall length of

the urban road in Taiyuan is 1800 kilometers. At the same time, the highway centering

on Taiyuan reaches the whole province.

Geographical Position

Taiyuan is centrally located in Shanxi Province,north of Taiyuan Basin, the center of

the Yellow River in North China. It is surrounded by mountains from the north, west,

and

east

three

sides.

The

center

and

south

part

of

Taiyuan

are

river

valley

ore, the terrain of the whole city is like the shape of dustpan. Taiyuan is

at

the

junction

of

Datong-Taiyuan

Railway

and

Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan

Railway,

the

geography

coordinates

of

which

are

110°

30'~113°

09E,

and

37°

21'~38°

25'

regional profile of Taiyuan is the shape of bat,with an East-West span of 144km and a

North-South span of 107km.

Fen River--the second branch of the Yellow River, flow past the whole city, and about

the 100 km of the city which the Fen River flows lie the Taihang Mountains to the east

and Luliang Mountain to the west.

Natural climate

Taiyuan

city

experiences

a

monsoon

climate

of

medium

latitudes,

no

bitter

cold

in

winter and no intense heat in summer. Besides, it has the large temperature difference

between

day

and

night,

the

long

frost-free

period

and

adequate

light.

The

average

yearly

rainfall

is

456mm

and

the

average

yearly

temperature

is

9.5°

C .

The

coldest

month is January,with the mean temperature of 6.8°

C July is the hottest month, with

the mean temperature of 23.5°

C . The cumulative sunshine hours is 2808 hours.

Taiyuan

is

located

in

the

interior

of

the

continent,

faring

away

from

the

east

coast,

which

is

the

hinterland

of

the

Eurasian

continent

of

the

northwest.

In

the

climate

division of the country, it belongs to the warm temperate continental monsoon climate.

The formation of the climate is mainly affected by the three factors of solar radiation,

atmospheric

circulation,

and

geographical

environment.

Taiyuan

is

located

in

the

mid-latitude

of

the

northern

hemisphere

and

the

Shanxi

plateau

geographical

environment,

so

that

it

can

accept

the

strong

solar

radiation,

solar

energy

is

rich,

belongs

to

the

category

of

high

rate

of

division

of

agriculture

utilization

of

light

energy.

At

the

same

time,

under

the

control

of

the

west

wind

circulation

and

the

influence of high solar radiation, and make its dry climate, low rainfall, temperature

difference between day and night, showing a strong continental climate characteristics.

Tourist attraction

Taiyuan is rich in tourism resources; famous places of interest have the 13 units of 4

national

key

cultural

relics

of

Jin

temple,

Tianlong

Mountain

Grottoes,

Yongzuo

temple, Chunyang palace, Chongshan temple, sinus doctor temple and 32 provincial

key cultural relics? protection units. Famous mountains, grottoes, monasteries, temples,

lakes,

forests,

hot

springs,

caves,

canyons,

rivers,

ancient

buildings,

ancient

ruins,

historical

and

cultural

monuments,

museums

and

other

tourist

resources

of

rich

and

high

quality,

the

concentration

of

cultural

relics

is

rare

in

the

country.

Song

maid

palace in the Goddess Hall of Jin temple as lifelike, different posture enjoys a high

reputation

at

home

and

abroad.

The

northern

dynasties

grottoes

and

Sui

and

Tang

status in Tianlong Mountain, the tripitaka of Ming dynasty in Chongshan temple, the

statue of GuanYu on horseback in ChunYang palace, occupies a glorious page in the

history

of

Chinese

literature

and

art.

In

addition, the

emperor Tang

Taizong

written

“Baohan dynasty” the preface to Jin temple inscription, the earliest existing is the only

well preserved monument of Tang Taizong cursive. Tai Mountain, Tianlong Mountain,

Long Mountain and Meng Mountain those mountains are to witness the Taiyuan city

2500 years of vicissitudes of life. Taiyuan city accumulated a rich cultural heritage,

such as a shinning pearl of Chinese culture

?Jin temple garden?, Yongzuo temple built

in the Ming dynasty, Twin towers of China building outstanding representative of the

“Ling Xiao twin towers”, Taoist grotto Long Shan grottoes which is called the largest

grotto by experts.

Jin temple

Jin

temple

located

in

Taiyuan,

25

kilometers

southwest

of

water

source

under

the

hanging urn hill. It was founded in the Northern Wei dynasty, in honor of the second

son

of

King

Wu

of

ShuYu.

It

was

published

by

the

state

council

in

1961

as

the

national

key

cultural

re

lic?s

protection

unit.

Shuyu?s

fief

called

Tang

and

Zixie

changed

the

national

title

because

of

Jin

water

and

later

generations

use

it

as

the

temple?s name. The main source of water outflow from here, running all the years and

the water temperature always keep 17 degree and clear. There was the preface to Jin

temple

inscription

written

by

Tang

Taizong

in

Baohan

dynasty.

In

the

temple

there

was

well-known

cypress,

ash,

cypress

to

the

left

of

the

Holly

Mother,

ash

in

the

GuanDi temple. The old vertical and horizontal branches have a vibrant and lush. It

was called as “three masterpieces” in Jin temple with the running NanLao Spring and

elegant maid of Song.

Tianlong Mountain Caves

Tianlong

Mountain

Caves

is

located

in

40

kilometers

southwest

of

Taiyuan

Tianlong

mountainside.

It

surrounded

by

rolling

hills

and

has

springs

ripple

in

hilltop?s dragon king stone cavern. Rock caves distributed throughout east peak and

west peak of Tianlong mountain and there are 8 caves in east peak, 13 caves in west

peak. Every cave has different excavated age, which since the eastern Wei to the Tang

dynasty

and

experienced

four

dynasties

which

involve

Wei,

Qi,

Sui

and

Tang.

The

Tang dynasty has the maximum caves of 15 grottos. Stone carving has a vivid posture,

succinct knife skill and has rich texture. It was renamed Shengshou temple in the song

dynasty but had destroyed already. In front of the temple has an age-old pine tree of

curled-up dragon, which is verdant enough and shadow the sun.

Double pagoda of Yongzuo temple

It was located in the south-

eastern suburb?s south of Haozhuang village of Taiyuan

city

and

its

autonym

is

“Yongzuo

temple

Only

because

the

two

towering

and

magnificent pagoda are very remarkable in the temple so it was known as the Twin

Towers Temple. The temple was built in Wanli 36 years of Ming dynasty (1608). In

charge

of

the

pagoda?s

construction

was

a

high

ranking

monk,

named

Fudeng.

The

existing main buildings of the temple are all the brick structure. The pagodas are both

eight-cornered

and

have

13

stages.

The

Pagoda

is

54.7

meters

tall

and

has

ladder

inside. People can ascend the top and overlook through window, Taiyuan scenes are

within sight. When people in and out of Taiyuan, the twin towers were first in sight

and became a symbol of Taiyuan. The temple grounds also contain many peony trees,

one of which dates from the Ming Dynasty.

Longshan Grottoes

It

was

located

in

20

kilometers

southwest

of

Taiyuan?s

Longshan

hilltop.

Grottoes

carved

in

the

early

Yuan

dynasty

and

a

holy

man

named

Song

Defang

in

charge of the construction of Longshan Grottoes and Haotian Taoist Temple. Now the

temples were destroyed but the grottoes were existed on 8 niches in all. Every grotto

has a different amount with a total of more than 40, which mostly were well-preserved.

The

skill

of

carve

is

simple

and

the

statues

dressed

professionally.

It

has

a

very

different art style with Buddhist grottoes.

Chunyang Palace

It was located in the northwest corner of Taiyuan?s Wuyi Square and also was

known

as

Luzu

Temple.

I

t?s

create

age

has

no

way

to

tested.

Zhu

Xinyang,

the

ethnarch of Jin re-profiling the palace in Twenty-five years of Wan Li period of the

Ming dynasty (1597) with an unprecedented scale. In the Jia Jing period of the Qing

dynasty

(1796-1820),

the

tall

pavilions

of

backyard

increased

to

3

layers,

with

a

pleasant scenery.

Dou Da Fu Ci Temple

It was located in Shanglan village, which is 20 kilometers northwest of Taiyuan city

and be situated on the left side of the Fen River Valley. Inside the temple has ancient

verdant cypress. Taiyuan once was the fief of Douchou, who was a dafu of Jin. He

once had done channelization and initiated water conservancy so his later periods set

up

ancestral

temple

to

enshrine

and

worship

him.

All

previous

dynasties

have

the

inscriptional record. The exiting mountain gate, offering kiosks and audience hall are

all rebuilt in the Zhizheng period of Ming dynasty (1343). It retained a style of song

dynasty partially, with a pithy and strict structure and was seldom seen in the buildings

of Jin and Yuan dynasty. Right by the temple, clear spring flood from the foot of the

cliff

of

Lieshi

Mountain

with

a

low

temperature,

so

people

called

it

spring

Multi Happiness Temple

It is located 24 kilometers northwest of Taiyuan ,on the top of Juewei Mountain. AS

one of the famous scenery of Taiyuan city ,the mountains are steep there , pines and

cypresses everywhere. Temple is on the small valley of hilltop, fulling with ancient

temples? feature. It was firstly built in the Tang dynasty and zhenyuan two years (786).

Li Keyong and Li Cunxu who were father and son went to the Buddha to incense, and

the condition of the temple up to an unprecedented level. It was destroyed in late Song

dynasty by the war, and was rebuilt during the reign of Ming Emperor Hongwu

(1368-1398) , afterwards it was rebuilt for several times. Only the brick pagoda upon

the hill which in front of the temple is still keep the structure of Song dynasty. The

lodge beside the temple is the reading place of Fushan, who was a thinker in the late

Ming dynasty and early Qing dynasty.

Juewei Mountain

Juewei Mountain is located 24 kilometer northwest of jian cao ping district of Taiyuan

City, Chaicun town, huyan village West. The orientation is north-south, it is about

1400 meters above sea level. Green peak in the south, and flying cloud peak in the

north. Two peaks are tall and straight, sandwiching a east- west deep

groove,confronting each other across the groo

ve, as the mountain?s portal. Looking

down from the top, surrounding mountains like mountains circle around,

forming a huge vortex, which likes a horn that was upside down , also likes a large

disk. With pines and cypresses surrounding there, it pretends a flourishing picture. In

spring, bright mountain flowers are in full bloom . In autumn, maple leaves all over

the mountains glow red. “Juewei red autumnal leaves” is one of the eight views of

Taiyuan.

Great Buddha in Mengshan

Mengshan Buddha is located about 20 kilometers southwest of Taiyuan city, it is

Gaoyang emperor of Beiqi who built the 63 meters high and carved Buddha which

located in cliff during Tianbao two years. It also known as West Mountain Buddha.

The temple which lies at the foot of the Buddha was the early ashram of the pure land