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People say that Shanxi has good scenery, fertile land, beautiful water and fragrant grains; The left hand refers to Taihang Mountain, and the right hand refers to Lvliang; Standing on that high place and looking up, you can see the water of Fen River flowing past my village. Apricot blossom in the village, children are in good times; Men are not afraid of hardships, and daughters can embroider thousands of flowers; People will never grow old if they have that ambition. Look at the white haired mother-in-law, who also stands up like a seventeen eight.

Shanxi, named after its location in the west of Taihang Mountain, is called "Jin" for short, also known as "San Jin". In ancient times, it was called Hedong, the capital of Taiyuan. Shanxi borders Taihang Mountain in the east, Luliang Mountain and the Yellow River in the west and south, the Great Wall in the north, and Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia and other provinces and regions. Liu Zongyuan calls it "the mountains and rivers outside and inside". Shanxi is one of the birthplaces of the Chinese nation. With a written history of 3000 years, Shanxi is known as the "Cradle of Chinese Civilization" and the "Museum of Ancient Chinese Culture". The total area is 156700 square kilometers, with Taihang Mountain in the east and Luliang Mountain in the west. The mountainous area accounts for more than 80% of the total area of the province. The outline of Shanxi Administrative Region is slightly parallelogram from northeast to southwest, with a total area of 15.67

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