Fenhe River is the largest river in Shanxi Province and a secondary tributary of the Yellow River, with a drainage area of nearly 40,000 square kilometers, which nurtures nearly 4 1% of Shanxi's population and nourishes everything in Shanxi.
Fenhe River flows from north to south through Xinzhou, Taiyuan, Lvliang, Jinzhong, Linfen and Yuncheng. Since ancient times, Fenhe has nurtured many sons and daughters of Sanjin, and she has witnessed numerous events in ancient history and accumulated profound cultural connotations.
The earliest written record about Fenhe River is Shan Hai Jing: "Governing the mountain, Fenshui comes out." Later, "Notes on Water Classics": "Fenshui leaves Guancen Mountain in the north of Fenyang, Taiyuan."
It can be seen that there are many records of the source of Fenhe River in ancient books, all pointing to Guancen Mountain in the north-central part of Shanxi Province. 1992 Shanxi Water Resources Shanxi Water Resources Management Committee Editor: Fenhe River originated from Leiming Temple Spring in Dongzhai Town, ningwu county.
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Fenhe River has many tributaries, such as Xiaohe River, Wenyu River and Huihe River. , including many famous springs, such as Lancun Spring, Jinci Spring, Hongshan Spring, Guozhuang Spring, Guangsheng Temple Spring, Zi Long Temple Spring and Gudui Spring.
Fenhe River is rich in water resources and has an important economic position. There are 8 large reservoirs in the province (storage capacity 1 100 million cubic meters or more), including 3 in Fenhe River Basin (Fenhe Reservoir, Fenhe Reservoir II and Wenyuhe Reservoir), and other small and medium-sized reservoirs, irrigation areas and electromechanical pumping stations are all over the province.
Fenhe Second Reservoir Scenic Area is a national-level water conservancy scenic area, which integrates natural scenery and human landscape on the basis of the original Liulin River natural scenic area. The water surface of the reservoir area is 23 kilometers long and has become an important tourist attraction in Taiyuan.
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Baidu encyclopedia-Fenhe