Jinyang, the old city of Taiyuan, was built in the 23rd year of the Spring and Autumn Period (497 BC) and burned in the 7th year of the Northern Song Dynasty (979 BC). It was first seen in the thirteenth year of Zuo Zhuan, when Zhao Yang rebelled in Jinyang. Historically, Jinyang City has a special military and political position. It was once famous as the capital of Zhao, the dry city of Han and Jin, the tyrant of Eastern Wei, the capital of Northern Qi, the prosperous Tang and Beijing. In the history of national development, Jinyang City is a link and stage for the exchange and integration of farming in the Central Plains and nomadic culture in the north, and it is also a harmonious home for people of all ethnic groups to live and develop together for a long time. Today, the ruins of this hometown city submerged in green villages are still full of magnificent colors.

The site of Jinyang Ancient City is located in the vast area between the east and west mountains in Jinyuan District of Taiyuan City, covering an area of about 200 square kilometers. It consists of city sites, ancient tomb sites and religious sacrificial sites. The city site is 4750 meters wide from east to west and 3750 meters long from north to south, covering an area of about 20 square kilometers. City Site 4: From Luocheng Village to Nanchengjiao Village in the west, from Luocheng Village to Pangjiazhai Village in the north, from Pangjiazhai Village to the south line in the east, and from Nanchengjiao Village to Wayao Village in the south. The existing relics on the ground include the Western Wall, the southwest corner, the base site of Miyagi and the ancient villages in the hinterland of the city site. The piedmont slopes in the west and east wings are rich in soil and water, which are the distribution areas of ancient tomb sites in Jinyang City in various historical periods. On the west side of the ruins of the city, the remaining veins of Luliang Mountain are winding and towering, and the breeze is refreshing. Many grottoes and temples carved on the mountain line are religious sacrificial areas in Jinyang City. According to the Book of Northern Qi Dynasty, the grand occasion of the excavation of Mengshan Giant Buddha is unprecedented. "Jinyang Xishan is carved into a giant Buddha, burning ten thousand pots of lights to illuminate the palace overnight", and "Palace" refers to palace buildings such as Jin Yanggong and Daming Palace. Longshan Tongzi Temple has a stone tower burning lamps in the Northern Qi Dynasty. Presumably, the lamp shadow is also the palace of Jinyang City. Hua Kai Sigou Mountain turns back, the stream is gurgling, but there are still two royal stone bridges. The verdant peaks deep in the storm ditch are also the seat of the royal temple. In 2008, the cultural relics department was lucky enough to find a large Tang Dynasty tower foundation in Longquan Temple of Taishan Mountain, so that the five treasures of Buddhist relics under the tower foundation were clearly unearthed. These remains not only illustrate the continuous development of Buddhist culture in Taiyuan, but also confirm the historical fact that Jinyang City was named as "Northern Capital" and "Beijing" in the Tang Dynasty. City walls, tombs and religious sacrificial relics constitute a grand spatial pattern of Jinyang ancient city ruins. The rich underground remains of Jinyang ancient city can be compared with the famous "Pompeii City". According to experts, the site of Jinyang Ancient City is one of the three major capitals of China in the prosperous Tang Dynasty (Chang 'an is Xijing, Luoyang is Tokyo, and Jinyang is Beijing), and it is known as the "Pompeii City" in China (a famous Italian ancient city site). "Jinyang Ancient City Site is located near Gucheng Ying Village, Jinyuan Town, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province. Built in the middle and late Spring and Autumn Period (497 BC), it went through the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Three Kingdoms, the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Sui and Tang Dynasties and the Five Dynasties, and was destroyed by Song Taiping War in the fourth year of Xingguo (979 AD). Jinyang Ancient City, once the capital of Zhao in the Warring States Period, is a famous metropolis in northern China in ancient times.

Jinyang ancient city is about 4500 meters long from east to west, and its orientation is northeast 18. 1962, archaeologists in China discovered several sections of city walls and three small town sites in Jinyang ancient city site. Building foundations, bricks, glazed components and stone carvings were also found. Some important ancient tombs were found near the ancient city. In the west of the city site, there are grottoes of the Six Dynasties and Sui and Tang Dynasties, such as Tianlongshan Grottoes, Mengshan Giant Buddha and Tongzi Temple. In Gucheng Ying Village, there are other buildings such as Huiming Temple Tower, which was built in Sui and Tang Dynasties and rebuilt in Ming Dynasty, and Jiulong Temple, which was built in Jin Dynasty and rebuilt in Ming and Qing Dynasties. "