Jincheng, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Shanxi Province, was called Jianxing, Zezhou and Zezhou in ancient times. Located in the southeast of Shanxi Province, the whole territory lives in Jincheng Basin, surrounded by mountains, and the middle part is relatively flat. The Danhe River and the Qinhe River run vertically through the city, so they were named after moving their capital to Gong Jing at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. With a total area of 9490 square kilometers, it is the gateway to the southeast of Shanxi Province. Since ancient times, it has been a battleground for military strategists, and it is known as the gateway of Sanjin and the first in Taihang.

Jincheng has a long history. Twenty thousand years ago, it left Du Gao, Tashui River, Xia Chuan and other human sites. It is a thousand-year-old city with a county in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, a state in the Northern Wei Dynasty and a government in the Qing Dynasty. It is the birthplace of myths such as Goddess of Mending Heaven, One Mountain in Gong Yu, Shimen in the Imperial Chishui River and Yu Qiu in Shang Tang, and has produced celebrities such as Liu Xizuo, Zhang, Wang Guoguang and so on.

Natural environment in Jincheng city

Jincheng belongs to a warm temperate and semi-humid continental monsoon climate zone. Influenced by continental monsoon, the four seasons are distinct, generally warm and windy in spring, hot and rainy in summer, crisp in autumn and cold and dry in winter. It belongs to the long sunshine area, and the annual sunshine hours are between 2393 and 2630 hours, with an average of 2563 hours.

Annual average temperature 10.2~ 12℃, summer and July average temperature 27℃, extreme maximum temperature 38℃( 1966). The annual average precipitation is 626-750 mm, mainly distributed in summer, accounting for 56.4% of the annual precipitation, and the annual maximum precipitation is10/0.4 mm.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Jincheng City