Shanxi is bordered by Hanxinling, Jinzhong and Lvliang. Taiyue Mountain and Zhongtiao Mountain are adjacent to Changzhi and Jincheng in Shanxi Province in the east. The west and south are separated by the Yellow River, facing Qin Yu. The geographical scope of southwest Shanxi includes Linfen City and Yuncheng City in Shanxi Province today and shilou county and Jiaokou County in Lvliang City.
Changzhi, Linfen, Jincheng and Yuncheng in Shanxi Province are all located in the south of Shanxi Province, so they are in the south of Shanxi Province in a broad sense. In a narrow sense, Jinnan refers to "Jinnan area of Shanxi Province", namely Linfen City and Yuncheng City of Shanxi Province and shilou county and Jiaokou County of Lvliang City.
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The historical evolution of Shanxi;
Since ancient times, there have been signs of human activities in Shanxi Province, which is one of the cradles of Chinese civilization. Archaeology shows that in ancient times, southern Shanxi was the birthplace of human beings. The discovery of the "Century Shu Ape" fossil in Yuanqu County, Yuncheng City has advanced the appearance time of apes by 6.5438+million years. In the early Paleolithic period, about 6.5438+0.8 million years ago, primitive people flourished in Jinnan, Shanxi.
In the late Neolithic period, the south of Shanxi had become the center of many countries at that time. The discovery and research results of Taosi Site in Xiangfen County, Linfen show that it is the capital of Yao Emperor and the earliest place where China was located. This made the Yao, Shun and Yu era of China prehistoric legend change from legend to belief history about 4,500 years ago, and the 5,000-year history of Chinese civilization was confirmed. ?
As an old revolutionary base area, early Marxists in China founded the Socialist Youth League in Taiyuan and carried out revolutionary activities ten years before the Republic of China (192 1). After the Red Army's Long March arrived in northern Shaanxi, Mao Zedong led the Red Army's main force to cross the river and crusade eastward, spreading the revolutionary fire all over Shanxi, Jinzhong and Jinnan.
After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the three main forces of the Eighth Route Army advanced into Shanxi and established anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines. In the fourteen years of Anti-Japanese War, Shanxi was an important strategic fulcrum of the national Anti-Japanese War. Shanxi local party organizations have trained 65,438+500,000 * * * party member and sent 600,000 warm-blooded youths to the Eighth Route Army in the base area. In April of the 38th year of the Republic of China (1949), Shanxi Province was liberated. In September, Shanxi Provincial People's Government was established.
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