Fenyang
Fenyang (simplified Chinese: 汾阳市; traditional Chinese: 汾陽市; pinyin: Fényáng Shì), formerly as Fenyang County (汾阳县) before 1996, is a county-level city under the administration of Lüliang prefecture-level city, in Shanxi Province, China.
Fenyang
汾阳市 | |
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Temple of Guan Yu | |
Fenyang in Lüliang | |
Fenyang Location in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates: 37°15′42″N 111°46′12″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Lüliang |
| Area | |
| • County-level city | 1,175.3 km2 (453.8 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 20.00 km2 (7.72 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • County-level city | 446,000 |
| • Density | 380/km2 (980/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 121,600 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Fenyang is located in the wide valley of the Fen River, some 20-plus kilometers west of the actual river.
Fenyang was the birthplace of Jia Zhangke, who filmed 1997 Xiao Wu there. Platform is set from the end of the 1970s to the beginning of the 1990s in and around Fenyang. Subsequently, Mountains May Depart features scenes set in Fenyang in 1999 and 2014. Fengyang is also the birthplace of Guo Qinglan (郭庆兰; Guō Qìnglán), the widow of Dwarkanath Kotnis.
Fenyang has a strong reputation within Shanxi for the production of Fenjiu (汾酒; fénjiǔ), a type of Baijiu known for its superior flavor.