Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province, is also called "Dragon City". Close to Fenhe River and surrounded by mountains on three sides, it has been known as "Splendid Taiyuan City" since ancient times. The song "People say that Shanxi has good scenery" is to highlight the beauty of Shanxi, especially its provincial capital Taiyuan. The center of politics, economy, culture, education, science and technology, transportation and information in the whole province is an important energy and heavy chemical city in China with metallurgy, machinery, chemicals and coal as its pillars and the export of energy, raw materials and mining machinery products as its main features. It is one of the most famous historical cities in northern China. Now, Taiyuan has developed into a modern industrial city with metallurgy, machinery, chemical industry and coal industry as the main body, and textile, electronics, food, medicine, electric power and building materials industries with considerable scale and relatively complete industrial categories. The International Coal and Energy New Industry Expo (hereinafter referred to as the International Coal Expo) has been held regularly in Taiyuan every year since 27. Cultural activities such as Shanxi International Pasta Festival and Shanxi Merchants Culture and Art Week are also held regularly in Taiyuan.

Taiyuan's pasta is the most famous, with many varieties, long history, different production methods and exquisite toppings. Stir-fried oat noodle, Lamian Noodles, cat's ear, rubbing fish, roast oat noodle, red noodle paste, stir-fried shredded pork, Daoxiao Noodles, stir-fried bumps, and so on, with unique characteristics. In addition to pasta, the local flavor food is characterized by "Taiyuan Brain" (Bazhen Soup). Others, such as "Jianyili" steamed dumplings, Taigu cakes, Liuweizhai sauce meat, Wenxi boiled cakes, Ruicheng hemp chips, Taiyuan mutton offal soup (drum tower mutton offal), enema (Yangji enema), Gaoping roasted tofu, Pingyang bubble cake, etc., are all delicious to taste.