Overview of Hequ County The terrain of Hequ County is high in the east and low in the west, with the highest height in the east being more than 1,500 meters.

The coast of the Yellow River in the west is only about 800 meters long, and the territory is hilly, with an altitude generally above 1,000 meters.

Due to the cutting by running water, the ground surface is broken, ravines are crisscrossed, vegetation is sparse, and soil erosion is serious.

Hequ County has a dry and cold climate, with an average annual temperature of 8.8°C, minus 9°C in January and 23°C in July.

The annual rainfall is 460 mm, the frost period is from late September to mid-to-late April of the following year, and the frost-free period is about 150 days.

The county currently has 358,700 acres of cultivated land, and the main food crops are millet, millet, sorghum, wheat, corn, etc.

Economic crops include peppers, linen, sesame, peanuts, garlic, etc.

The afforestation area is more than 250,000 acres, the total wood storage volume is more than 60,000 cubic meters, and the seedling area is more than 5,000 acres.

The main tree species include poplar, willow, elm, and locust tree.

The orchard covers an area of ??more than 13,000 acres, with an annual output of more than 3 million kilograms. The main varieties include apples, pears, grapes, jujubes, sand fruits, walnuts, etc.

Hequ County is rich in mineral resources, mainly including coal, sulfur, iron, manganese, oil shale, bauxite, etc.

Among them, coal reserves are the largest, about 119 trillion tons, followed by iron, which is about 1.5 billion tons.

The industries include coal, sulfur, thermal power, chemical industry, machinery and other production industries.

The specialty of Hequ County is sea red fruit, commonly known as "small fruit", which is a specialty of Hequ County.

Hequ has a long history of growing this fruit, and its products are sold throughout the country.

Hequ was the border area of ??Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhao in the Warring States Period, and Taiyuan in the Han and Tang Dynasties.

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Liu Chong of the Northern Han Dynasty established Xiongyong Town, which belonged to Lanzhou.

In the seventh year of Taiping's rejuvenation of the Song Dynasty, the Dashan Army was established. In the fourth year of Zhiping, Huoshan County was established, which was later abandoned. In the first year of Jin Zhenyuan, Hequ County was established.

In the 22nd year of Dading, it was promoted to a volcanic state and later renamed Australia.

In the seventh year of Emperor Xianzong's reign in the Yuan Dynasty, the province was transferred to Baodezhou. In the fourteenth year of Hongwu's reign in the Ming Dynasty, Hequ County was restored. In the sixth year of the province's reign, it was restored to Taiyuan Prefecture in the fourteenth year.

In the second year of the reign of Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty, it was renamed under the jurisdiction of Baodezhou. In the third year of the Republic of China, the road was established and belonged to Yanmen Road. In the 16th year of the Republic of China, it was abolished and it was directly under the jurisdiction of Shanxi Province.

Hequ is a famous cultural city of 2000 that integrates the natural wonders of the Yellow River and the cultural wonders of the Yellow River.

Along the western line of the Yellow River from north to south, wonderful scenery emerges one after another.

Mituo Cave and Shijing Temple are located on the cliff of the Yellow River, 25 kilometers northeast of the county.

The upper and lower levels descend and are connected to each other by planks and single-plank bridges.

At the bottom of the cliff is the surging Yellow River, roaring to the end; at the top are Sakyamuni, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Four Heavenly Kings, the Eight-Cave Immortals, and the Buddhist niches in the clouds, which are peaceful and quiet.

Niangniangtan is located in the middle of the Yellow River, 7.5 kilometers northeast of the county.

The island has towering green trees.

The branches are full of fruits and live in these more than 30 Yellow River families.

According to legend, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty and his mother, Queen Mother Bo, were falsely accused and demoted here by Empress Lu, pretending to be the "Empress's Beach".

Echoing this, there is another small island not far upstream, Prince's Beach.

A temple was built on it to worship the Yellow River.

It was destroyed during the Zhengtong period of Ming Dynasty.

In recent years, the tiles from the Northern Wei Dynasty unearthed on Prince Edward Beach have the inscription "Long Live Wealth".

Hequ County, like many counties close to the Yellow River, has honest folk customs and simple architecture. Every day, the sound of the Yellow River waves accompanies the small town residents as they fall asleep.

The landmark building in the county town is the Zhuangyuan Tower located at Dadunliang in the east of the city.

It was built during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.

The pagoda was originally a Buddhist sacred object. Since the Ming Dynasty, the function of the pagoda has undergone fundamental changes. It was originally used to bury Buddha bones (relics), and has become a building that embellishes the scenery, balances the earth's destiny, and promotes cultural relics.

This is true for the twin towers in Taiyuan, and the same is true for the Zhuangyuan Tower in Hequ.

The Zhuangyuan Tower is 31 meters high and looks like Zhuangyuan Lang's giant pen with rafters.

Towering into the sky.

The long reflection of the Zhuangyuan Pagoda on the Yellow River at sunrise, crossing the Yellow River, can directly reach Dakou Village in Inner Mongolia on the other side of the Yellow River.

Coincidentally, there is a huge stone at the entrance of the village, which looks like a big inkstone.

Therefore, every time the sun rises, the giant shadow of Shanxi Zhuangyuanlang's rafter pen wants to be soaked in the essence of the giant Mongolian inkstone and start writing another wonderful chapter of the Yellow River.

The Zhuangyuan Pagoda is so lifelike, with both nature and spirit, and the prosperous Hequ literary style has opened up old records and taken scientific examinations. Hequ people have repeatedly won the exams.

In addition, Jiuqu Yellow River has also nurtured another generation of talented folk artists.

The Zhuangyuan Tower is said to be used to balance the fortune of the earth.

In the early Qing Dynasty, Hequ was very poor. The folk song said: "Hequ protects Dezhou and does not harvest crops for ninety-nine years. The men go out and the women pick up bitter herbs." In order to turn around, the county officials and squires invited Kanyu's family.