Fenyang (), formerly as Fenyang County () before 1996, is a

county-level city A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a county-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China. County-level ...

under the administration of Lüliang

prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. During the Republican era, many of Chi ...

, in Shanxi Province, China. Txu-oclc-10552568-nj49-11

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 ''Mountains May Depart'' () is a 2015 Mandarin-language drama and the 8th feature film directed by Jia Zhangke. It competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. and was also selected to be shown in the Special Presentations sectio ...

'' features scenes set in Fenyang in 1999 and 2014. Fengyang is also the birthplace of Guo Qinglan, (, the widow of

Dwarkanath Kotnis Dwarakanath Shantaram Kotnis (Marathi: द्वारकानाथ शांताराम कोटणीस ; 10 October 1910 in India – 9 December 1942 in China), also known by his Chinese name Ke Dihua (), was one of the five Indian ph ...

. Fenyang has a strong reputation within Shanxi for the production of Fenjiu (), a type of Baijiu known for its superior flavor.

Climate

Transportation

* G20 Qingdao–Yinchuan Expressway * Taiyuan-Zhongwei-Yinchuan RailwayFenyang Station schedule

External links

Fenyang government website
(in Chinese)

Notes

Cities in Shanxi County-level divisions of Shanxi {{Shanxi-geo-stub