Fenyang (), formerly as Fenyang County () before 1996, is a
county-level city under the administration of
Lüliang prefecture-level city, in
Shanxi
Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-lev ...
Province, China.

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, (, the widow of
Dwarkanath Kotnis.
Fenyang has a strong reputation within Shanxi for the production of Fenjiu (), a type of
Baijiu known for its superior flavor.
Climate
Transportation
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G20 Qingdao–Yinchuan Expressway
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Taiyuan-Zhongwei-Yinchuan RailwayFenyang Station schedule
External links
Fenyang government website
(in Chinese)
Notes
Cities in Shanxi
County-level divisions of Shanxi
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