Shenmu commentary

Shenmu County is located in the northern part of Shaanxi Province, bordering the three provinces (regions) of Shanxi, Shaanxi and Mongolia, and is the core area of northern Shaanxi, a national energy and chemical base. The county has a total area of 7635 square kilometers, which is the largest county in Shaanxi Province. * * * governs 15 towns, 4 townships and 664 administrative villages with a total population of 378,000.

Address of County People's Government: Shenmu Town, postal code 7 19300, telephone area code 09 12. One corner of Shenmu county

Shenmu has a long history. Four or five thousand years ago, human beings lived in the county seat. The organizational system began in the Qin and Han Dynasties, and then it was called Shenmu in the Ming Dynasty. Because of its important geographical position, it has always been called "the south is related to China, the north has Hetao, the left has the danger of Jinyang, and the right has the rush of Xialing", which has always been a battleground for military strategists. Yang Ye and his son, anti-Liao heroes in the Northern Song Dynasty, were stationed here to fight against intrusion, and their heroic achievements have been passed down through the ages. In the Northern Song Dynasty, Fu Xuan in Hedong sent Fan Zhongyan to the frontier and wrote the famous Poems of Linzhou and Autumn Poems of Linzhou.

Shenmu is also a famous old revolutionary base area. 1927 established the party organization and 1934 established the red regime, which opened up Shenfu revolutionary base area in northern Shaanxi and made important contributions to the victory of China revolution. In this land of heroes, a number of national heroes such as Wang Yanna, Wang Ming, Zhang Youqing, Wang Zhaoqing and Jia Tuofu have grown up.

Shenmu has a unique geographical landform. The county is located in the transition zone from the loess hills in northern Shaanxi to the grasslands in Inner Mongolia, with high terrain in the northwest and low terrain in the southeast. The landform is bounded by the Ming Great Wall, and the northern part is the beach area, accounting for 51%of the county's total area; The south-central part is hilly and gully region, accounting for 49% of the county's total area. The county has a semi-arid continental monsoon climate, with an average annual sunshine of 2,876 hours, a temperature of 8.5℃, a frost-free period of 169 days, and a precipitation of 440.8 mm. The Yellow River flows through the county for 98 kilometers, and the Kuye River and Tuwei River flow into the Yellow River from northwest to southeast. There are 46 inland lakes in the northwest of the county, among which Shenhu (Hongjiannao) has a total area of 54 square kilometers and a storage capacity of 800 million cubic meters. It is the largest inland lake in Shaanxi Province and the largest desert freshwater lake in China.