This is Shanxi which is a ordinary but extraordinary place in China.
#China #Shanxi

One leaf of Shanxi, half of Chinese history
#China #Shanxi

The highest tower in Shanxi——Fenyang Wenfeng Tower
Fenyang Wenfeng Tower was built in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. The tower has 13 floors, with an exact height of 84.93 meters. Its height is the first brick structure ancient pagoda in China. It is an outstanding representative of Wenfeng Tower in China.
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Shanxi Province
#China #Map #Shanxi

Police officer helps rescued #white #fox back into the wild.

A police officer spotted a pregnant white fox while patrolling #Taiyuan, capital of north China's #Shanxi Province. It strayed into the city but incurred no obvious injuries.
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The Yellow River's winding tale of ecological protection, development.

Zhang Zhisong, 70, has spent the past six years finding out the answers.

Hailing from Ruicheng County, north #China's #Shanxi Province, Zhang was born and grew up near the Yellow River, China's second-longest waterway. Aside from farm work, he has another important mission -- planting trees on the river banks.
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Earth-observation satellites team up to form wheel-shaped system.

China launched four Earth-observation satellites from the #Taiyuan #Satellite Launch Center in #Shanxi province on Thursday afternoon, marking the first use of a new satellite teaming approach.

The satellites, consisting of one 320-kilogram pivot satellite and three 270-kg assistant satellites, are the first space-based assets in the Hongtu 1 network.

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More Chinese youths with higher education engage in cultural relic restoration.

A national vocational #skills competition in the cultural #relics sector was held in Taiyuan, north China's #Shanxi Province on Saturday. More young people with higher education were seen in the competition.
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Contest aims to cultivate skilled #cultural relics #restorers.

A national vocational skills competition focusing on antique restoration was held in Taiyuan, capital of north China's #Shanxi Province, to cultivate highly skilled cultural relics restorers.

The contest, running from March 25 to 26, attracted more than 200 restorers from 27 provincial-level regions in six categories such as clay tiles, ceramics, murals and painted sculptures, and archaeological excavation.
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🇨🇳 Algunas provincias en #China, caso de #Gansu o #Shanxi (entre las más pobres del país), han ampliado los permisos retribuidos por matrimonio de tres a 30 días.

La medida va destinada a aumentar la tasa de natalidad, que en Gansu es de 0,98 hijos por matrimonio y en Shanxi de 0,7, lejos, en todo caso, de los extremos: #Heliongjiang (0,36) y #Tíbet (1,4).

📷 Yicai

R to @StephenMcDonell: In case you missed our report on @BBCWorld TV yesterday about the #Covid deaths in rural #China, here’s our piece from #Shanxi Province… PART TWO… https://nitter.hongkongers.net/StephenMcDonell/status/1618414077067530243#m

In case you missed our report on @BBCWorld TV yesterday about the #Covid deaths in rural #China, here’s our piece from #Shanxi Province… PART ONE… https://nitter.hongkongers.net/StephenMcDonell/status/1618413056027160577#m

R to @StephenMcDonell: At least in #Shanxi it seems as if the worst may have passed. #China “China Covid: Coffins sell out as losses mount” https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-64347085 https://nitter.hongkongers.net/StephenMcDonell/status/1618181738735497216#m

R to @StephenMcDonell: Evidence of a big #Covid death toll in rural #Shanxi but travelling there we also found evidence that the toughest time may’ve passed. Doctors estimate 80% + of people already infected, patient visits have eased off, that Covid’s worst work has been done? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-64347085 https://nitter.hongkongers.net/StephenMcDonell/status/1618068332342824962#m

📷 #Lunes y toca empezar la semana con una foto y una historia de #Asia.

En este caso, nos vamos al pueblo minero de #Datong (#大同), en la provincia #china de #Shanxi (#山西), donde se encuentra un templo encaramado a la roca desde hace más de 15 siglos.

Construido por un solo hombre, el monje Liao Ran (了然), el lugar es un templo de madera suspendido a 50 metros de altura que, además, es el único en combinar las tres religiones tradicionales chinas: #Budismo, #Taoísmo y #Confucianismo.

📷 #Lunes y toca empezar la semana con una foto y una historia de #Asia.

En este caso, nos vamos al pueblo minero de #Datong (#大同), en la provincia #china de #Shanxi (#山西), donde se encuentra un templo encaramado a la roca desde hace más de 15 siglos.

Construido por un solo hombre, el monje Liao Ran (了然), el lugar es un templo de madera suspendido a 50 metros de altura que, además, es el único en combinar las tres religiones tradicionales chinas: #Budismo, #Taoísmo y #Confucianismo.