Jincheng, known as Jianxing, Zezhou and Zezhou in ancient times, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Shanxi Province. It is located in the southeast of Shanxi province, at the junction of Shanxi and Henan provinces. It lives in Jincheng basin with a total area of 9490 square kilometers. Since ancient times, it has been a battleground for military strategists, and it is known as "the screen of Dongjiang River, the throat of the Central Plains and the gateway of Sanjin".
Jincheng is one of the cradles of Chinese culture, leaving behind human sites such as Du Gao Site, Tashui River and Xia Chuan 20,000 years ago. It is the birthplace of myths such as Mending the Goddess of Heaven, One Mountain in Gong Yu, Yu Chishui, Shang Tang Chu Yu, and the hometown of eminent monks such as Hui Yuan, Chen Gui, Wang Shuhe, astronomers Liu Xicuo, Jia Lu, Chen Bu, Kong Sanchuan, Zhang, Wang Guoguang and Chen Tingjing. There are 6767 cultural relics in the city, including 66 national key cultural relics protection units. Including Ye Temple, qinglian temple, Chongshou Temple, Temple, Yangcheng Ancient City, Haihui Temple, Kaihua Temple, Cheng Hao Academy, Chong'an Temple, Mausoleum, Liu's former residence, Yu Xiang Castle, Tianguan, Huangcheng Xiangfu, Changping Campaign Site Group, Yangtoushan Grottoes, China Famous Mountain Xicheng Mountain, Taihang Supreme Ridge, etc.
The city was the capital of smelting in ancient times, known as "nine heads and eighteen craftsmen". It was the producing area of "Gu Jian and Yang A" in the Warring States Period, where Zezhou iron ware and blue charcoal were once well-known in China. Manghe, Lishan and other protected areas, where rare animals such as macaques and giant salamanders grow, are known as "treasure houses of biological resources".
This city is a city in the Central Plains Economic Zone, a national middle and high-grade casting and sericulture and silk base in North China. Jinjiao, Jinji, Yeung Yi, Qin Ling, Gaoxin, ring highway and 207 national highway are intertwined, and Taijiao, Houyue and Jian 'an railways run through the whole territory, and it has many honors such as international garden city and national garden city.