Liulin County is located in the west of Shanxi Province, at the foot of Luliang Mountain, and belongs to Lvliang City, Shanxi Province. Lishi in the east, the Yellow River in the west, Linxian in the north, Zhongyang and Shilou in the south, and it is one of the cities along the Yellow River. Liulin County has a total area of 1287.29 square kilometers (20 1 1 year), governs 15 townships (towns), and has 257 administrative villages with a population of 327,600 (201/kloc-0). It has a warm temperate continental climate, with an annual average temperature of 10.5℃, an annual precipitation of 472.3mm and an average frost-free period of 199 days. Liulin Town 1, where Liulin County is located, began in the Ming Dynasty and flourished in the Qing Dynasty. Because of the gathering of merchants and the prosperity of commodity trade, it enjoys the reputation of "Little Beijing".