Shanxi is an inland province 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-level cities are Changzhi and Datong. Its one-character abbreviation is "晋", after the state of Jin that existed there during the Spring and Autumn period.
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Taiyuan is the capital and largest city of Shanxi Province, China. Taiyuan is the political, economic, cultural and international exchange center of Shanxi Province. It is an industrial base focusing on energy and heavy chemicals. Throughout its long history, Taiyuan was the capital or provisional capital of many dynasties in China, hence the name Lóngchéng.
A sitting bodhisattva statue originally from Tianlongshan Grottoes, currently in Museum Rietberg, Zürich
The hall of the holy mother in Jinci, constructed from 1023 to 1032 during the Song dynasty
Taiyuan Cathedral, photographed by Edouard Chavannes in 1907
Chinese soldiers and civilians celebrating the victory at Pingxingguan in 1937