Fenyang city formerly as Fenyang County (汾阳县) before 1996, is a county-level city

County-level city

A county-level city is a county-level administrative division of mainland China. County-level cities are usually governed by prefecture-level divisions, but a few are governed directly by province-level divisions....

 under the administration of Lüliang

Lüliang

Lüliang is a prefecture-level city in Shanxi province in China. It has an area of 21,000 square kilometers and a population of 3,600,000.-Administration:Lüliang has direct jurisdiction over:-External links:*...

 prefecture-level city

Prefecture-level city

A prefectural level city , prefectural city or prefectural level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. Prefectural level cities form the second level of the administrative...

, in Shanxi

Shanxi

' is a province in Northern China. Its one-character abbreviation is "晋" , after the state of Jin that existed here during the Spring and Autumn Period....

 Province, China

China

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Fenyang was the birthplace of film director Jia Zhangke

Jia Zhangke

Jia Zhangke is a Chinese film director. He is generally regarded as a leading figure of the "Sixth Generation" movement of Chinese cinema, a group that also includes such figures as Wang Xiaoshuai and Zhang Yuan....

. His 1997 film Xiao Wu

Xiao Wu

Xiao Wu also known as The Pickpocket is a 1997 Chinese movie directed by Jia Zhangke.The film was the directorial debut of Jia Zhangke, one of the major figures of the so-called Sixth Generation of Chinese cinema and stars Wang Hongwei in the titular role along with Hao Hongjian and Zuo Baitao...

was filmed in Fenyang. His 2000 film Platform is set from the end of 1970s to the beginning of 1990s in and around Fenyang. Fengyang is also the birthplace of Guo Qinglan, ' onMouseout='HidePop("14651")' href="/topics/Dwarkanath_Kotnis">Dwarkanath Kotnis

Dwarkanath Kotnis

Dwarkanath Shantaram Kotnis was one of five Indian physicians dispatched to China to provide medical assistance during the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1938...

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Fenyang has a strong reputation within Shanxi for the production of Fenjiu (汾酒; pinyin: fén jiǔ), a type of Baijiu

Baijiu

Baijiu , or shaojiu is a Chinese distilled alcoholic beverage. The name baijiu literally means "white liquor," "white alcohol" or "white spirits". Baijiu is often translated as "wine" or "white wine"...

known for its superior flavor.

External links

• Fenyang government website (in Chinese)