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Republic of China waistcoat tripod | 1916 Hengshan Mountain travelogue

In the autumn of 1916, Ma Jiading, a journalist from Shanxi Province, went to Lingqiu on business. After finishing his work, he traveled to Hunyuan and visited Hengshan Mountain. He wrote a travelogue titled "A Travelogue of Hengshan Mountain in North Shanxi," which was serialized in three installments in the Shanxi newspaper, "Laifu Daily."

2025/03/18

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Wu Shaocheng's 1926 Hengshan Mountain Travelogue (Republic of China period)

Wu Shaocheng, a Jiangsu native and teacher at a certain school in Taiyuan, had long admired Mount Wutai and Hengshan Mountain. In October 1926, he set out on a journey to visit them. Despite the rugged mountain paths, he traveled alone, first to Mount Wutai and then to Hengshan Mountain.

2025/03/17

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Republic of China, Tang Jiong Yan | 1937 Hengshan Mountain Travelogue, North Shanxi

In April 1937, 34 students from Tsinghua University traveled to Hunyuan, North Shanxi. Tang Jiongyan wrote a travelogue titled "Travelogue of Hengshan Mountain in North Shanxi," which was published in the 11th volume of "Travel Magazine" in 1937.

2025/03/17

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Fu Zhenlun | Field Notes from a 1950 Archaeological Expedition to Northern Shanxi

Presented here to the readers is the "Yanbei Archaeological Diary," a collection of notes kept for over 30 years by the renowned Chinese archaeologist, Mr. Fu Zhenlun. This archaeologist, now over seventy years of age, has been engaged in research in archaeology, history, and local gazetteers since the 1930s, and possesses profound expertise in these fields.

2025/03/14

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Eleven Lectures on the History and Culture of Hengshan Mountain (Hunyuan)

As a native of Hunyuan, I have a duty to promote Hunyuan, integrating culture and tourism to enable tourists to understand and appreciate Hunyuan, thereby promoting the development of Hunyuan's cultural and tourism industry.

2025/03/14

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Shanxi's only "national mountain": Hengshan Mountain

There are five sacred mountains in China, and Hengshan Mountain is the northernmost. Its peaks and ridges rise in countless layers, mysterious and unpredictable." Many scholars who have visited Hengshan Mountain in Hunyuan County, Datong City, Shanxi Province, share a common understanding: Hengshan Mountain deserves the title of China's "national mountain" and is worthy of pilgrimage by every Chinese citizen.

2025/03/14

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Why do people from Taiwan and other places overseas travel thousands of miles to Hengshan Mountain to trace their roots and worship their ancestors?

If you observe carefully for a long time, you will find a strange and puzzling phenomenon in Hengshan Mountain, Hunyuan County: every year, a large number of tourists from Taiwan and other places overseas visit, and their devout worship at Hengshan Mountain is truly admirable.

2025/03/14

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