Where is the source and destination of Fenhe River?

Traditionally, it is believed that the source of Fenhe River is Leiming Temple Spring at the foot of Guancen Mountain in ningwu county, Shanxi Province, but modern investigation shows that it is located in Xiling Village, Taipingzhuang Township, Shenchi County.

At the end of Fenhe River is the Yellow River.

The source of Fenhe River is located at the northwest 1km of Dongzhai Town, ningwu county. Shan Hai Jing says that "Fenhe River is the source of Fenhe River water". The source is a pond. The stone wall of the pond is engraved with four characters: "Divide the garden and get the points". There is a faucet carved on the stone wall, and a clear spring spouts from Longkou and flows all year round. There is a temple near the source called Leiming Temple, which was built in the Ming Dynasty and was later destroyed.

The Fenhe River flows through 29 counties (districts) in six cities, namely Xinzhou City, Taiyuan City, Lvliang City, Jinzhong City, Linfen City and Yuncheng City, with a total length of 713km and a drainage area of 3,9721km2, and joins the Yellow River in Qian Miao Village, Ronghe Town, Wanrong County.

Fenhe description

Fenhe River has many tributaries, such as Xiaohe River, Wenyu River and Huihe River. , including many famous springs, such as Lancun Spring, Jinci Spring, Hongshan Spring, Guozhuang Spring, Guangsheng Temple Spring (living spring), Longzi Temple Spring and Gudui Spring.

Fenhe River Basin (8 in Shanxi Province) has three large reservoirs (storage capacity 1 100 million cubic meters or more), and other small and medium-sized reservoirs, irrigation areas and electromechanical pumping stations are scattered all over, which has convenient conditions for irrigation, power generation, industry and urban water supply. Besides Taiyuan, there are Yuci, Jiexiu, Linfen, Houma and other cities.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Fenhe River