At the foot of Taihang Mountain, Zezhou County, Shanxi Province, there is an ancient town with a history of more than 2,600 years - Dayang Ancient Town. Dayang ancient known as Yang a, in the history of the Qin Emperor in this county, Han Dynasty qin system and seal in this, West Yan set this as a county, it has been county, hou, county administration for more than 800 years. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, there was a forest of official officials in Dayang. The local folk songs "There were no officials in Dayang kua" and "Dayang came out of three buckets and three liters of sesame official" all truly reflected the flourishing of literary affairs in Dayang at that time.


At the same time, Dayang is known as the "kyushu needle Capital" for its developed needle industry. From the Western Han Dynasty to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the history of Dayang showed a large number of legendary figures, color art double unique Zhao Feiyan, the first palace tune of the Three Confucius, Geng Jie, ten thousand words of the book Ru Taisu, died for the country zhang Dajing and so on, they in the history of Dayang has drawn a thick and heavy color. "The ancient sword of Yang a, land can break cattle and horses, water cut swan goose", rich mineral resources make Dayang become one of the important cradles of China's iron smelting industry. The ancient town of Dayang not only smelting and casting of masculine heroic spirit also has a graceful graceful graceful. From the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Han Dynasty and the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Yanga became the world-famous hometown of song and dance. "Yanga Qiwu" and "Yanga Xilu" became the glory of dayang culture and art. Dayang ancient Town is known as the "living fossil of China's ancient towns" for its large ancient buildings of Ming and Qing Dynasties. Walking through the ancient town, there are many castles, streets and lanes, official houses, commercial residences, pavilions, Bridges, temples, temples and nunnery everywhere. Every brick, stone, grass and tree exudes the charm of vicissitudes of life.


Dayang ancient town distant mountains embrace, myriad weather. Among the magnificent natural landscapes, the "Ten Sceneries of Fragrant Hills" are the most famous. In 2008, it was awarded "Famous Town of Chinese History and Culture" by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development. In November 2011, it was also awarded "Hometown of Chinese Folk Culture and Art" by the Ministry of Culture. In 2016, it became the "International Cultural Exchange Base for Chinese Overseas Chinese".