History & Humanity
Yan’anis one of the places of origin of Chinese civilization of five thousand years, the mausoleumof the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, honored as “the first ancestor of human” by the Chinese people, lies on the top of the Qiaoshanmountain in Yan’an. In the long history of Yan’an, with its special strategic positionof a “border county”, “throatof five roads”, Wu Qi, Meng Tian, Fan Zhongyan, Shen Kuo and many other well-known generals in ancient Chinashowed their civiland military skills, and put on the solemn and stirringhistorical dramas.
From 1935 to 1948, the CPCCentral Committee and the older generation of revolutionaries including Chairman Mao lived and fought here for 13 years, ledthe people of the whole country to win the great victory of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, cultivatedthe glorious Yan'anspirit. Yan’anis a world-famous holy land of the Chinese revolution, the baseforthree major nationaleducationsof patriotism, revolutionary tradition and Yan’anspirit, and China's excellent tourist city.
Being the “Holy Land of Chinese Civilization and Chinese Revolution, and the place of Hukou Waterfall and Loess Customs Culture”, there are unique tourism resources in Yan’an. Within the territory,there are 8,545 historical sites, 445 revolutionary sites, of which 168 are in urban areasand277 in counties, 40 national key cultural relics protection organizations, 211 provincial key cultural relics protection units, 68,995 pieces of cultural relicsin collection. Itis in the first batch ofhistoricaland cultural cities announced by the State Council.
Environment & Resources
Terrain:High in the northwestandlow in the southeast,the hilly gully landformof Loess Plateau, mainly loess ridges and hills.Theaverage elevation is 1,200 meters. The rivers in the territory are all inthe Yellow River system.It is in the inland arid and semi-arid climatearea, with four distinct seasons, sufficient sunshine and large temperature difference between day and night.
Rich natural resourceswithoil reserves of 1.38 billion tons, coal reserves of 11 billion tons, total natural gas resources of more than 300 billion cubic meters, prospective reserves of 20 trillion cubic meters, purple clay of 200 million tons, coal bed gas of 19.2 billion cubic meters, rock salt reserves of 111.3 billion tons, it is an important national energy source. Withvastland area, deepsoil layer, sufficientsunshine, it is the world's best areafor growing apple trees. Apple, vegetables, jujube, minorgrains and other agricultural products are of good quality and are sold at home and abroad. “Luochuan Apple”has beenawarded China famous brand.