1 My Hometown——ShanXi XXX 2016年6月14日 2016年6月14日 2016年6月14日

My Topics 1 、 History 2 、 Folk Cultural 2 、 Products 3 、 Tourism

My Questions 1 、 Why Shanxi Province is abbreviated as Jin ? 2 、 Who is the first empress in chinese history?

1 、 History Adjacented to Hebei, Henan, Inner Mongolia and Shanxi. Located on the west side of Taihang Mountains.

1 、 History Jin & San Jin （晋、三晋） Jin : In the Spring and Autumn Period, the Jin kingdom was lacoted here San Jin: In the Warring States Period ， Jin Kingdom were divided up by three kingdom( Han 、 Zhao and Wei).

1 、 History Wu Zetian (624—705) The first empress in Chinese history. Empress 女皇帝

2 、 Folk Culture Shanxi is known as "the Chinese ancient cultural museum" "the cradle of Chinese civilization”.

2 、 Folk Culture （ 1 ） Papercuts 剪纸 Chinese zodiac 十二生肖

2 、 Folk Culture （ 1 ） Papercuts 剪纸

2 、 Folk Culture （ 2 ） Dough modelling 面塑

2 、 Folk Culture （ 3 ） Wanghuo 旺火 means “ 红红火火 ” and “ 旺气通天 ”

2 、 Folk Culture （ 4 ） Hanshi Festival 寒食节 Every family no fire, this day eating cold food only.

2 、 Products 平遥推光漆器 五台山 “ 台砚 ” millet

4 、 Tourism (1) 佛家胜地 —— 五台山 Wutai Mountain (2) “ 神佛洞天 ”—— 云岗石窟 Yungang Caves (3)” 建筑宝库 ”—— 平遥古城 Pingyao Ancient City (4) 北岳恒山 —— 悬空寺 Hanging Temple (5) “ 天柱地轴 ”—— 应县木塔 Yingxian Wooden Tower (6)” 民俗精华 ”—— 乔家大院 Qiao Family Courtyard (7) “ 龙兴之地 ”—— 晋祠 Jin Ci Temple (8) “ 民族之魂 ”—— 黄河壶口 Hukou waterfalls of the Yellow River ……

4 、 Tourism (1) 佛家胜地 —— 五台山 Wutai Mountain The top of the four famous Buddhism Mountains in China

4 、 Tourism (2) “ 神佛洞天 ”—— 云岗石窟 Yungang Caves One of Chinese four most famous "Buddhist Caves Art Treasure Houses"

4 、 Tourism (3)” 建筑宝库 ”—— 平遥古城 Pingyao Ancient City 日升昌票号

4 、 Tourism (4) 北岳恒山 —— 悬空寺 Hanging Temple The temple is the only existing temple which integrate Buddhist( 佛教 ), Taoist （道 教） and Confucian （儒教） cultures

4 、 Tourism (5) “ 天柱地轴 ”—— 应县木塔 Yingxian Wooden Tower Ying Xian Wooden Tower,Eiffel Tower, Leaning Tower of Pisa are titled as the three most wonderful Tower in the world by United Nations

4 、 Tourism (6)” 民俗精华 ”—— 乔家大院 Qiao Family Couryard Shanxi was famous for 晋商和山西票号 for 500 years. 山西票号 are considered the rural grandfather of modern banking by western economist. "ancient architecture museum of china"

3 、 Tourism (7) “ 龙兴之地 ”—— 晋祠 Jin Ci Temple 难老泉周柏 侍女像

4 、 Tourism (8) “ 民族之魂 ”—— 黄河壶口 Hukou Waterfalls of the Yellow River The Hukou Waterfalls of the Yellow River is the only Yellow Waterfall on earth.

Welcome to Shanxi Thanks

My Questions 1 、 Why Shanxi Province is abbreviated as Jin ? 2 、 Who is the first empress in chinese history?