Jiyuan, Henan Province, China

🇨🇳 Jiyuan (济源; 濟源; Jìyuán) is a sub-prefecture-level city in north-western Henan province, People's Republic of China. It borders the prefecture-level cities of Jiaozuo and Luoyang to the east and south-west respectively, as well as the province of Shanxi to the north.

Administration The sub-prefecture-level city of Jiyuan administers 5 subdistrict and 11 towns. Jiyuan is named after the Ji river whose source is said to be a spring located on the west of the city.

Subdistricts • Beihai Subdistrict (北海街道) • Jishui Subdistrict (济水街道) • Qinyuan Subdistrict (沁园街道) • Tiantan Subdistrict (天坛街道) • Yuquan Subdistrict (玉泉街道); Towns • Chengliu (承留镇) • Dayu (大峪镇) • Kejing (克井镇) • Lilin (梨林镇) • Potou (坡头镇) • Shaoyuan (邵原镇) • Sili (思礼镇) • Wangwu (王屋镇) • Wulongkou (五龙口镇) • Xiaye (下冶镇) • Zhicheng (轵城镇).

Mythology • A famous Chinese mythology The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains may come from this area. Mountains mentioned in this myth are Taihang and Wangwu.

History Jiyuan was a county belonging to Jiaozuo City in the past, then it was divided from the city. The former Ji River—one of the ancient "Four Rivers", alongside the Yangtze, Huai, and Yellow Rivers—originated around Jiyuan, which was the source of its name, Chinese for "Source of the Ji". (Today, the Ji has been entirely subsumed by the Yellow River, which shifted to the bed of the Ji during its massive 1852 flood.) According to the latest archaeological findings, as early as around 10,000 years ago, precisely at the end of the Paleolithic Period and the beginning of the Neolithic Period, people have lived here. It used to be the capital of the Xia Dynasty and was well known for its wealth between the Period of Warring States and Han Dynasty.

In Shang dynasty it was a Fang state - Ya (亞方).

Agriculture There are many crops grown in Jiyuan, such as wheat, peanut, cotton, sweet potato, maize and other crops.

Transport • Houma–Yueshan Railway • Jiaozuo–Liuzhou Railway.