Fenyang

Fenyang (simplified Chinese: 汾阳市; traditional Chinese: 汾陽市; pinyin: Fényáng Shì), formerly as Fenyang County (汾阳县) before 1996, is a county-level city under the administration of Lüliang prefecture-level city, in Shanxi Province, China.

Fenyang was the birthplace of Jia Zhangke, who filmed 1997 Xiao Wu there.

Subsequently, Mountains May Depart features scenes set in Fenyang in 1999 and 2014.

Fengyang is also the birthplace of Guo Qinglan (郭庆兰; Guō Qìnglán), the widow of Dwarkanath Kotnis.

Fenyang has a strong reputation within Shanxi for the production of Fenjiu (汾酒; fénjiǔ), a type of Baijiu known for its superior flavor.

Map including Fenyang (labeled as 汾陽 FEN-YANG (walled)) ( AMS , 1955)