Jia County, Henan
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Jia County or Jiaxian () is a county under the administration of
Pingdingshan Pingdingshan (), also known as Eagle City ( zh, s=鹰城, p=Yīngchéng, t=鷹城), is a prefecture-level city in central Henan province, China. It had 4,904,701 inhabitants at the 2010 census whom 1,756,333 lived in the built-up (or metro) are ...
City, in south-central
Henan Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...
Province, China. Jia county is famous for Heluo noodles, the Three-Su Temple and Linfeng village. Three-Su Temple is the place where the famous poets
Su Xun Su Xun (; 22 May 1009 – 21 May 1066) was a Chinese writer during the Song dynasty, best known for his essays. He is considered one of the Eight Masters of the Tang and Song, along with his sons Su Shi and Su Zhe. A famous story (popularized ...
,
Su Shi Su Shi (; 8 January 1037 – 24 August 1101), courtesy name Zizhan (), art name Dongpo (), was a Chinese calligrapher, essayist, gastronomer, pharmacologist, poet, politician, and travel writer during the Song dynasty. A major personality of ...
and
Su Zhe Su Zhe (; 1039–1112), or Su Che, courtesy names Ziyou and Tongshu , was a Chinese essayist, historian, poet, and politician from Meishan, located in modern-day Sichuan Province, China. Su was highly honored as a politician and essayist in th ...
are buried. For Linfeng village, its traditional red stone architectures have high historical and cultural value with obvious local characteristics.


Administrative divisions

As 2012, this county is divided to 6 towns, 7 townships and 1 ethic townships. ;Towns ;Townships ;Ethnic townships * Yaozhuang Hui Township ()


Climate


References


External links


Official website of Jia County Government
County-level divisions of Henan Pingdingshan {{Henan-geo-stub