Yichuan County () is a

county A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

in the west of

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. It is under the administration of the

prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. During the Republican era, many of China' ...

Luoyang Luoyang is a city located in the confluence area of Luo River (Henan), Luo River and Yellow River in the west of Henan province. Governed as a prefecture-level city, it borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the east, Pingdingshan to the ...

. Yichuan is known as the "City of

Wine Wine is an alcoholic drink typically made from fermented grapes. Yeast consumes the sugar in the grapes and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Different varieties of grapes and strains of yeasts are m ...

". Chinese rice wine is claimed to have been invented here by

Dukang Du Kang, sometimes identified with Shao Kang, is one of the figures credited with the invention of alcoholic beverages in Chinese legend. He became the deified patron of winemakers in China and Japan ( Tōji). Grain wines were an important part ...

during the reign of

Shaokang Shao Kang (, his surname was Si (surname 姒), Sì 姒) was the sixth king of the Xia dynasty of ancient China. He was the son of Xiang of Xia, Xiang. His father was killed in a battle against Han Zhuo's two sons, Han Jiao and Han Yi; Shao Kang's ...

of the

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. Dukang wine is now exported to Japan, the United States, Canada, Thailand, and more than 45 other countries.

Administrative divisions

As 2012, this county is divided to 5 towns and 9 townships. ;Towns * Chengguan () * Minggao () *

Shuizhai Shuizhai is a town under the jurisdiction of Wuhua County, Meizhou City, Guangdong Province, southern China. References See also List of township-level divisions of Guangdong This is a list of township-level divisions of the province of ...

() * Pengpo () * Gaoshan () ;Townships * Yaling Township () * Pingdeng Township () * Jiuhou Township () * Gezhai Township () * Baiyuan Township () * Baisha Township () *

Banpo Township Banpo is an archaeological site discovered in 1953 by Shi Xingbang, and located in the Yellow River Valley just east of Xi'an, China. It contains the remains of several well organized Neolithic settlements, like Jiangzhai, carbon dated ...

() * Jiangzuo Township () * Lüdian Township ()

Climate

References

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