Lucheng () is a

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Changzhi Changzhi ( zh, s=长治) is a prefecture-level city in the southeast of Shanxi Province, China, bordering the provinces of Hebei and Henan to the northeast and east, respectively. Historically, the city was one of the 36 administrative areas ( ...

, in south-eastern

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province of the

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. As a division of Changzhi City, it covers an area of 615 km² and has a population of 210,000. Lucheng's economy is driven by

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industry and

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mining. A village in Lucheng county, Zhangzhuangcun (张庄村, pinyin: Zhāngzhuāngcūn), sometimes translated as Long Bow Village, was made famous by the book '' Fanshen'' written by William H. Hinton. The book chronicles the changes Zhangzhuangcun underwent after the defeat of occupying Japanese forces by the communist

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and the ensuing land reform movement by the

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during

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. Hinton documented his return to Zhangzhuangcun years later in ''Shenfan'', chronicling what had happened in the years since and describing how the

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affected the village.

History

*In 1994, its title changed from Lucheng County to Lucheng City (a

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under the administration of

) with approval by the State Council. *In 2018, its title changed to Lucheng District.

Climate

Transportation

China National Highway 207 China National Highway 207 (G207) runs from Ulanhot, Inner Mongolia to Hai'an, Guangdong. It is in length and runs south from Xilinhot through Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi, Henan, Hubei, Guangxi, and ends in Guangdong. Route and distance ...

References

External links

Official website, in ChineseChinese Pig Under the Roof
(Changzhi Revolution Story) Cities in Shanxi County-level divisions of Shanxi Changzhi {{Shanxi-geo-stub