Commentary of the sacred tree

Shenmu County is located in the northern part of Shaanxi Province, bordering the three provinces (regions) of Shanxi, Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia. It is the core area of ??the national-level northern Shaanxi energy and chemical industry base. The county has a total area of ??7,635 square kilometers and is the largest county in Shaanxi Province. It has jurisdiction over 15 towns, 4 townships, and 664 administrative villages, with a total population of 378,000.

Residence of the County People's Government: Shenmu Town, postal code 719300, telephone area code: 0912. A corner of Shenmu County

Shenmu has a long history. Humans have been living in the county four to five thousand years ago. The establishment began in the Qin and Han Dynasties, and then became counties or counties. It has been called a sacred tree since the Ming Dynasty. Due to its important geographical location, it is known in history as "Guanzhong in the south, Hetao in the north, the danger of Jinyang on the left, and the rush of Lingxia on the right." It has always been a battleground for military strategists. Yang Ye and his son, heroes of the Northern Song Dynasty who fought against the Liao Dynasty, once stationed here to fight against the invasion and dominate the area. Their heroic deeds have been passed down through the ages. Fan Zhongyan, the governor of Hedong in the Northern Song Dynasty, visited the border here and wrote the famous "Left Inscriptions on Linzhou" and "Autumn Poems on Linzhou".

Shenmu is also a famous old revolutionary area. The party organization was established in 1927, the red regime was established in 1934, and the Shenfu revolutionary base area in northern Shaanxi was opened up, making important contributions to the victory of the Chinese revolution. In this heroic land, a number of national heroes such as Wang Ying, Wang Ming, Zhang Youqing, Wang Zhaoqing, and Jia Tuofu grew up.

The sacred tree has unique geography and landforms. The county is located in the transition zone from the loess hills of northern Shaanxi to the grasslands of Inner Mongolia. The terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. The landform is bounded by the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, with windy sand and grassland areas in the north, accounting for 51% of the county's total area; and hilly and ravine areas in the central and southern parts, accounting for 49% of the county's total area. The county has a semi-arid continental monsoon climate, with an average annual sunshine of 2,876 hours, a temperature of 8.5°C, a frost-free period of 169 days, and a precipitation of 440.8 mm. The Yellow River flows through the county for 98 kilometers. Kuye River and Tuwei River flow into the Yellow River from northwest to southeast. There are 46 inland lakes in the northwest of the county. Among them, Shenhu Lake (Hongjiannao) has a total area of ??54 square kilometers and a water storage of 800 million cubic meters. It is the largest inland lake in Shaanxi Province and the largest desert freshwater lake in China.