Get to know Mizhi County
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- Administrative area
- County · 县
- Part of
- Yulin
- Chinese name
- 米脂县
- Local areas
- County guide
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 1,212.00 km²
- Population · 2018
- 221,847
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
A manor climbing the hillside
Jiang Family Manor (姜氏庄园) rises through lower, middle and upper courtyards, linked internally by concealed passages and enclosed by high defensive walls. Brick, timber and stone carving run through the complex. The buildings combine the local cave-dwelling form with courtyard planning, making the relationship between slope, enclosure and domestic space particularly visible.
Li Zicheng’s hillside complex
Li Zicheng’s Palace (李自成行宫) also follows the changing level of its hillside. A central axis links a theatre, pavilions, gates and halls, with bell and drum towers and side rooms arranged beside it. Beyond these buildings, Mizhi’s folk traditions include yangge dance (秧歌), suona music (唢呐), papercutting and molten-iron spark displays (铁水打花).
Sources for this guide
米脂县人民政府_ 千年古县 魅力米脂 ——米脂县情简介 · Mizhi County Government
米脂县人民政府_ 姜氏庄园 · Mizhi County Government
邂逅“千年古县 魅力米脂”_米脂新闻网—米脂县融媒体中心 · Mizhi County Converged Media Centre
Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-26.
Explore Mizhi County
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Places to explore around Mizhi County
Elevated view of the loess cave-dwelling courtyards of Jiang Family Manor, Mizhi County, Yulin · 榆林市米脂县姜氏庄园窑洞式建筑群 Source-recorded photograph date: Taken on 30 October 2010.Jiang Family Manor姜氏庄园
Jiang Family Manor (姜氏庄园) is a castle-style cave-dwelling compound in Mizhi County, Yulin, Shaanxi, built over sixteen years by the landowner 姜耀祖 and his son. The State Council listed it in the sixth batch of Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level, with its era given as Qing.
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Li Zicheng's Temporary Palace complex at dusk, with memorial arch and equestrian statue, Mizhi County, Yulin · 榆林市米脂县李自成行宫，牌楼与骑马雕像 Source-recorded photograph date: Taken on 26 January 2011.Li Zicheng's Temporary Palace李自成行宫
Li Zicheng Xinggong (李自成行宫, Li Zicheng's palace) is a Ming-Qing building complex on the southern slope of Panlong Mountain (盘龙山) north of Mizhi county town, in Mizhi County, Yulin, Shaanxi. It was begun in 1643, after Li Zicheng established the Dashun regime in Xi'an, when he sent his nephew Li Guo back to Mizhi to build it, and it was intended to be ready for his use when he returned home.
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Getting there
Mizhi County is about 70 km in a straight line from central Yulin. Search for 米脂县 in a map app to find stations and your accommodation.
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Jiang Family Manor and Li Zicheng's Temporary Palace are both listed here. The linked place guides have entrance and visit details.
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Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
Photo: Jiang Family Manor · 鲍向阳 · CC BY-SA 3.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.
Photo: Li Zicheng's Temporary Palace · 鲍向阳 · CC BY-SA 3.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.
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