Get to know Yanhu District
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- Administrative area
- District · 市辖区
- Part of
- Yuncheng
- Chinese name
- 盐湖区
- Local areas
- District guide
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 1,205.00 km²
- Population · 2020
- 928,334
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
Lake and farmland
The salt lake covers about 132 square kilometres. Mountains frame the district to the north and south, with rivers and canals crossing the district. Pears, apples, grapes, melons and chives are among the district’s agricultural products.
Xiezhou Guandi Temple
Xiezhou Guandi Temple (解州关帝庙) contains Wumen Gate (午门), the Imperial Calligraphy Tower (御书楼), Chongning Hall (崇宁殿) and Chunqiu Tower (春秋楼). Beside Chongning Hall, the western storehouse once held the vessels used in sacrificial ceremonies. The temple’s collections include old printed books, woodblocks, account books, rent registers, contracts and receipts, preserving records alongside its architecture. Among the books are the Complete Gazetteer of Xiezhou (解州全志) and Records of the Three Kingdoms (三国志).
Sources for this guide
盐湖概况-运城市盐湖区人民政府门户网站 · Yanhu District Government
山西运城：关公故里何以向新-新华网 · Xinhua
山西·运城“巧夺天工 古建艺游” · Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-26.
Explore Yanhu District
Core places to explore, with English and Chinese names.
Places to explore around Yanhu District
Chongning Hall at Haizhou Guan Di Temple · 解州关帝庙 Photograph date recorded by the source: 2026-05-04 15:32:00.Guan Di Temple (Haizhou)解州关帝庙
Haizhou Guandi Temple honours Guan Yu near his traditional home region and gives a grand architectural form to his later religious cult. The surviving complex includes major Qing rebuilding after a fire, with rooflines, plaques…
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A shore view across Yuncheng Salt Lake · 从岸边眺望运城盐湖 Source-recorded photograph date: 2019/08/18 (according to Exif data).Xiechi Lake运城盐湖
Xiechi Lake, commonly called Yuncheng Salt Lake, links an unusual saline landscape with the history of salt taxation and trade. Its divided salt pans can change colour with algae, light and seasonal conditions, so the vivid…
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Getting there
Yanhu District covers the centre of Yuncheng. Search for 盐湖区 in a map app to find stations and your accommodation.
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Guan Di Temple (Haizhou) and Xiechi Lake are about 15 km apart in a straight line. The linked place guides have entrance and visit details.
Continue with Yuncheng →More in Yuncheng
Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
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