Chuánshuō Yáo de dūchéng jiù zài jīntiān de Línfén yídài.
Legend places the capital of the sage-king Yao around present-day Linfen.
Tips
memory
临汾 means "beside the Fen": the city stands on the 汾河. Its formal name is 临汾市.
culture
Its counties include 洪洞, whose Big Locust Tree was the gathering point for Ming-dynasty migrations to other provinces, and 吉县, on the Shanxi side of the 壶口瀑布 on the Yellow River.
