Wenxi County
Wenxi County (simplified Chinese: 闻喜县; traditional Chinese: 聞喜縣; pinyin: Wénxǐ Xiàn) is a county in southern Shanxi province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture level city of Yuncheng. As of 2020 it had a population of roughly 350,000.
Wenxi County
闻喜县 Wensi | |
|---|---|
 Location in Yuncheng | |
  Wenxi Location of the seat in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates: 35°23′24″N 111°18′27″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Yuncheng |
| Population (2020) | 355,269 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
The name Wenxi, which means "hearing the glad news", was used as the county name in 111 BC when Emperor Wu of Han, who on his royal progress at this place, heard Han's decisive victory in the Han–Nanyue War.
Climate
| Climate data for Wenxi (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.6 (61.9) |
23.3 (73.9) |
28.3 (82.9) |
35.0 (95.0) |
38.0 (100.4) |
39.9 (103.8) |
40.9 (105.6) |
38.7 (101.7) |
38.0 (100.4) |
32.4 (90.3) |
26.5 (79.7) |
16.5 (61.7) |
40.9 (105.6) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 4.7 (40.5) |
8.7 (47.7) |
14.4 (57.9) |
21.5 (70.7) |
26.6 (79.9) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.8 (89.2) |
30.1 (86.2) |
25.6 (78.1) |
19.7 (67.5) |
12.3 (54.1) |
6.0 (42.8) |
19.4 (66.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.9 (28.6) |
2.0 (35.6) |
7.6 (45.7) |
14.3 (57.7) |
19.6 (67.3) |
24.5 (76.1) |
26.3 (79.3) |
24.6 (76.3) |
19.6 (67.3) |
13.1 (55.6) |
5.4 (41.7) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
12.9 (55.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −6.9 (19.6) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
1.7 (35.1) |
7.4 (45.3) |
12.4 (54.3) |
17.8 (64.0) |
21.2 (70.2) |
19.9 (67.8) |
14.7 (58.5) |
7.9 (46.2) |
0.1 (32.2) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
7.3 (45.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −17.1 (1.2) |
−18.7 (−1.7) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
8.3 (46.9) |
14.2 (57.6) |
11.5 (52.7) |
1.9 (35.4) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
−12.9 (8.8) |
−19.4 (−2.9) |
−19.4 (−2.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4.5 (0.18) |
7.6 (0.30) |
19.2 (0.76) |
26.9 (1.06) |
49.4 (1.94) |
58.7 (2.31) |
91.2 (3.59) |
90.2 (3.55) |
74.1 (2.92) |
45.3 (1.78) |
17.8 (0.70) |
4.8 (0.19) |
489.7 (19.28) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 60 | 58 | 58 | 60 | 64 | 61 | 71 | 76 | 76 | 74 | 70 | 63 | 66 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[1] | |||||||||||||
Archaeology
In June 2022, archaeologists announced a discovery of a 2.8 cm long 5.200 years old stone carving chrysalis in a semi-crypt house at the Shangguo Site in Wenxi County in the city of Yuncheng. Archaeologists made suppositions that this house may have belonged to the Yangshao Culture period, based on the unearthed pottery pieces. According to archaeologist Tian Jianwen, discovery of stone carving chrysalises provided significant information for the study of the silkworm culture in China.[2][3]
References
- 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- "5,200-year-old stone carving chrysalis found in north China-Xinhua". www.chinaview.cn. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
- Büyükyıldırım, Oğuz (2022-07-19). "5,200-year-old stone carving silkworm chrysalis discovered in north China". Arkeonews. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
- www.xzqh.org (in Chinese)