Xīnzhèng

Xinzheng is associated in local tradition with Xuanyuan, the Yellow Emperor, revered as an ancestor of Chinese civilization. A shrine north of the old town commemorated his supposed birthplace, while another temple stood on Fenghou Ridge in the Juci Mountains to the southwest. The town shrine was repaired in 1570, and a magistrate erected a stele naming the site Xuanyuan's hometown in 1715. On the mountain, stone walls built along the ridges enclosed a fortified refuge of the Ming period.