Jincheng, called Zezhou in ancient times, has a long history. According to historical records, it can be traced back to the ancient "Huang San" era. Up to now, there are still places where "Xuanyuan visits Taoism" and "Yao Ji Yuyuan Garden" are circulated. Dugao County in Qin and Han Dynasties and Kaiyuan Year in Sui Dynasty. The company was renamed as Danchuan County and changed to Jincheng County in the early Tang Dynasty. Zezhou was incorporated into Fengtai County in Ming Dynasty and Fengtai County in Qing Dynasty, and Jincheng County was also owned by the people. Jincheng was founded in 1983, and 1985 is a provincial city.
Jincheng is one of the key areas for the development of coal, electricity, energy and heavy chemical industry in this province. After 48 years of construction since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the national economic system of more than 20 industries such as coal, metallurgy, electric power, machinery, chemicals, building materials, textiles, paper making and food has been formed. In addition, township enterprises have developed rapidly, domestic specialties are abundant, sericulture is relatively developed, and Gaoping silk is famous at home and abroad.
Jincheng is rich in mineral resources, with huge reserves of coal and iron. Anthracite has excellent quality and is known as "white coal" and "fragrant coal".
Jincheng has beautiful mountains and rivers and many historical sites. Humanistic tourism resources with ancient buildings as the main body and natural tourism resources counties with Taihang scenery as the representative have high tourism value. At present, there are more than 2,500 ancient buildings in the whole cloth, which have been listed as 1 15 cultural relics under national, provincial and county protection. A considerable number of ancient buildings have the characteristics of relatively complete preservation, good group structure, more attached cultural relics and beautiful geographical environment. Such as qinglian temple, Huang Yu Temple and Chongxing Temple in Jincheng, Kaihua Temple, Xianweng Temple and Youxian Temple in Gaoping, Zhenze Palace, Zhaoqing Garden and Chong'an Temple in Lingchuan, Haihui Temple and Shousheng Temple in Yangcheng, etc. There are many strange caves in Shan Qi Springs. The famous ones are Qinshui Lishan, Jiaocheng Mangshan, Gaoping Yangtou Mountain and Lingchuan Fozi Mountain. Others, such as Qinshui Baiyun Cave and Nanze Xiandong, Yangcheng Lingquan Cave, Yanhe Spring and Manghe Spring, Lingchuan Huangya Cave and Jincheng Baishi Cave, have different scenery, vivid images and beautiful scenery.