Yulin, Shaanxi

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Yulin (Chinese: 榆林; pinyin: Yúlín) is a prefecture-level city with more than 100,000 inhabitants in the Shaanxi province of the People's Republic of China.

[edit] Geography

Yulin is in the far North of the province, close to Inner Mongolia. Yulin is close to the desert.

[edit] History

In 2004 a protest of peasants subject to disownment was violently suppressed.

Yulin played host to the 11th CHIME (European Foundation for Chinese Music Research) conference in August of 2006.

[edit] Culture

Because of it's relative isolation, a considerable amount of classical architecture remains in the city proper. Cultural relics include the Zhen Bei Tai watchtower, built during the Ming Dynasty, and the Red Stone Gorge, a canyon lined with grottoes containing Buddhist art. In addition, pieces of the ancient Great Wall built during the Qin Dynasty are scattered along the outskirts of town.

Jin is spoken in Yulin.

Prefecture-level divisions of Shaanxi