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Ruicheng

Also known as Ruicheng County

Ruicheng is a county in the far south-west of Shanxi, on the north bank of the Yellow River, in Yuncheng prefecture. It takes its name from the ancient State of Rui. It is known for the Yongle Palace, a Daoist temple complex with celebrated Yuan-dynasty wall paintings, moved there in 1959–1964 to make way for the Sanmenxia reservoir.

Ruicheng
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State of Rui

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