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Timber pagoda of the Fogong Temple, 1056, Song dynasty; at Yingxian, Shanxi province, China.
In the province of Shanxi, animal husbandry has traditionally been a significant practice due to the region's hilly terrain. Specifically, sheep raised in the northeast near Guangling are highly valued by farmers for their high wool yields.1