Pingliang

Pingliang is a prefecture-level city in eastern Gansu area, China, flanking Shaanxi region toward the south and east and the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region toward the north. Pingliang is notable for the close-by Kongtong Mountains, which are consecrated to Taoism and area of the legendary gathering spot of the Yellow Emperor and Guangchengzi, an everlasting.

Circumscribing prefecture-level urban communities are Xianyang toward the east, Baoji and Tianshui toward the south, Dingxi and Baiyin toward the west, and Guyuan and Qingyang toward the north. It is situated on the Loess Plateau with heights going from 890 to 2,957 meters; the city legitimate itself is at an elevation of around 1,400 m.

Because of its height of around 1,400 m, Pingliang has a rainstorm affected, four-season, moist mainland atmosphere, with chilly however dry winters, and warm and damp summers. A great part of the yearly precipitation happens from June to September, and the yearly mean temperature is 8.84 °C. With month to month percent conceivable daylight extending from 46% in September to 65% in December, the city gets 2,381 hours of brilliant daylight every year.