Qixian County was ever the capital of the last 4 kings of Yin Dynasty and Kingdom Wei in the Spring and Autumn Period. It is one of the first Chinese famous historic and cultual cities. Qixian County gave birth to many outstanding people, such as Jizi, Weizi, Bigan, Gui Guzi and Jingke. Chinese surnames of Lin, Wei, Kang, Shang, Yin, etc and Korean surnames of Kang, Qin, etc originate here. There are scenic spots such as class 4A Yunmeng Mountains, Lingshan Mountains and Zhaixintai.
Qixian is a provincial key openning county and a national model county of agricultural structure adjustment. Industries here are textile, food, magnesium, building materials, paper, coal chemical, etc. Dayong company and Yongda company are listed in Chinese top 50 meat packing enterprises.
