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Gaoping is a county-level city in Shanxi Province, China with a history stretching back to the Warring States period (403–221 BCE). Part of the city was formerly known as Changping where a noted battle took place in 260 BCE between forces from the rival States of Qin and Zhao. Gaoping is also famed as the birthplace of Lord Yan, a legendary figure who was an early leader among the ancient Han Chinese. Gaoping was traditionally identified as Yan's hometown. Not until the late 20th and early 21st century was Gaoping widely accepted as Yan's birthplace by the global scholarly community. The hilly area around Gaoping is known as the Sheep's Head Mountains , and it is this area that preserves the most concrete evidences of Yan's habitation there.