More than 300 police and villagers were searching for survivors, Xinhua said.
One person was injured, Xinhua reported. Twenty-two people were rescued, state broadcaster China Central Television said.
A man surnamed Zhao at the Shanxi Work Safety Administration told The Associated Press that a landslide killed 26 people but said he had no other details. Phones at the Xiangfen government office and the local communist party committee rang unanswered.