What is the oldest area in Shandong?

Linzi has a long history and splendid culture, and is one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization. It is the ancient capital of Qi State in Zhou Dynasty and the capital of Qi King in Han Dynasty. Qingzhou was ruled by the Three Kingdoms, and the Sui and Tang Dynasties were resident counties, followed by counties.

Linzi, formerly known as Yingqiu, was renamed as Linzi by Qi Xiangong because it is adjacent to the Zihe River in the east.

1970 was renamed Linzi District.

Linzi District is located in the northeast of Zibo, east longitude 1 18 degrees 08 minutes to18 degrees 30 minutes, north latitude 36 degrees 9 minutes to 36 degrees 37 minutes.

The annual average temperature is 65438 02.2℃.

The temperature change in this area basically reflects the characteristics of continental climate.

The administrative map Linzi is rich in resources, with more than 20 kinds of mineral resources such as high-quality coal, iron and sulfur. The traffic is developed, Ji Jiao Railway runs through the east and west, Xintai Railway starts from Linzi, and Xinhe first-class highway meets Qing Ji Expressway and National Highway 309 in the middle of Linzi. National highways such as Wang Wei, Zhang Yi and Berlin crisscross with urban and rural roads, extending in all directions, forming a convenient transportation network; There are three thermal power plants, Xindian, Dawu and Ethylene, with sufficient power resources.

The political stability, economic prosperity and social stability of the whole region provide a good investment and cooperation environment for friends from all walks of life at home and abroad to visit and develop Linzi.

Linzi Industry adheres to the policy of high starting point, large-scale and export-oriented, gives full play to the superior geographical environment and the location advantage of Qilu Petrochemical Company in China, and focuses on developing leading industries such as chemicals, plastics, building materials, textiles and electromechanical.

More than 60 kinds of products are exported to more than 50 countries and regions such as Hong Kong, Japan, Southeast Asia, CIS, Eastern Europe and the United States.

On the basis of traditional industries, we will vigorously develop high-tech industries. Emerging industries such as bioengineering, new materials, fine chemicals and mechatronics will continue to grow, and high-tech projects such as power electronics, rare earth materials, special ceramics and biopharmaceuticals will rise rapidly in Linzi.

With the further prosperity of commerce and trade, Qilu Chemical Mall with high grade and full functions has become the distribution center of chemical production materials in the whole province.

The individual and private economy has developed rapidly.

Linzi agriculture has always been in the advanced ranks of the country and has the reputation of "granary in central Shandong". The total grain output in the whole year was stable at over 300 million kilograms, and the total output of melons and vegetables was 654.38+0.2 billion kilograms, forming four major production bases of grain, melons and vegetables, fruit and meat, eggs and milk.

1997, Linzi District was named "Tomato Town of China".

The urban construction of Linzi is changing with each passing day, and science and technology, education, health, sports and cultural undertakings are developing vigorously.

Linzi District has a long history. It has been the capital of Qi for more than 800 years, the birthplace of China's splendid Qi culture, and a national historical and cultural city.

A long history has left a large number of cultural relics in Linzi, which is known as the "underground museum".

In recent years, Linzi District has intensified the development of Qi culture and built a large number of tourist attractions based on these cultural relics.

On February 4th, 2004, jerome Champagne, Deputy Secretary-General of FIFA, officially announced at the press conference held in London: "Although many countries consider themselves as the birthplace of football, historians who study international football have definite evidence to prove that football originated from China-Cuju, the ancient capital of China.

From June 9th to 10, 2004, the expert demonstration meeting on "Football originated in Linzi" was held in Qidu Hotel, Linzi District, Zibo City.

After careful reasoning and discussion, the experts at the meeting finally reached a consistent conclusion: According to the existing historical documents and archaeological discoveries, China ancient cuju (football) originated from Linzi, the capital of Qi during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.