Where is Weifang?

Weifang is located in the middle of Shandong Peninsula, with a land span of 35 41'~ 37 26' north latitude and11810' ~1201'east. It has jurisdiction over four districts of Kuiwen, Weicheng, Fangzi and Hanting, six cities (counties) of Qingzhou, Zhucheng, Shouguang, Anqiu, Changle, Changyi and Gaomi, and two counties of Changle and Linqu. Total area 15859 km2, with a total population of 8,357,900. Among them, the urban area is 1.472 square kilometers and the population is 1.26 million. The terrain of the city is high in the south and low in the north, with mountains and hills in the south, plains in the middle and coastal beaches in the north. Mountains, plains and beaches account for 28.7% and 13.6% of the total area respectively. Coastline length113km.

Weifang is a big agricultural city and one of the concentrated agricultural and sideline products producing areas in Shandong Province. The city has formed 16 key products of science and technology industries with certain commodity advantages and market potential, such as grain, cotton, oilseeds, tobacco, silkworm cocoons, fruits, aquatic products, vegetables, edible fungi, flowers and broilers, and built more than 1200 leading enterprises, and Shouguang vegetables, Zhucheng broilers, Anqiu peaches, Qingzhou edible fungi, Changle watermelons and so on. All six counties and cities have reached the standard of well-off counties.

Weifang's industry has developed rapidly. Weifang is a famous handicraft city in history. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, it was known as "Suzhou in the south and Weixian in the north". Ming and Qing dynasties were famous for "200 red furnaces, 3,000 coppersmith, 9,000 embroidered mothers and 100,000 looms". Since the founding of New China. At present, an industrial system with ten major industries as the main body, such as marine chemical industry, power machinery, agricultural transport vehicles, clothing and decorative fabrics, electronic communication and information processing, chemical fiber, new building materials, medicine and health products, food and beverage, paper making and packaging, has been initially formed, including crude salt, soda ash, diesel engines, empty cars, program-controlled switches, chlorinated polyethylene, etc. 108 and more than 5,008 varieties.

Weifang has developed rapidly through the construction of "Peninsula Trade City". Remarkable achievements have been made in opening to the outside world, and economic and technological cooperation relations have been established with more than 50 countries and regions. Significant progress has been made in the construction of railways, highways, airports, communications, urban water supply, gas supply and commercial facilities. The highway mileage reached 6.5438+0.4 million kilometers. Program-controlled telephones and direct dial telephones have all been opened at home and abroad, and the total capacity of telephone exchanges has reached 1, 0 1, 000. The urban water supply penetration rate reached 100%, and the residential fuel gasification rate reached 90.03%.

Weifang is a world-famous kite capital. 1On April 0, 984, Weifang Municipal People's Government held the first Weifang International Kite Fair at the suggestion of American friend David Chekhov. Since then, the annual Weifang International Kite Fair has been held in Weifang. By 2000, Weifang has held 17 sessions in succession. 1in April, 987, Weifang was elected as the world kite capital. The International Kite Federation has also made a decision to locate the headquarters of the International Kite Federation in Weifang. The holding of Weifang International Kite Fair has greatly improved Weifang's popularity, opened the door of Weifang's opening to the outside world and made Weifang go to the world. Weifang Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government adopted the policy of "matching kites, setting up culture and singing opera economy", and turned the kite fair into an economic and trade fair where thousands of businessmen gathered, which greatly promoted Weifang's economic development and promoted Weifang's economic take-off.

Weifang is a famous historical and cultural city with rich tourism resources. As early as the Neolithic Age more than 7000 years ago. There is clan and tribal life in this area. There was a feudal country in Xia and Shang Dynasties, which belonged to Liu and Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Qingzhou is also a military town in the history of our country. The long history has left Weifang with cultural groups in different periods, including ancient sites, ancient buildings, ancient stone carvings, portraits and other immovable cultural relics 1800, including 3 national key cultural relics protection units, 27 provincial-level and 400 county-level ones.

Weifang, as a famous county in ancient history, is full of talented people, heroes and cultural stars. There are more than 65.438 million high-level cultural celebrities born or living in Weifang. They have had an important impact on Weifang's political, economic, cultural and scientific development. According to legend, Gongye Chang, one of the seventy-two disciples of Confucius who was proficient in bird language, grew up in the village head of Anqiu Academy, and there are still inscriptions in this village. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, Yan Ying, a politician of Qi State, was good at rhetoric, assisting Qi State and Zhuang Gonghe, and made great achievements. The story of his mission to Chu was widely circulated by later generations. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Xu Gan was a philosopher and writer, and one of the "seven sons of Jian 'an". Kong Rong, one of the other "seven sons of Jian 'an", used to be the Beihai phase in Shouguang area. He once "established a city and a school, showing Confucianism and recommending sages", "worked in the county for six years with considerable achievements" and is known as "Kong Beihai" in the world. Jia Sixie, an agronomist in the Northern Wei Dynasty, wrote a large number of agricultural classics, which are of great value to agricultural research. Zhang Zeduan, a painter in the Northern Song Dynasty, is good at drawing cars, horses, boats, bridges, battlements and streets. The existing < < gt > describes the life scenes of all walks of life in the suburbs of Bianliang during the Qingming period. The vivid picture is an excellent genre painting with important historical value. Zhao Mingcheng, a famous poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, and his wife Li Qingzhao lived in Qingzhou for many years. Their poetry creation and the famous < < Jinshi Lu > > title are short-lived. In the Song Dynasty, a generation of famous writers and scientists such as Li Cheng emerged in Weifang. Local chronicles of the Second Qin Dynasty in the Yuan Dynasty & gt In the Yuan Dynasty, the scenic spots, pavilions, and folk figures in Yidu City were under the jurisdiction of Shandong Dongxi Road Publicity and Comfort Station. It is a valuable material for studying Shandong local chronicles. Feng Weimin, a writer of Amin's Sanqu, wrote: Moreover, Sanqu written by> has a distinctive style and a wide range of topics. Some works reflect the sufferings of the people at that time and satirize the greed and violence of feudal bureaucrats. Liu Yong, a cabinet scholar and calligrapher in the Qing Dynasty, was also from Weifang. Chen Wei, an official of Weifang, served as the senior minister and co-organizer of the transportation department, the military department and the official department during the reign of Daoguang in Qing Dynasty, leaving many works for future generations. His son, Chen Jieqi, is a famous epitaph in China. He wrote: Wait for a monograph of more than 30 Jun K? Faint? Bad communication? ⒎ Lupan? ⒅? ⑼? Let's return our palms to the grave. What did you say?/Sorry? What happened? ┠? What's the matter with you? ⑼??? Cong? Huang Bei? Crow? There are also many historical celebrities who came to work in Weifang from other places, such as Li Yong, a great calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, Kou Zhun, the prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, and Ouyang Xiu, a famous writer. Su Shi, a great writer in the Song Dynasty, wrote & gt and> more than 200 representative works of moxibustion population. During the reign of Emperor Qianlong in Qing Dynasty, Zheng Banqiao, one of the Eight Eccentrics in Yangzhou, served as a county magistrate in Wei County for seven years. He is an honest official, and his poems and paintings are also called "three musts". He left many poems and paintings here, which were handed down to the world and praised by the world.

Modern and contemporary famous figures include Wang Jinmei, the representative of the First National Congress, Chen Shaomin, Wang Tongzhao, Cui Wei, Cang Kejia, Wang Yuanjian, Wang Dahua and many other famous people. Their outstanding achievements have attracted the attention of the world and made Weifang people proud.