Where are the fun and cultural places in Shandong Province?

Taian:

Taian is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province and the seat of Mount Tai. Located in the central part of Shandong Province, between 116°02′ and 117°59′ east longitude and 35°38′ and 36°28′ north latitude, it is about 176.6 kilometers long from east to west and 93.5 kilometers wide from north to south. The city is located at the foot of Mount Tai, built on the mountain, and the mountain and city are integrated into one.

Taian is an important tourist city open to the outside world in East China. It is 66.8 kilometers from the provincial capital Jinan City in the north and 74.6 kilometers south from Qufu City, the holy land of three holes. It is the midpoint of Shandong Province's "One Mountain, One Water, One Saint" tourist hotline. It borders Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province, to the north, Qufu, the hometown of Confucius, the founder of Confucian culture, to the south, the commercial city of Linyi to the east, and the Yellow River to the west. It has jurisdiction over two municipal districts, Taishan and Daiyue, two counties, Ningyang and Dongping, and two county-level cities, Xintai and Feicheng.

Taian means "the country is peaceful and the people are safe", and it is a famous cultural tourism city. Mount Tai in the territory is a national key scenic spot, with an altitude of 1532.7 meters. It is known as "the first of the five mountains" and "the first mountain in the world". It is a world natural and cultural heritage. Tai'an City was listed as one of the first batch of tourist cities open to the outside world by the State Council in 1982. It belongs to the temperate semi-humid continental monsoon climate zone, with an average annual temperature of 13°C and an average annual precipitation of 697 mm.

Qufu

Qufu was the capital of the State of Lu in ancient times. It was later renamed Lu County and is now a county-level city in Shandong Province. It is located in the southwest of Shandong Province, 135 kilometers north of Jinan, the provincial capital. It connects Sishui to the east, Yanzhou to the west, Zoucheng to the south, and Mount Tai to the north. The maximum longitudinal distance from north to south is 35.8 kilometers, and the maximum horizontal distance from east to west is 25 kilometers. The total area is 895.93 square kilometers. The total population is 639,200 (2012).

The name "Qufu" was first seen in the "Book of Rites". Yingshao of the Eastern Han Dynasty explained: "There is a Fu in the city of Lu, which is seven or eight miles long, so it is named Qufu." Qufu has the famous "Three Confucius": Confucius Mansion, Confucius Temple, and Confucius Forest. It is the hometown of Confucius, the great thinker, educator, and founder of the Confucian school in ancient China.

In 1982, Qufu was rated as one of the first batch of historical and cultural cities in China; in 1991, it was rated as one of the top 40 tourist attractions in China by the National Tourism Administration; in 1994, Confucius Temple, Confucius Mansion, and Confucius Forest were included in the world culture Heritage?; In 1997, the National Tourism Administration identified Qufu as one of China's 35 trump tourist cities; in December 1998, it was named one of the first batch of China's outstanding tourist cities; in 2004, it was named an advanced city in China's cultural relics work ; In 2007, Confucius Temple, Confucius Mansion and Confucius Forest were rated as national AAAAA tourist attractions.

Qingdao

Qingdao, a prefecture-level city in Shandong Province, a city under separate national planning and a sub-provincial city, referred to as Qingdao, formerly known as "Jiao'ao", also known as "Qindao" and "Dao" city". Qingdao is an important coastal central city, a coastal open city, a new first-tier city, an economic central city, a national historical and cultural city, an international port city, a coastal resort tourism city, a happy and livable city, and is known as the "Switzerland of the East".

Qingdao is located on the southeastern coast of Shandong Peninsula and the eastern part of Jiaodong Peninsula. It is adjacent to the Yellow Sea and faces the Korean Peninsula across the sea. It is located at the forefront of the China-Japan-Korea Free Trade Zone; it is adjacent to Yantai in the northeast and Yantai in the west. It is connected to Weifang and borders Rizhao to the southwest; due to its superior geographical location, Qingdao was stationed by the Qing government in 1891 and Germany leased it to build ports and railways in 1897. Qingdao prospered due to "one port and one road" and has an international seaport and regional hub. The airport is an important hub city for implementing the Maritime Silk Road and fulfilling the national One Belt, One Road strategy.

Qingdao is one of the first batch of coastal open cities in the country, a Chinese coastal city, a national civilized city, a national sanitary city, a national garden city, and a national forest city. It is also the happiest city in China. As the world's beer city and the world's sailing capital, Qingdao is the leading city in the core area of ??the Shandong Peninsula Blue Economic Zone planning approved by the State Council. As of 2017, Qingdao has a total area of ??11,282 square kilometers, jurisdiction over 7 districts, 3 county-level cities, 1 national-level new district (Qingxi New District), and a total population of 9.204 million. In 2016, Qingdao's GDP reached 1,001.129 billion yuan, an increase of 7.9%, and per capita GDP reached 109,407 yuan.

Qingdao is home to famous Taoist mountain Laoshan, Zhanqiao, May Fourth Square, Badaguan, Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center and other famous attractions. Celebrities such as Lao She, Wen Yiduo, Hong Shen and Shen Congwen have lectured in Qingdao; they are stationed at Shandong University (Qingdao), Beihang University Qingdao Campus, Ocean University of China, China University of Petroleum and other institutions.

Extended information:

Jinan City, referred to as "Ji", also known as "Quancheng", is the capital of Shandong Province, one of the fifteen sub-provincial cities in the country, and the five largest city of the Chinese People's Liberation Army One of the theaters, the Northern Theater Army headquarters is the political, cultural and educational center of Shandong Province. Shandong Peninsula urban agglomeration and core cities and new first-tier cities in Jinan metropolitan area.

Jinan is known as the "Spring City" due to its numerous springs and "seventy-two famous springs". It is known as "four sides surrounded by lotus and three sides by willows, one city with mountains and half with lakes". It is a national historical and cultural city, one of the first batch of outstanding tourist cities in China, and one of the birthplaces of prehistoric culture Longshan Culture.

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Jinan is connected to the Capital Economic Circle in the north, the Yangtze River Delta Economic Circle in the south, and the Shandong Peninsula and Central China in the east and west. It is an important intersection point between the Bohai Rim Economic Zone and the Beijing-Shanghai Economic Axis. The Bohai Rim and It is the central city in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, the core city of the Shandong Peninsula urban agglomeration and the Jinan metropolitan area.

Jinan has successfully hosted many international and national events such as the Asian Cup, National Games, China International Garden and Flower Expo, and China Art Festival; the 22nd International History and Science Conference in 2015 was also successfully held in Jinan , marking the first time this world event has entered Asia more than a century after its inception. The 2016 China Green Companies Annual Conference was also held in Jinan.