Which city is the hometown of Confucius and Mencius?

The hometown of Confucius and Mencius is Jining City, Shandong Province. Jining, the capital of the canal, is located in the southwest of Shandong Province. It is an excellent tourist city in China and a central city in southern Shandong Province. Confucius was a native of Lu (now Qufu County, Shandong Province) in the Spring and Autumn Period. Mencius was a native of Zou in the Warring States Period, and now he is from Zoucheng County, Shandong Province. Both of them belong to Jining City, Shandong Province, so Jining is also known as the "hometown of Confucius and Mencius".

Jining is located in the hinterland of southwest Shandong, at the junction of Huang-Huai-Hai Plain and south-central Shandong. It borders Linyi City in the east, Heze City in the west, Zaozhuang City and Xuzhou City in Jiangsu Province in the south, Tai 'an City in the north, and Liaocheng City across the Yellow River in the northwest corner.

The northernmost point is Zouqiao Village, Xiaolukou Town, Liangshan County, with a latitude of 35 57'; The southernmost tip is Gaolou Township, Weishan County, with a latitude of 34 26'; The easternmost point is Quanlin Town, surabaya county, east longitude117 36'; The westernmost point is Gaotang Village, Heihumiao Township, Liangshan County, east longitude11552'; Total area 1 1 187 square kilometers; North-south length 167 km, east-west width 158 km.

Jining city is located in the East Asian monsoon climate zone, which belongs to the warm temperate monsoon climate with four distinct seasons. South in summer, affected by tropical marine air mass or denatured tropical marine air mass, with high temperature and rainy weather; There are many northerly winds in winter, influenced by polar continental air masses, and there are many sunny and cold weather; Spring and autumn are the adjustment periods of atmospheric circulation, and spring is prone to drought and windy, and it recovers quickly; It's cool in autumn, but sometimes it rains.