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Qingzhou (Chinese: 青州; Pinyin: Qīngzhōu) is a county-level city, which is located in the west of Weifang City, Shandong Province, China. Qingzhou is a dynamic industry city, and also grows a great number of farm products. The local government holds an open policy of introduction of foreign capital, and has established strong business relationships with more than fifty countries and regions.

History

Qingzhou is a timehoured city, and its name initially appeared in a geography bookmaking called Classic of History chapter Yu Gong (禹贡) composed in the Warring States Period(403BC - 221 BC). Nonetheless, the history of this centuries old city can date back to the ancient times (twenty two centuries ago) when it was one part of the Dongyi area.

Tourism

  • Fan Gongting an ancient pavilion built in Song Dynasty. It was a private garden of Fan Zhongyan who was the most notable poet and prosiast in an age of lively literature prosperous.
  • Muslim district, including at least two large and historic mosques. The oldest one is called Zhenjiaosi. It can date from eight centuries ago, which is one of the three most well known mosques in Yuan Dynasty.
  • Ou Yuan, a Ming Dynasty garden. It turned to be a combination of park and zoo, and is used as a performance area for citizens in the dawn and nightfall.
  • Qingzhou Museum, featuring some of the Buddhist statues unearthed in 1996/1997
  • Tuoshan/Yunmenshan ("Camel Mountain/Cloud Gate Mountain"), which includes an ancient collection of Buddhist grottoes under national protection. The mountain is located approximately 4 kilometers southwest of the city center (the coordinates of the peak are ).
  • Yang Tian, a natural park with marverlous surface features. It is covered by virgin forest, through which crystal rivers are flowing, and dotted with quantities of natural rock cavities. What makes this park more amazing is the so-called thousand Buddha's cave, which is considered as the first cave for the Buddhas. This is because of the huge volume of the carven and the 1048 Buddhas in it that are in different postures and look extraordinarily vivid.

Special Products

  • Tobacoos
  • Hiemal Juicy Peaches
  • Mihe Melons
  • Flowers
  • Dish Gardens
  • Embroideries

    Timeline

  • 412: The Chinese Buddhist pilgrim Faxian landed on the south of Shandong peninsula at Laoshan, and proceeded to Qingzhou to translate and edit the scriptures he'd collected in India.
  • 1986: The name "Qingzhou" is recovered from "Yidu".
  • 1996: The discovery of over 200 buried Buddhist statues at Qingzhou was hailed as a major archaeological find. The statues included early examples of painted figures, and are thought to have been buried due to Emperor Huizong's Song Dynasty repression of Buddhism (he favoured Taoism).
       
       

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