<text>Shandong Province, also called Lu for short, is situated in eastern China on the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It borders on Hebei Province in the north, adjoins Jiangsu and An'hui provinces in the south and the Bohai and Huanghai seas in the east. Meanwhile, it overlooks the Korean Peninsula and the Japan Archipelago across a vast stretch of sea. It boasts an area of 1,567 million square km and a population of over 87 million. With its capital Jinan, Shandong Province has 17 cities and prefectures: Jinan, Qingdao, Yantai, Zibo, Linyi, Weihai, Weifang, Qufu, Liaocheng, Heze, Binzhou and Jining and so on.</text>
<text>Shandong has four distinct seasons and is hot and rainy in summer and fair and dry in the winter. The annual average temperature is between 11 and 14 degrees Centigrade and the best time to travel there is from May to October.</text>
<text>Shandong, with a history of more than 5,000 years, is considered one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization. In the province, there are inscriptions on clay pots unearthed at Dawenkow and Dinggongcun of Zouxian County which are believed to be the earliest Chinese written language, ruins of ancient Longshan City on Chengzi Cliff are also considered among the earliest in China. Shandong is also the birthplace of China's pottery, porcelain and silk.</text>
<text>Shandong abounds in tourism resources: the residences of Confucius and Mencius, the eastern Taishan Mountains, the "city of springs"--Jinan, the "capital of the State Qi"--Zibo, the "bright pearl of the sea"--Qingdao, and the charming and gentle scenes of Yantai and Weihai, all make a deep impression.</text>
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<title>{1_15_2}Traffic of Shandong</title>
<text>Shandong has eight civil airports, distributed in Jinan, Qingdao, Yantai, Weihai, Weifang, Linyi, Dongying and Jining. Of the total, Jinan Yaoqiang Airport, Qingdao Liuting Airport and Yantai Laishan Airport are international.</text>
<text>The railways of Shandong cover almost all the cities in the province. There are the Beijing-Shanghai Railway, Beijng-Kowloon Railway, Handan-Qihe Railway, Xinxiang-Yanzhou Railway, Qingdao-Jinan Railway, Zibo-Dongying Railway, Nancun-Yantai Railway, Taocun-Weihai Railway and Yanzhou-Rizhao Railway and so on. The main railway hubs include Jinan (the junction of Beijing-Shanghai Railway and Qingdao-Jinan Railway), Dezhou (the junction of Beijing-Shanghai Railway and Shi Jiazhuang-Dezhou Railway), Yanzhou (the junction of Beijing-Shanghai Railway, Xinxiang-Yanzhou Railway and Yanzhou-Rizhao Railway) and Heze (the junction of Beijng-Kowloon Railway and Xinxiang-Yanzhou Railway).</text>
<text>The roads in Shandong extend through the whole province, especially the convenient and unobstructed freeways. At present, the freeways are open to the 17 cities and prefectures, spreading across more than 2,000 km.</text>
<text>There are passenger ships from Yantai, Weihai and Penglai of Jiaodong Peninsula to Dalian everyday, of which, four high speed passenger ships head for Dalian from Yantai everyday. There are also regular ships headed for South Korea and Japan from Qingdao, Weihai and Yantai.</text>
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<title>{1_15_3}Cuisine of Shandong</title>
<text>Lu Cai, the Shandong Cuisine leads the four most famous Chinese cuisines. Enjoying great renown ever since the Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC-476 BC), it is nowadays regarded as representative of the northern cuisines. It was not until the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), however, that Shandong cuisine was introduced to the imperial court and became the main part of the imperial cuisine. It lays much emphasis on the outer appearance and color of courses, pure but not greasy, lightly fragrant, fresh, crisp and tender. Its representative dish is golden-looking sweet and sour carp, which features an amber color and is crisp outside and tender inside, with properly combined sweet, sour, salt and fragrant flavors.</text>
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<title>{1_15_4}Shopping of Shandong</title>
<text>The famed specialties of Shandong Province include: Jinan feather painting, Weifang kites, Weifang cloth toys, Zibo pottery, Qingdao shell carving, peanuts, E-jiao, Kongfu Wine, Laiyang pears, Feicheng peaches, Yantai apples, Dezhou Braised Chicken, Tsingdao Beer, Laoshan Mineral Water, Yantai Red Wine and Gold-medal Brandy.</text>
<text>Shandong Province lies in the developed commercial area of the eastern coast. Qingdao is the second largest business center apart from Shanghai. In addition, Jinan, Yantai and Weihai are also prosperous commercial cities and many large-scale trade fairs are held there.</text>
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<title>{1_15_5}The General Survey of Jinan</title>
<text>Jinan, located in the mid west of Shandong, is the capital of Shandong Province. It is the cultural center and the key traffic hub of the province, with an area of 8,154 square km and a population of over 5.4 million. It governs six districts namely Shizhong, Lixia, Huaiyin, Tianqiao, Licheng and Changqing, three counties namely Pingyin, Jiyang and Shanghe and Zhangqiu City.</text>
<text>With complicated and diverse terrain, Jinan is near Taishan Mountain to the south and neighbors the Yellow River on the north, with the land high in the south and low in the north. It is situated at the mid latitude and belongs to the warm temperate zone with a continental monsoon climate. It is cold in winter and hot in summer and windy with sand in spring. The autumn is the best time to travel in Jinan.</text>
<text>Boasting a history of more than 2,000 years, Jinan is the birthplace of the prehistoric culture. There is the site of Chengzi Cliff from the Neolithic times, the Qi Great Wall (built in the 3rd century B.C) which is even older than the Qin Great Wall, the stone ancestral temple of Xiaotangshan Guoshi of the Han Dynasty(206 BC-220 AD), the ancient one-story Four-Door Pagoda and the colorful arhat sculptures at Lingyan Temple of the Song Dynasty (960-1279)and so on in its territory.</text>
<text>Jinan boasts beautiful natural scenes and has long enjoyed the reputation of the "city of springs". Especially the famous four springs: Baotu Spring, Black Tiger Spring, Five Dragon Pool and Pearl Spring have long had a great reputation. Daminghu Lake surrounded by numerous springs and the Thousand-Buddha Mountain (Qianfo Shan), Five-Peak Mountain and the Cloud Mountain (Yun Shan) of Lingyan Temple combine to form a unique scenery known as "a mountainous city by the Daminghu Lake."</text>
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<title>{1_15_6}Traffic of Jinan</title>
<text>Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport lies in the northeast of Jinan and is 40 kilometers away from the downtown. Every day there are flights heading for Beijing, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou, Haikou, Hangzhou, Ha'erbin, Kunming, Nanchang, Nanjing, Shanghai, Pudong, Shantou, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Yantai, and Zhangjiajie and so on.</text>
<text>There are two railway passenger transport stations, namely Jinan Railway Station and Jinan East Railway Station. The former is the largest in Shandong Province, with the Beijing-Shanghai Railway and Qingdao-Jinan Railway meeting there; the latter is the ancillary station, with the Qingdao-Dandong, Qingdao-Taiyuan and Beijing-Weihai railways stopping at the station and another railway starting from there to Luoyang.</text>
<text>Beijing-Shanghai, Jinan-Qingdao and Jinan-Liaocheng freeways and four national highways such as No. 104 (Beijing-Fuzhou), No. 220 (Binzhou-Zhengzhou), No. 308 (Qingdao-Shi Jiazhuang) and No. 309 (Rongcheng-Lanzhou) pass Jinan.</text>
<text>There are two major coach stations in Jinan. One is Jinan Coach Terminal, located at No. 131 Jiluo Lu. Coaches here mainly head for the cities of Shandong Province and big neighboring cities, and a one-two days' self-help tourism special line of the famous scenic spots in the province is available. The other is the East Coach Station, on the east end of Jiefang Lu, Jinan. Coaches connect Jinan and cities of other provinces like Taiyuan, Shijiazhuang and Puyang, and eight cities in the province like Heze, Linyi, Qufu and Tai'an and so on.</text>
<text>There are more than 100 lines for buses and trolley buses. The price of the common buses is one Yuan, and that of the air-conditioned buses and the special line for tourism is two Yuan. The types of the taxies include Xiali, Jetta, Santana and Fukang and so on. The starting price is 7.5 Yuan (three km), and 1.2 Yuan will be added for each km after three km.</text>
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<title>{1_15_7}Accommodation of Jinan</title>
<text>If traveling in Jinan, it is very easy to find satisfactory accommodation. There are numerous various hotels and restaurants, and star-rated hotels total nearly 50.</text>
<text>In addition, there are some 10 restaurants in special service of tourists, which can satisfy the demand of the growing tourism.</text>
<text>With respect to the discounted price of the standard room of the star-rated hotels, that of the four-star hotels is not less than 320 Yuan, that of the three-star ones is not less than 220 Yuan, that of the two-star ones is not less than 160 Yuan and that of the one-star or equivalent is about 100 Yuan.</text>
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<title>{1_15_8}Specialties of Jinan</title>
<text>The Chinese traditional medicine, E-jiao is the most famous specialty of Jinan. It is named after its place of origin, Dong'e town in Pingyin County and made from donkey skin and the advantageous natural water from the Langxi River. Boasting a history of 2,000 years, it was called "Holy Medicine" and one the three treasures of Traditional Chinese Medicine along with ginseng and pilose antler of a young stag by Li Shizhen in his
<italic>An Outline Treatise of Medical Herbs.</italic>
Its gelatin is sweet, gentle and innocuous, entering into three yin channels, and can cure rheumatism, nourish and moisten. It is the key medicine for the blood diseases of men and women, composed of six types: glue, ointment, medicinal granules, oral liquid, capsule and troche, with over 30 varieties as well as health care products and E-jiao food and so on.</text>
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<title>{2_15_1}Shandong Museum</title>
<text>Shandong Museum is a comprehensive topography museum. It lies at the foot of Thousand-Buddha Mountain in Jinan, covering an area of 34,000 square meters including 21,000 square meters of construction area. The museum stores more than 8,000 natural specimens and over 14,000 historical cultural relics. Currently, there are many theme exhibitions such as "Shandong Culture Exhibition", "Exhibition of the Cultural Relics Unearthed From the Grave of Lu King of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Zhutan", "Display of the Large Warship of the Ming Dynasty", "The Modern Shandong", "The Stored Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition", "Display of the Ancient Fossil Organism of Shandong", "Display of Large Dragon Fossil of Shandong" and "Exhibition of the Stored Specimens of Rare Animals" and so on.</text>
<text>The main cultural relics exhibited currently include:</text>
<text>Fossils of the Homo sapiens' teeth: founded in Xintai City in 1966.</text>
<text>Animal-shaped red pottery pot: the representative work of the Dayangkou Culture in Neolithic times, with a history of 5,000-6,000 years.</text>
<text>Egg-shell black pottery: the most prominent representative work of the Longshan Culture. It is of exquisite pottery, black and bright, with the side piece as thin as an eggshell. In addition, it is exclusive in China. Longshan Culture boasts a history of over 4,000 years and was founded in Longshan Town in northeast Jinan in 1928, so does it get its name.</text>
<text>Inscriptions on bones or tortoise shells of the Shang Dynasty (16thΓÇö11th century BC): the museum collection is more than 2,000 pieces of such things.</text>
<text>In addition: there are also bronze wares, stone carvings of Langyatai, the bamboo slips of Yinqueshan Mountain, calendar table bamboo slips and the paintings on the graves of the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) of Yinan.</text>
<tip>Take Nos. 2, 31, 48, 68, 79, K51, K54 and K56 buses to get there.</tip>
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<title>{2_15_2}Daminghu Lake</title>
<text>Located in the northeast of the central part of Ji'nan, north of the ancient city, Daminghu Lake Park is regarded as one of the three must-see tourist spots in Jinan, along with Baotu Spring and Thousand-Buddha Mountain. Jinan enjoys the name of "the city of springs", boasting over 100 springs, 72 of which are famous. Daming Lake is a natural lake formed from many springs. The spring water flows into the lake from the southern bank and when the lake is full, the water flows out from the northern sluice of the northern bank. The bottom of the lake is formed by staunch rock, so it keeps constant water level, unaffected by heavy rains or drought.</text>
<text>The park covers an area of 86 hectares, of which the lake occupies 46 hectares. On the lake, there are six islands including Lixia Pavilion, Huiquan Hall and Huxin Island and so on, which all add beauty to the wonderful and pleasant natural scene of the lake. Daminghu Lake is filled with lotus flowers from ancient times, with weeping willows surrounding the bank of the lake, which is best described in an ancient poem, "the lake is filled with lotus flowers on four sides and surrounded by the willows from three sides; while the city is embraced by the mountains and nearly half of it is covered by the lake". The park abounds in cultural scenes, including over 30 places of interest such as Lixia Pavilion, Tiegong Temple, Nanfeng Temple and Beiji Temple and so on, which are set off by the green trees and numerous flowers. All combined show its long historic culture.</text>
<image filename="2_15_2a">Daminghu Lake, Shandong</image>
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<tip>Take Nos. K54, K98, 11, 41 and 6 buses to get there.</tip>
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<title>{2_15_3}Baotu Spring</title>
<text>Lying to the south of the Ximen Bridge, it is renowned as the best of the 72 springs in Jinan. There are three strings of spring, welling up day and night like three piles of snow. The two characters "Baotu" in Chinese describe the action of jumping and rushing water. The spring is of high quality water and large volume, retaining its temperature at 18 degrees Centigrade all year round. There are also 15 springs such as Jinxian Spring, Shuyu Spring and Liuxu Spring close to it, forming a famous spring scenic spot. It now is opened as Baotu Spring Park, and the former residence of the famous writer of ci (classical poetry conforming to a definite pattern) of the Song Dynasty (960-1279), Li Qingzhao lies near Suyu Spring.</text>
<text>Jinxian Spring lies to the north of the reception room of Baotu Spring Park and is composed of two springs which barge against each other and form a line of rippling water. When the sun shines, it glitters with golden light, the so called "golden line". Because only under certain climate and condition could the "golden line" appear, so it is said that the one who sees it will have good luck.</text>
<text>Shuyu Spring is also in Baotu Spring Park in a rectangular stone-built pool and is decorated with stone-carving balusters around. The northern wall is inlayed with stone on which the Chinese characters "Shuyu Quan (Shuyu Spring)" are carved. The spring bursts out from the bottom of the pool and forms strings of blisters which break on the surface of the water hissing, and then overflow the stone and go into the gap to a natural pool, like rinsed jade. It is said that Li Qingzhao always dressed and made up there, wrote ci and chanted poems there, and whose work
<tip>Take Nos. 1, 3, and 5 buses to the Ximen Stop and then take the No. 11 Bus to get there. It is best to visit Baotu Spring during February and March as well as July, August and October.</tip>
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<title>{2_15_4}Black Tiger Spring</title>
<text>It lies in the southeast of the old downtown, getting its name because there are three stone-carvings of tiger heads and the spring flows out from the mouths of the tigers. The waters from the spring surges out and howls like a tiger.</text>
<tip>It lies at the southern bank of the moat at the southern corner of Xiahuancheng Park of Heihuquan Lu of Jinan; take Nos. 5, 36, 44, 70, 89, 91, K54 and K55 to get there.</tip>
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<title>{2_15_5}Pearl Spring</title>
<text>It is located in the old downtown of Jinan, in the yard of the Pearl Spring Restaurant. The spring bursts out from the bottom of the pool with numerous bubbles which look like strings of pearls, so does it get its name. There are lots of carp in the spring, cavorting with each other, so they also make lots of bubbles, which is commonly called "carps make fan with pearls". Near the spring stands a Chinese flowering crabapple of the Song Dynasty, called "Song Haitang".</text>
<text>It lies in the south of the downtown of Jinan, with an altitude of 258 meters and covering an area of 166 hectares. It is one of the three key points of interests and it is said that the King Yu and Shun opened up the wasteland and farmed below the mountain. It was renamed as Thousand Buddha Mountain after the figure of Buddha was built in Sui Dynasty (581-618).</text>
<text>The stone carvings of Buddha are collectively distributed on the Thousand Buddha Cliff behind the Xingguo Temple, with the earliest ones being the over 60 stone statues of Buddha of the Sui Dynasty (581-618). There are in Jile Cave, Qianlou Cave and Longquan Cave below the Thousand Buddha Cliff, and the 16 statues of Buddha in the Jile Cave are as high as three meters.</text>
<text>Xingguo Temple was built during the reign of Kaihuang of the Sui Dynasty when the people began to dig caves in the mountains. It was repaired during the glorious Zhenguan Period of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) and was renamed "Xingguo Buddhist Temple". Since the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), the "March 3rd Festival" and the Double Ninth Festival fairs have been held there. Later, it was destroyed by war and reconstructed during the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties.</text>
<tip>Nos. 2, 31, 48, K51, K56 buses and the No.66 and 68 tourist lines get there. The price of the ticket: 20 Yuan</tip>
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<title>{2_15_7}Lingyan Temple</title>
<text>It is located at the Lingyan Temple Tourist Zone in Wande Town, Changqing County, Jinan City, and is eight km away from the No. 104 national highway.</text>
<text>Lingyan Temple was built in the Eastern Jin (317-420) Dynasty, prevailing in the Northern Wei (386-534) Dynasty and prospering in the Tang and Song Dynasties. It is listed as the first of the four famous ancient temples of China.</text>
<text>The temple is embraced by the old green trees, with elegant spring and stones. There are Thousand Buddha Palace, Grave and Tower Forest, Pizhi Tower and the Hall of Great Strength and so on. The 40 colorful clay sculptures of arhats of the Song Dynasty have especially gained praise from tourists and experts.</text>
<tip>Take Nos.60 tourist line at Jiefang Bridge or the Provincial Sports Center. The price of the ticket is 45 Yuan.</tip>
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<title>{2_15_8}Four-Door Pagoda</title>
<text>It was built in the Sui Dynasty, with a history of over 1300 years. It is the oldest extant one-storey pavilion-style stone pagoda in China. The pagoda is of plane square shape, built form the big bluestones produced locally. It is composed of base, body, eaves and treasure top and is so hard that more than 1,000 years of weathering have not affected its condition. Its body was built by laying stones and the fifth floor is the roof with four spiky corners, on which the stone-carved temple is laid.</text>
<text>There is a square flat roof in the center of the pagoda, on which a square column stands. 16 triangular stone girders on the column connect the body to support the roof. Around the column, there was one main statue of Buddha and two Bodhisttva and disciple on each side, but now only the main Buddha remains. Each statue of Buddha is carved from one piece of marble, all of which have spiral-shaped coils, graceful faces, thin eyebrows, kind eyes, hump noses, long ears and raised corners of the mouths, composed and tranquil.</text>
<tip>No. 67 Bus goes directly there. The price of the ticket is 20 Yuan.</tip>
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<title>{2_15_9}The Qi Great Wall (built in the 3rd century B.C)</title>
<text>It lies in the Changcheng Village, Wande Town, Changqing County, Jinan. It is the defensive architecture built by the State of Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period (475 BC-221 BC), with a total length of over 500 km. It starts from Pingyin in the west and to the Xiaozhushan Mountain of Jiaoxian County in the east, and then extends to the Yellow Sea, connecting hundreds of hills such as Taishan Mountain, Lushan Mountain and Yishan Mountain and so on, forming a southern barrier for the State of Qi.</text>
<text>On the ground, it is rammed earth and on the mountains it was built by laying stones. The Great Wall is divided into two walls, which are five meters high and 2.5 meters thick. Inside the wall, there are bermes, as high as four meters and as wide as two meters, and stone rooms are also built along the wall under the bermes to station the soldiers.</text>
<text>The Qi Great Wall is one of the earliest Great Walls in the history of our country, but now there only exists about a 10 km long desultory site, from which, the original elegant appearance of those years can vaguely be imagined.</text>
<image filename="2_15_9a">The Qi Great Wall (built in the 3rd century B.C) , Shandong</image>
<image filename="2_15_9b">The Qi Great Wall (built in the 3rd century B.C) , Shandong</image>
<tip>The medium bus from Jinan to Tainan which travels the No. 104 national highway passes there.</tip>
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<title>{1_15_9}General Survey of Tai'an</title>
<text>Tai'an lies at the southern foot of Taishan Mountain in the middle of Shandong Province, being close to the capital, Jinan of Shandong Province in the north, adjacent to Qufu, the hometown of Confucius, the founder of Confucian Culture, in the south, adjoining Zibo, the city of porcelain in the east and bordering on the Yellow River in the west. It has a total area of 7,762 square km and a population of 5,386 million, having jurisdiction of six counties and prefectures namely Taishan Prefecture, Daiyue Prefecture, Xintai City, Feicheng City, Ningyang County and Dongping County.</text>
<text>Tai'an is built alongside the mountain. Taishan Mountain boasts an elevation of 1,545 meters, and has a distinct alpine climate. The temperature on the top of the mountain is commonly seven to eight degrees centigrade lower to that of the below. Thaishan Mountain features different scenery during the four seasons, and May is the golden time to climb the mountain, appreciate the sea clouds and view the sunrise.</text>
<text>Taishan Mountain is Preeminent of the Five Sacred Mountains and in 1987 it was placed on the World Natural and Cultural Heritage List by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Due to the worship of sun and mountain by the ancient people, during the several thousand years from the period of Yao and Shun (c.2600 BC-2070 BC) to the Qin (221 BC-206 BC) and Han (206 BC-220 AD) dynasties and until the Ming and Qing dynasties, Taishan Mountain was the holy mountain where all emperors held grand ceremonies to worship heaven, and the Buddhists and Taoists as well as scribes and famous personages came successively, leaving Taishan Mountain and Tai'an numerous key points of interest and historic sites.</text>
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<title>{1_15_10}Traffic of Tai'an</title>
<text>Tai'an is about 90 km away from the Yaoqiang International Airport of Jinan. There are no direct buses from Tai'an to Yaoqiang International Airport, so the passengers must transfer in Jinan.</text>
<text>There are as many as 88 trains arriving at or departing from the Taishan Station of the Beijing-Shanghai Railway daily.</text>
<text>Beijing-Shanghai, Tai'an-Xuzhou and Tai'an-Zibo highways pass through here. It is only 63 km from Tai'an to Jinan and 68 km to Qufu. So no matter by train or by bus, it only takes one hour. From Tai'an to Zibo, it is 142 km and takes two hours by vehicle. The address of Tai'an Bus Station: at the corner of Yingsheng Lu of Dongyue Dajie. In addition, there are also trains direct to Jinan or Qufu in the Railway Station.</text>
<text>Taishan Railway Station is the hub station for Tai'an tourism and the urban buses. It is most convenient to go to the four mountaineering entrances of Taishan Mountain from Taishan Railway Station, with special line buses or tourist buses going there. The tourists who are not familiar with the tourist areas of Taishan Mountain, can first go to the railway station when arriving at Tai'an (there are buses to the railway station in different places of the downtown, and the price of the ticket is one Yuan), and then take buses to different mountaineering entrances or scenic spots.</text>
<text>Taishan Mountain connects the mountainous area of Tai'an, and the downtown of Tai'an lies at the southern foot of Taishan Mountain. There are four formal ticket offices, including:</text>
<text>Hongmengong Entrance: it is at the Taishan Lu East, from which, you can climb the mountain by foot, and is 2.5 km away to the northeast of the railway station.</text>
<text>Tianwaicun Entrance: it is at Taishan Lu West, from which, you can go by bus, and it is two km to the north of the railway station.</text>
<text>Taoxuanyuan Entrance: it is at the western foot of Taishan Mountain, and is 12 km away from Taishan Railway Station.</text>
<text>Tainzhufeng Entrance: it is at the eastern foot of Taishan, and is 18 km away from Taishan Railway Station.</text>
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<title>{1_15_11}Accommodation of Tai'an</title>
<text>The accommodation of Taishan Mountain is divided into that on the mountain and that in Tai'an City.</text>
<text>On the top of Taishan Mountain, there are hotels of different levels, from the three-star Shenqi Hotel, the one-star Xuanju Hotel to the small private ones, with diverse price. It is not allowed to have a bath on the mountain because of the shortage of water, and some hotels attract business by "having water", but it is doubtful. It may be necessary to rent an army overcoat if there is no room available, with the price between five to fifteen Yuan, you can keep warm when view sunrise in the morning.</text>
<text>The facilities of Tai'an City at the foot of Taishan Mountain, are better than those on the mountain. In addition, Tai'an is very small and convenient to the entrances. If not hurrying to view the sunrise, it is more comfortable to stay in the city and you can also climb the mountain during the evening and view the sunrise in the morning. Though there are few people climbing the mountain during night, it is also safe, with small stalls selling things all the way.</text>
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<title>{2_15_10}Taishan</title>
<text>Taishan grandly lies in central Shandong Province, and was once called "Daishan Mountain" and "Daizong" and renamed "Taishan Mountain" in Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC-476 BC). Its main peak, Jade Emperor Summit, is about 1545 meters high, being of majestic vigor and rising up firmly. Like climbing the Great Wall, scaling the Taishan Mountain becomes the dream of many Chinese.</text>
<text>After Qin Shihuang (259 BC- 210 BC) united China and held a grand ceremony of worship of heaven on Taishan Mountain, Emperor Wu and Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD), Emperors Gaozong and Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and Emperors Kangxi and Qianlong and so on also imitated and held ceremonies on Taishan Mountain. When they got there, they built temples and statues and inscribed and carved the stones, leaving large numbers of cultural relics on Taishan Mountain. In addition, the famed writers and scholars in all previous times came here to admire, leaving over 1,000 poems and songs praising Taishan Mountain. It is also a holy place for Buddhists and Taoists, so temples and places of interest cover the whole mountain.</text>
<text>Entering into Taishan Mountain is like entering into history. There exist more than 20 ancient architectural complexes and over 2,200 stone inscriptions and stone tablets. Main sites of interest are Daimiao Temple, Puzhao Temple, Heavenly Queen Pool, Sutra Rock Valley, Bixia Temple, Peal for Viewing the Sun, Nantian Gate and Peak of the Heavenly Emperor and so on.</text>
<text>Taishan Mountain boasts a high and firm peak, with pines covering the mountain. The famous scenic spots include Tianzhu Peak, Peak for Viewing the Sun, Baizhang Cliff, Xianren Bridge, Wudafu Pine, Wangren Pine, Longtan Fall, Yunqiao Fall and Santan Fall and so on.</text>
<tip>The four wonders of the mountain are Sunrises from the East, the Sunset Glow, the Sea of Clouds and the Golden Belt along the Yellow River. Tips: it is 9,000 meter high from Daizongfan to the top and there are 6,293 steps on the mountain.</tip>
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<title>{2_15_11}Daimiao Temple</title>
<text>It lies in the downtown of Tai'an, being an ancient architectural cluster on the imperial path for the ancient emperors to climb up to hold celebrations to worship heaven and earth and bestow sacrifices to the God of the mountain. The temple is famous for the ancient name of Taishan Mountain, "Daizong", and mainly houses the God of Taishan Mountain, called "Dongyue Holy Mansion", which used to be the venue where emperors of the past dynasties held celebrations.</text>
<text>Daimiao Temple adopts the imperial palace-style, and ranks first in the architecture of temples. It lays on the central line of the downtown of Tai'an City, being 405.7 meters long from south to north and 236.7 meters wide from east to west. It is of rectangular layout, with a total area of 96,000 square meters. There exist over 160 ancient buildings and imitations of ancient buildings. There is Yaoshen Pavilion and Daimiao Workshop before the temple, and Zhengyang Door, Peitian Door, Ren'an Door, Tiankuang Palace, Houqin Palace and Houzai Door lying on the axes of the temple. In the east side of the temple the Hanpo Yard, Dongyu Seat and Dongdao Yard are located; in the west are Tanghuai Yard and Yuhuadao Yard and so on.</text>
<text>Not only is the Daimiao Temple the imperial palace and holy mansion, but also a place boasting many cultural relics. Besides the sacrifice and worship wares bestowed by all previous emperors to the God of Taishan Mountain, there also exist 176 stones steles and 48 paintings of the Han Dynasty, and stone statues called the stele forest of Daimiao Temple. The carved stone of the Qin Dynasty (221 BC-206 BC) in the temple records the merits and virtues of Emperor Qin Shihuang and the rescript of the second emperor of the Qin dynasty. It was written by the Prime Minister Lisi, with a history of more than 2,200 years it is a rare treasure.</text>
<tip>It is 2.5 km from the Taishan Railway Station and the No. 1 and 3 buses go there. The price of the ticket is 20 Yuan.</tip>
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<title>{2_15_12}Bixia Ancestral Temple</title>
<text>It lies at the top of Taishan Mountain, being the ancestral temple for the Goddess of Taishan Mountain and built in 1009. It was reconstructed and renamed Bixia Ancestral Temple in 1770 or the 35th year of the reign of Qing Emperor Qianlong.</text>
<text>It is divided into two yards by the mountain door. The inner yard houses the copper statue of Bixia Yuanjun (Primordial Goddess of Morning Clouds), with copper tiles covering the roof. The eastern and western ancillary palaces house the Foresight Grandma and Children Sending Goddess, with iron tiles covering the roof. In front of the palace stand the Fragrance Pavilion, Copper Thousand Jin Tripod Caldron, Hooray Building and Imperial Stele of Emperor Qianlong, which are all distributed gracefully. It is an outstanding work among the buildings on the mountain. The buildings are lofty, solemn and grand, and are embraced by the white clouds and look like a heavenly palace if looking from a far distance.</text>
<title>{2_15_13}Peak of the Heavenly Emperor</title>
<text>It lies to the north of Bixia Ancestral Temple, and gets its name due to the Jade Emperor Temple on the top of the peak. It is the tiptop of Taishan Mountain, and was called Peace Peak in ancient time as well as Heavenly Column Peak.</text>
<text>The Jade Emperor Temple located on the top of the peak was called Taiqing Palace and Taoist Jade Emperor Temple. There is no record testifying to the date of the building of the temple, but it was reconstructed during the reign of Chenghua of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The main buildings include Jade Emperor Palace, Yingxu Pavilion, Wanghe Pavilion and the eastern and western ancillary palaces and so on. The palace houses the copper statue of the Jade Emperor. On the stele of the shrine is inscribed "Caiwang Yifeng", which shows that the ancient emperors burned firewood to worship heaven and offered sacrifices to the deities of mountains. Before the palace, there is "tiptop stone", symbolizing the highest point of Taishan Mountain, to the northwest of which lies the stele of "ancient imperial bestowing platform". It shows that here is the place where the ancient emperors set up altar to worship heaven on Taishan Mountain. From the eastern palace, you can view the sunrise and from the western pavilion, you can appreciate the "golden belt along the Yellow River".</text>
<image filename="2_15_13a">Peak of the Heavenly Emperor, Shandong</image>
<tip>The price of the ticket is five Yuan.</tip>
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<title>{2_15_14}Eighteen Circles</title>
<text>Taishan Mountain has three eighteen circles. From Kaishan to Dragon Gate is the "slow eighteen circles" and to shengxianfang is the "not fast or slow eighteen circles" and to Nantian Door is the "fast eighteen circles".</text>
<text>The "fast eighteen circles" is the most dangerous section of the winding ways, and rises up 400 meters within one km. There are 79 circles and over 1,600 steps in all, it is one of the main symbols Taishan Mountain. The walls of the cliff there are steep as if cut and the winding path inlaid through it, looking like a scaling ladder to Tianmen Door.</text>
<text>On a large piece of stone ground on the branch of the middle brook to the northeast of Doumu Palace part of
<italic>The Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra</italic>
of Maurer was carved 1,400 years ago. The diameter of the characters is 50 cm and there were originally more than 2,500 characters, but now only 1,067 exist. The big characters are powerful and unsophisticated, being of both seal and Li script. They are respected as the "originator of the big character" and the "reign of Bangshu Script", as well as a treasure of the Buddhist Culture of Taishan Mountain.</text>
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<title>{2_15_16}Black Dragon Pond</title>
<text>From the Baizhang Cliff of the western brook of Taishan Mountain pour the falls all year round and the pond is formed by the falls' striking the ground under the cliff. It is said that the pond is connected to the East China Sea and there are dragons traveling freely, so it is named "Black Dragon Pond". In the summer and winter, it rains constantly, and the three falls look like jade dragons falling from the top of the cliff, so it was called "three cloud dragons appear" in ancient times.</text>
<text>There is a stone pavilion to the southeast of the pond, named Xixi Pavilion. A Longevity Bridge is built on the Baizhang Cliff to the northeast of the pond, and because of the passing of time it has become a dangerous bridge. Two stone pavilions namely Cloud and Water Pavilion and Wind and Thunder Pavilion stand on each side of the bridge. To the south of the bridge, there are several parallel white lines on the pond near the cliff, called commonly as "Yin and Yang Boundary". From the side of the cliff to the Longevity Bridge is a wide piece of stone ground, and you can get to Fan Cliff and Aolai Peak from the Longevity Bridge.</text>
<text>It lies at the end of Eighteen Circles of Taishan Mountain, with an altitude of 1,460 meters, it was called "Heavenly Door Pass" in ancient times. It is built in the low and hollow place between Feilong Rock and Xiangfeng Mountain, which stand closely and look like a the heavenly door that is open. In 1264 or the fifth year of the reign of Zhongtong of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), Bushan Taoist, Zhang Zhichun built it. The door is of pavilion-style architecture and stone arch shape, with a stele inscribed "Nantian Door". It is decorated by red walls and covered by yellow colored glazed tiles, and is of majestic vigour.</text>
<text>Qufu lies in the mid-south of Shandong Province of China and is located on the southern bank of the Sishui River and to the east of Beijing-Shanghai Railway. It has an area of 890 square km and a population of 620,000.</text>
<text>It is the birthplace of Confucius----the famous thinker, educationist and the founder of the Confucian School. It is also the place where Confucius gave his lectures, the place where he was buried, and the place where people offer sacrifices to him. Mencius, another famous thinker and educationist, and a pupil of the great sage himself, was also born in Qufu.</text>
<text>As the main area of Dawenkou Culture and Longshan Culture and the cradle of Confucian learning, Qufu boasts over one hundred cultural relics. The Confucius Temple, Confucius's Mansion and the Confucius Family Cemetery are listed as World Cultural Heritage. In addition, the birthday place of the Yellow Emperor, Shouqiu, the Chinese Pyramid, Shaohao Mausoleum, Nishan Ancient Architecture Cluster and the Grave Cluster of the Han Dynasty on Jiulongshan Mountain are all famed.</text>
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<title>{1_15_13}Traffic of Qufu</title>
<text>Beijing-shanghai Railway intentionally makes a detour of 15 km in order not to disturb the hometown of Confucius. There are buses heading for Qufu in the station opposite to the Yanzhou Railway Station and it only takes half hour to the downtown of Qufu. In addition, Yanzhou-Shijiazhuang Railway also goes around the southern downtown of Qufu and you can take No.5 Bus in the Qufu Railway Station to the downtown.</text>
<text>There are highways connecting Qufu and Jinan, Taishan, Xuzhou, Zaozhuang and Jining and so on as well as large numbers of deluxe high speed buses. Qufu Bus Station lies at No. 16 Jingxuan Lu East.</text>
<text>Qufu city is not big and has convenient buses, and you can also take or rent tricycles to travel in the city.</text>
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<title>{1_15_14}Accommodation of Qufu</title>
<text>The highest level hotel is the three-star Queli Hotel, with the price being 400 Yuan. The two-star hotels include Dacheng Group Tourist Hotel at No.1 Jingxuan Lu in the center of the downtown and the Xingtan Hotel on the Xuequan Lu in the south of the city and so on.</text>
<text>There are many hotels and rest houses without stars. The price of the standard rooms is 90 to 150 Yuan, and that of the public room is 15 Yuan per bed.</text>
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<title>{1_15_15}Folk Custom of Qufu</title>
<text>September 28 is the birthday of Confucius. Since 1989, the China Confucius International Cultural Festival has been held in Qufu every year to commemorate Confucius and carry forward the oriental culture. Confucius Festival is held from September 26 to October 10 every year.</text>
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<title>{2_15_18}Confucian Temple</title>
<text>It is the former residence of Confucius, as well as the most famous place to worship Confucius. Altogether there are nine courtyards, with the axes from south to north. It is divided into left, middle and right lines, as long as 630 meters and as wide as 140 meters, containing over 460 halls, altars, towers and pavilions, 54 archways and 13 steles bearing calligraphy by various emperors. So it is of grand scale. In the year after Confucius' death (478 B.C.), King Lu had the sage's residence turned into the Confucius Temple
<italic>(Kong Miao)</italic>
. Since then, it has undergone renovation and expansion, the emperors of successive dynasties all competing in their veneration of the great sage. It was not until the reign of Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty that the temple took on its current look.</text>
<text>If visiting Confucian Temple, the places on the central axes should be paid attention, such as Kuiwen Pavilion, 13 stele pavilions, Apricot Altar, the Hall of Great Success
<italic>(Dacheng Dian)</italic>
and the stele inscriptions left from all previous years. Apricot Altar lies in the middle of the path before the Hall of Great Success, which is said to be the place where Confucius gave lectures. Beside the altar stands an old Chinese juniper, called "the Chinese juniper planted by the sage". The Hall of Great Success is the core of the Confucian Temple, being the highest building of the temple as well as one of the three old halls of China. Confucian Temple keeps the most Han steles in China, the total number of stele inscriptions is only less than that of Xi'an.</text>
<text>Kuiwen Pavilion is one of the main buildings of the Confucian Temple, and was originally the place collecting the books bestowed by the emperors. So it is famous for its abundant book collection and unique architecture. It was built in 1018 or the second year of the reign of Tianxi of the Song Dynasty, called Book Collection Pavilion originally and renamed as "Kuiwen Pavilion" when being reconstructed in 1191 or the second year of the reign of Mingchang of Jin Dynasty. It was repaired in 1500 or the 13th year of the reign of Hongzhi of the Ming Dynasty. "Kui" is the name of a star, one of the 28 stars, and the emperors after Confucius compared him to the Kui Star of heaven, so Kuiwen Pavilion was built in Confucian Temple.</text>
<tip>Walk along the Shendao Lu to the north from the bus station.</tip>
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<title>{2_15_19}Confucius's Mansion</title>
<text>It borders on the Confucian Temple in the west, being the place where Confucius and his descendents used to live. It is the largest mansion only smaller than the imperial palaces of the Ming and Qing dynasties. It now covers an area of over 16 hectares, containing 463 buildings such as main halls, chambers, mansions and so on. It is divided into middle, east and west lines: on the east line is the family temple, on the west line is the school and in the middle are the main buildings (the official residential mansion is in the front, with three halls and six chambers; and behind it lays the inner courtyard, behind which exists a small garden).</text>
<text>The mansion also contains large numbers of precious cultural relics and craftworks, including the paintings of famous artists such as Zhou Zhimian, Gao Qifei and Zheng Banqiao, the calligraphy scripts of the famed calligraphers, Dong Qichang and Wen Zhengming, the engraved presswork and reliable texts of the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties as well as exquisite jade carvings, wood carvings, pottery and porcelain and bronze wares and so on. Of the total, "the ten wares of the Shang (c.1600 BC-1046 BC) and Zhou (1046 BC-771 BC) dynasties" called also "ten offerings" are the most famous ones. They were originally the bronze sacrificial vessels collected by the imperial palace and bestowed to Confucius's Mansion in 1771 or the 36th year of the reign of Qianlong by Emperor Gaozong of Qing Dynasty.</text>
<text>Lying in the northern downtown of Qufu, is the cemetery for Confucius and his family. It started in the second year after the death of Confucius and its scale increased with the increasingly rising status of Confucius. Since the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD), it experienced reconstruction or expansion 13 times by the rulers of various dynasties, so did it form the current scale, with a total area of about two square km.</text>
<text>The cemetery teems with tall ancient trees and graves as well as steles and stone tablets. Except for a large number of famous steles of the Han Dynasty removed to the Confucian Temple, there still exist the stele inscriptions of the great calligraphers of the previous dynasties such as Li Dongyang, Yan Song, Weng Fanggang, He Shaoji and Kang Youwei, so it also enjoys the reputation of the Forest of Steles.</text>
<text>At the end of the holy path lies the wooden torii inscribed with "To the Holy Forest", which is the gate of the forest. Towards the north lies the second gate, being of castle-style architecture and called "view building". Walls are built around, in which lies a river, namely the famous holy river, Zhushuihe River. To the north of the Zhushui Bridge stands the Sacrificial Palace, where the incense burner table is placed when worshiping Confucius. Behind the palace, the big grave in the middle is the one of Confucius, behind which lies the huge stele inscribed "Grave of the Sage King Wenxuan" by Huang Yangzheng of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). In the east lies the grave of Kong Li, the son of Confucius, and in the front the grave of Kong Zisi, the grandson of Confucius. It is said that the special grave layout is called "carrying the son and holding the grandson".</text>
<text>To the east of the front of Confucius's grave are three pavilions, where Song Emperor Zhenzong, Qing Emperor Kangxi and Qing Emperor Gaozong settled when they came here to worship Confucius. They are called "Zhubi Pavilions (the place where the emperor stays temporarily on the way)".</text>
<image filename="2_15_20a">Confucius Family Cemetery, Shandong</image>
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<title>{2_15_21}Yanmiao Temple</title>
<text>Its original name is Fusheng Temple, and was built for worshiping the first disciple of Confucius, Yan Hui.</text>
<text>It is said that Yan Hui was a sage, who settled in a lonely humble lane and lived a very simple life. Confucius praised his low demand on material life, that it was enough to live on a bamboo dish of rice and a gourd of drink, and extremely high demand of virtue. There is much recorded in
<italic>the Analects</italic>
on Yan Hui, so he became one of the most familiar disciples of Confucius.</text>
<text>The temple covers an area of 5.6 hectares, divided into three lines from east to west and composed of five courtyards. There exist now 25 buildings of the Yuan (1279-1368), Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties and 53 steles with inscriptions from the Jin (1115-1234) to Qing dynasties. The time of its original building is not clear, but it was rebuilt in 1594 (or the 22nd year of the reign of Ming Wanli), to its current scale.</text>
<tip>Walk north along the Gulou Dajie from Confucius's Mansion or take the No. 1 Bus or a tricycle to get there.</tip>
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<title>{2_15_22}Nishan Mountain</title>
<text>It lies at 30 km away to the southeast of downtown Qufu, and was originally called Niqiushan Mountain.</text>
<text>Nishan Mountain is the birthplace of Confucius, adjacent to Yihe River in the east. On the mountain lie the Confucian Temple, Nishan Hieron and Nishan College, forming a majestic complex. In the southeast corner of the Confucian Temple stands a high River Viewing Pavilion which is said to be the place where Confucius sighed near the river, the famous sentence being that, "The passage of time is just like the flow of water, which goes on day and night."</text>
<text>There is the cave where Confucius was born at the east foot of the mountain, called "Confucian Cave".</text>
<text>Nishan College was built and enshrined in the Northern Wei (386-534), experiencing repairs in all subsequent dynasties. The extant Nishan College covers an area of 1.67 hectares, with hectares of ancient cypresses around, forming a quiet and beautiful scene.</text>
<tip>Take buses in the yard of the Kongfu Restaurant opposite the Qufu Bus Station and get off at Nishan Reservoir, and then change to a local vehicle.</tip>
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<title>{2_15_23}Shaohao Mausoleum</title>
<text>It is one of the five ancient emperors, Shaohao's mausoleum, lying at the northeast of Jiuxian Village four km away from the eastern downtown of Qufu. It is said that the son of the Yellow Emperor, Shaohao built a capital in Qiongsang and then moved to Qufu. Having been on the throne for 84 years, he died at 100 years old and was buried in Shouqiu outside the eastern door of Gucheng of Shandong. The mausoleum is 28.5 meters wide, 8.73 meters high with a top of 12 meters height. It was built by laying blocks, in the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), like a pyramid. It covers an area of 1.67 hectares, teeming with cypresses, flowers and grass. It also has boundary walls, a Sacrificial Palace, gate and stone pai-lou and so on.</text>
<title>{2_15_24}Shouqiu--Birthplace of Yellow Emperor</title>
<text>It locates in Shouqiu to the east of Jiuxian Village four km away from the eastern downtown of Qufu, recorded to be the birthplace of the Yellow Emperor. The Song (960-1279) Emperor Zhenzong built Jingling Palace in Shouqiu for enshrinement and regarded the Yellow Emperor as grandfather. Jingling Palace had all together 1,320 rooms originally, and included a jade statue of the Yellow Emperor. The memorial ceremony was held according to that of the royal ancestral temple, which was of highest rank at that time. Unfortunately it was destroyed in Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368). Nowadays opened up as a park, it is largest monument in China and covers an area of 2.47 hectares, with two high steles reflected in a pond.</text>
<image filename="2_15_24a">Shouqiu--Birthplace of Yellow Emperor, Shandong</image>
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<tip>No.5 Bus gets there.</tip>
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<title>{2_15_25}Zhougong Temple</title>
<text>Lying several km to the northeast of downtown Qufu, Zhougong Temple, called "King Wenxian's Temple" or "Yuansheng Temple", was built for worshiping Zhougong. Because the emperor conferred Zhougong the title of "Yuansheng", so did it get the name.</text>
<text>The name of Zhougong is Ji Dan, who is the fourth son of King Wen of the Zhou Dynasty (1046 BC-221 BC) and the younger brother of King Wu. He assisted King Wu to attack King Zhou and set up the Zhou Dynasty (1046 BC-221 BC) and enacted laws and regulations. According to the patriarchal clan system of Zhou Dynasty, the State Lu (the present Shandong) was conferred to Zhougong. Because he assisted King Cheng, the eldest son Boqin was conferred and established State Lu. Due to the outstanding achievements made by Zhougong, Boqin was franchised to set up a royal ancestral temple in State Lu to worship the ancestors. After Zhougong died, he was worshiped. In 1008, Zhougong was conferred as King Wenxian, and the new temple was built on its original site. Experiencing many reconstructions in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, it formed its present scale.</text>
<text>Covering an area of 28,000 square meters, Zhougong Temple has three courtyards, including 57 rooms of 13 buildings of the Ming and Qing dynasties such as door, stone pai-lou, pavilion and palace. The temple is also shaded by ancient trees such as Chinese junipers, cypresses, Chinese pistaches and pagoda trees, looking extremely majestic. The horizontal tablet hung on the door is carved with the inscription of "Lingxing Door", with two stone pai-lous on each side inside the door. The stone pai-lou in the east is carved with the inscription "planning the world affairs" and the one in the west is carved with inscription "making rituals and composing music", praising the virtue and achievement of Zhougong. Yuansheng Palace is the central building of the temple, housing the statue of Zhougong and a hanging tablet with the inscription "Ming De Qin Shi" in the center.</text>
<text>The first name of Mencius was Ke, and he was the orthodox successor of Confucius and is respected as "a benevolent saint for the ages". He is the famous thinker and educationist of the Warring States Periods (475 BC- 221 BC).</text>
<text>Zoucheng 22 km away to the south of Qufu is the hometown of Mencius, also having the Temple of Mencius, the Mansion of Mencius and the Cemetery of Mencius.</text>
<text>The birthplace of Mencius lies in Fucun Village 15 km to the south of the downtown and to the west of the Cemetery of Mencius's Mother. It was repaired in Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), including the Hometown's Lane of Mencius, the Former Residence of Mencius, the Spring, the Well and the Pond of Mencius's Mother and so on.</text>
<text>The Cemetery of Mencius's Mother 15 km to the south of Qufu, is where lie the graves of Mencius's mother, Mrs.Zhang and some persons of Family Meng. The whole cemetery covers an area of 38.53 hectares, bordering on Ma'anshan Mountain in the west. The mountain abounds in dark green ancient trees such as Chinese junipers and cypresses as well as graves. To the east of the cemetery is a Sacrificial Palace.</text>
<image filename="2_15_26a">The Hometown of Mencius, Shandong</image>
<tip>A pair of medium buses will travel between Zoucheng and Qufu every half hour. There is Zoucheng Stop on the Beijing-Shanghai Railway, so you can get there directly by train.</tip>
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<title>{2_15_27}The Temple of Mencius</title>
<text>It is located in the south of Zouxian County of Shandong Province, adjacent to the Mansion of Mencius in the west. It is the temple to worship Mencius.</text>
<text>The first name of Mencius is Ke, who was the orthodox successor of Confucius and is respected as "a benevolent saint for the ages". He is the famous thinker and educationist of the Warring States Periods (475 BC- 221 BC). The Temple of Mencius was built in 1037, originally located near the cemetery of Mencius and moved and rebuilt on the present site in 1121. It is since the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) that it is of the current scale. The temple is of rectangular layout, divided into five compounds including 64 various buildings, four wooden pai-lous and one stone pai-lou. It centers on the main building, Yasheng Palace and forms a central axes line from south to north, at the right and left end of which, symmetrical buildings stand complementarily. In the front are 20 big yards and in the back lie left, middle and right routes. The architectural layout of the temple is wide with proper density and various patterns of yards. Being grand and spectacular, Yasheng Palace is as high as 17 meters and covers an area of over 560 square meters, with double eaves and nine ridges. The roof is covered with green glazed tiles and the pillars are painted with colored drawings. The statue of Mencius is housed in the center of the palace, with a horizontal tablet with the imperial inscription of Qing Emperor Yongzheng reading in Chinese "Shou Xian Dai Hou".</text>
<text>There are the characteristic sleeping hall, Qisheng Hall, the Hall of Mencius's Mother and imperial steles and pavilions. Of over 350 steles in the temple, the two with inscriptions of "Mengmu Duanjichu (the place where the mother of Mencius broke the shuttle from the loom)" and "Mencius' Mother Moves Three Times". The Hall of Mencius's Mother lays at the northeast corner of the temple, in front of which stands a stone stele, with the inscription "No.1 Mother".</text>
<image filename="2_15_27a">The Temple of Mencius, Shandong</image>
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<title>{1_15_16}General Survey of Yantai</title>
<text>Lying in the middle of Shandong Peninsula, Yantai borders on the Weihai Sea in the east and Weifang in the west. It adjoins Qingdao in the southwest and is close to the Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea, facing the Liaodong Peninsula and Dalian over the sea. It covers an area of 13, 739.9 square km including 2,643.6 square km of urban area, with a total coastline of 909 km. Its total population is 6.5 million, 1.7 million of which live in the urban area. Belonging to the warm temperate zone with a continental monsoon climate, Yantai has distinct four seasons with moderate rain, moist air and mild climate. The annual average temperature is 11.8 degrees Centigrade. The beautiful island and numerous bathing beaches combine to make it a famous summer resort in north China. It is best to travel there in summer and autumn.</text>
<text>Yantai abounds in scenic spots, including Penglai Pavilion, Charming Horse Raising Isle, Changdao Island-the fairy land on the sea, tablet inscriptions of the Northern Wei Dynasties (386-581) of Wenfengshan Mountain, the Zhifu Island where the Emperor Qinshihuang visited three times, the Kunyushan MountainΓÇöthe cradle of Taoism of China and Qimu Island----the hometown of Xu Fu and so on.</text>
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<title>{1_15_17}Traffic of Yantai</title>
<text>Laishan International Airport in Yantai lies in Laishan Town 15 km to the south of the downtown. There are flights heading for Beijing, Pudong of Shanghai, Ha'erbin, Jinan, Shenyang and Wuhan daily as well as scheduled flights heading for Changchun, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Kunming, Nanjing, Shantou, Shenzhen, Urumchi, Wenzhou, Xiamen, Xuzhou and Yanji every week. In addition, On Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday there are also flights heading for Hong Kong from Yantai, and on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday there are international flights to Seoul of South Korea every week. The regular buses for civil aviation at the ticket office on Dahaiyang Road in the downtown of Yantai go to the airport directly.</text>
<text>Yantai lies at the terminal of Lancun-Yantai Railway, with nine passenger trains heading for Beijing, the Western Railway Station of Shanghai, Xi'an, Kiamusze, Shijiazhuang, Jinan, Qingdao, Zibo and Xuzhou and so on daily. Yantai Railway Station lies at the Haigang Crossing of Beima Road in the center of Yantai City. There are starting stations of many buses such as No.2, 6, 9, 12, 17 and 26 on the square before the railway station.</text>
<text>There are daily coach buses heading for Jinan, Qingdao, Weihai and Penglai and so on from Yantai. Yantai Bus Station is located in the middle of Qingnian Road, opposite the New World Commercial Mansion.</text>
<text>There are ten ships traveling between Yantai and Dalian. The passenger transport dock of Yantai Harbor is in the Eastern Port Pond to the east of the railway station.</text>
<text>There are over 50 bus lines in the city, reaching each scenic spot and main streets. No.17 is the special tourism line along the coastal line from the railway station to Yantai University, passing 18 seashore scenic spots such as the dock, Yantaishan Mountian, the First Bathing Beach, International Exhibition Center, Moon Bay (the Eastern Emplacement), the Second Bathing Beach, Sea Trestle and Victoria Bay and so on.</text>
<text>The base price of the taxis is five Yuan within three km.</text>
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<title>{1_15_18}Cusine of Yantai</title>
<text>Yantai is the cradle of Shandong Cuisine, one of the eight major cuisines of China, and has long enjoyed the reputation of "the town of cuisine". It is a must, to taste the authentic Shandong Cuisine in Yantai. Shandong Cuisine originated from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770 BC-256 BC), developed quickly in the Northern and Southern Dynasties (420-589) and was regarded as one school through the Yuan (1279-1368), Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. The main raw materials include birds and domestic animals, marine products and vegetables, and it is adept in the cooking skills of stir-frying, stewing, baking, wire drawing and dense juice, stressing the seasonings of soy sauce, shallot and garlic. It is also uses broth and milk soup to add delicacy, tasting salty and fresh.</text>
<text>The 900 km long coast line of Yantai abounds in precious sea cucumber, scallops, abalone, whelk, large prawns and sea bream and so on, which determines that the Yantai Cuisine adopts marine products as main materials. The main famous dishes include Braised Sea Cucumber with Onions, Braised Abalone with Shell, Scallops with Steamed Egg, Fried Oyster, White Braised Sleeve-fish, Clover Clam, Pared Prawn, Cuttlefish Fillets with Chinese Pickles and Fried Sea Sausage with Leek and so on.</text>
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<title>{2_15_28}Penglai Pavilion</title>
<text>It lies at the Danyashan Mountain over 70 km to the west of the downtown of Yantai, divided into six parts namely Lvzu Hall, Sanqing Hall, Penglai Pavilion, Tianhou Palace, Longwang Palace and Amitabha Buddha Temple. The buildings are distributed along the mountain, with extremely exquisite architecture.</text>
<text>Penglai Pavilion was built during the Jiayou Period (1056-1063) of the Northern Song (960-1127), with a history of over 900 years. Subsequently, experiencing expansion in the Ming Dynasty and the repair in the Qing Dynasty, it gradually formed into the present grand architectural complex with temples and gardens, covering an area of nearly 33,000 square meters. The main building, Penglai Pavilion resides grandly on the top of Danyashan Mountain, occupying the core position. It is a two-storey wooden building, with the lower storey circled by 16 red columns. To the east of the pavilion lies the Lying Stele Pavilion and Sugong Ancestral Temple. On the stele are carved the regular script of the poem
<italic>Mirage</italic>
and the cursive script, which are testified to be the scripts of the famous writer of the Song Dynasty (960-1279), Su Dongpo.</text>
<text>It is said that the stories that Emperor Qinshihuang sought the immortals, and the Eight Immortals in the legend went across the sea and so on, all happened there. When climbing to the high place, the travelers can appreciate the majestic sight of sea extending towards the sky, and if the weather condition is good, it is possible for you to appreciate the unusual wonderful view of "mirage".</text>
<tip>Penglai Pavilion is 76 km to the east of Yantai City, with convenient traffic.</tip>
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<title>{2_15_29}Zhifu Island</title>
<text>It is the largest island in China as well as the most typical land-tied island in the world, looking like glossy ganoderma in shape. This is why Yantai was called "Zhifu" in the ancient time. The island is of rolling ridges and peaks, as well as cliffs and rugged strange stones. The sea cliffs and reefs of the island are also of unique style. Due to being climbed three times by Emperor Qinshihuang and the worship ceremony held by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) there, the island is very famous.</text>
<text>Lying on the slope facing south of the island, Yangzhu Temple was built in the Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC-476 BC), being one of the temples of the State of Qi worshiping the "eight immortal generals". The temple has four compounds, including 136 rooms whose layout is like the Chinese character "工", majestic and grand. It is the layout of typical ancient oriental architecture and is one of the oldest temples of historical record in China.</text>
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<tip>Take No. 11 Bus at the square of the Yantai Railway Station, with the terminal station being Zhifu Island, and then walk to Yangzhu Temple.</tip>
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<title>{2_15_30}Yunfengshan Mountain</title>
<text>With an altitude of 305 meters, there are 37 carved steles from the foot to the top of Yunfengshan Mountain. The world-famous calligrapher and governor of Guangzhou of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534), Zheng Daozhao left 17 carved inscriptions on the mountain in 511, all of which were carved on arduous cliffs. The main inscriptions include
<italic>The Stele of Zheng Wengong</italic>
and the
<italic>Poem on Confucian Classics</italic>
. The calligraphy of Zheng Daozhao is regarded as the most excellent regular script and precious datum for studying the transformation of Chinese Characters from the style of calligraphy used in the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) to regular script.</text>
<tip>Walk four km to the south along the Sanlan Lu in the downtown and then walk three km to the east.</tip>
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<title>{2_15_31}Changdao Island</title>
<text>It refers to Miaodao Isle, with unique blue sky, green jade water, sunshine, beaches and pure air. It is also famous as the "town of abalone, scallop and kelp of China", composed of 32 large or small islands and covering a land area of 56.96 square km.</text>
<text>Each island features various characteristics. Cheyou Island is also called "Ten Thousand Birds Island", with an altitude of 73.5 meters and covering an area of 0.05 square km, on which ten thousand sea mews inhabit; the Large and Small Bamboo Mountain Island is of course famous for bamboo, with small rivers flowing and green bamboo; the Large and Small Black Mountain Island is the realm of snakes, on which over ten thousand vipers live and multiply, and it is the second largest snake island in China; Tuoji Island features numerous colorful stones; Changdao Island is the reigion where the mirage appears most frequently, especially after the rain in July and August.</text>
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<tip>It takes 1.5 hours to get there by boat.</tip>
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<title>{2_15_32}Horse Raising Isle</title>
<text>Lying in the Yellow Sea, Horse Raising Isle covers an area of some 10 square km and is 30 km from the downtown of Yantai.</text>
<text>It is recorded that in 219 BC Emperor Qinshihuang passed here when he patrolled in the east. Seeing the flourishing aquatic grass on the isle, he regarded it as treasure place and ordered to raise horses there for imperial use. Hence, the isle got its name. To the east of the isle lies another small isle, looking like a huge elephant drinking water, so the ancient people called it Elephant Isle.</text>
<text>Horse Raising Island is surrounded by water, on which the hills rise and fall with verdant grass and trees. The sea and mountain sights combined form a beautiful natural picture. The isle tends towards east, north, west and then south, gentle in the south and steep in the north. The climate is pleasant, with no extremely cold days in winter and no terribly hot days in summer. The east of the isle boasts green jade water and golden sand, being a superior bathing place; the west of the isle has deep water and small waves, becoming an excellent natural harbor. One km to the east of White Horse Square is a racecourse.</text>
<tip>Takes buses at Yantai Station to Muping first and then change to the medium bus to get there.</tip>
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<title>{2_15_33}Kunyushan Mountain</title>
<text>Lying in the east end of Jiaodong Peninsula, it spans over Muping, Wendeng and Rushan disricts and is 50 km away from Yantai. Kunyushan Mountain is the famous Taoist mountain, boasting rolling ridges and peaks, tall ancient trees, beautiful scenery and quiet environment. It abounds in natural and cultural sights.</text>
<text>The cultural sights of Kunyushan Mountain include numerous historic sites, celebrities and historical materials and steles and tablets with stone inscriptions, such as Yanxia Cave, the birthplace of the Quanzhen Sect of Taoism, the first ancient temple of Jiaodong, Wuran Temple, Yuegu Palace, Jiulong Pond, Longwang Temple, the Grave of King Qi and the Grave of Queen Wuyan and so on. In Yanxia Cave, there are decree steles of the Yuan and Ming dynasties, "Copper Stele" and the stone inscription of Qiu Chuji; in Wuran Temple exist the Wuranyuan Stele of the fourth year of the Guanghua Period (898-901) of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) and that repaired during the reign of Emperor Guangxu (1875-1908) of Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and so on. Many wonderful images of astronomical phenomena are formed due to the special terrain and topography, including famous "Taibo Sunrise", "Mountain Mirage", "The Rosy Cloud of the Ancient Cave" and "Kunyu Piled Greens" and so on.</text>
<tip>It is 50 km away from Yantai, Weihai and Laishan Airport respectively and there are buses in Yantai and Muping directly there.</tip>
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<title>{2_15_34}Mr. Mu's Manor</title>
<text>Lying in Guzhendu Village in the north of Xixia City of Shandong Province, it was built during the Yongzheng Period (1723-1735)of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).</text>
<text>The manor backs on the mountain and is close to river, facing south. It is of brick and wood structure with sloping roof, including over 480 rooms. The whole manor is divided into three groups with six compounds. Each group has one to three compounds, all being of
<italic>Siheyuan</italic>
pattern. The solid buildings in the compound are mostly two-storey houses, with carved girders and painted ridgepole as well as flower windows. The three courtyards namely "Rixintang", "Xizhonglai" and "Dongzhonglai" lie from south to north side by side. Each courtyard has four or six compounds, all connected by the middle gate and the side corridors. The ritual door of the main house lies in the middle, supplemented with left and right wing-rooms. The whole manor is orderly distributed with
<italic>Siheyuans</italic>
, being of exquisite building and simple pattern. The colorful "tiger skin wall" is built by laying rocks of various shapes and colors, forming the designs of "lotus design for coin minting" and "Son of Lotus" and so on. It looks extremely beautiful. The whole manor features the typical characteristic of the traditional residential buildings in north China.</text>
<tip>Take the bus in Yantai Station and get off at Xixia Manor Bridge Stop, and then walk 300 meters to the east and 50 meters to the south.</tip>
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<title>{1_15_19}General Survey of Weihai</title>
<text>It lays at the most eastern point of the Shandong Peninsula, standing in the middle of Yellow Sea and guarding the seaport of Pohai Sea. It connects the southern and northern coast defense and is one of the key military harbors in north China.</text>
<text>In 1398, the Ming Dynasty set up defences there, called "Weihai Defense" meaning "overawing the sea"; in 1888, the first navy of China, "Northern Fleet" was born there; in 1894, the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 broke out there; in 1898, it was rented by Britain and was taken back in 1930.</text>
<text>Weihai has jurisdiction over three cities and areas, namely Rongcheng, Wendeng and Rushan county-level cities and Huancui Area, Economic Technological Development Area and High and New Technological Development Area. It covers a total area of 5,436 square km, including 731 square km of urban area. Its population totals 2.4509 million, including 485,000 urban citizens. Weihai features a marine climate, with an annual average temperature of 12 degrees centigrade. There are no extremely cold days in winter and no terribly hot days in summer, so it is proper to travel in all seasons.</text>
<text>Weihai teems with flowers and trees on the streets and the quiet and tidy environment make it become one of the best cities to live in China. It boasts several of the top-ranking bathing places in China, such as Weihai International Bathing Beach, Stone Island Seashore, Silver Beach and Xiaoguannanhai Golden Beach. The beautiful marine sights and the clear high-quality air combined make Weihai a paradise for many vacationers.</text>
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<title>{1_15_20}Traffic of Weihai</title>
<text>Lying in Dashuipo Town of Wendeng City, Weihai Airport is 40 km from the downtown, with flights heading for Beijing, Shanghai, Changchun, Guangzhou and Seoul and so on.</text>
<text>Weihai Railway lies at the west end of Shenzhen Road in the Economic Technological Zone, with trains heading for Beijing, Jinan and Qingdao.</text>
<text>There are four regular daily ships heading for Dalian and international ships heading for Inchon of South Korea at Weihai Port, every day except Monday. The Passenger Station at Weihai Port lies at No.53 Haibin Lu North. The international ships at Longyan Port head for Pyongteak of South Korea on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday every week, and those at Shidaoxin Port head for Inchon of South Korea on Monday, Wednesday and Sunday every week.</text>
<text>The road traffic of Weihai is developed, with Qingdao-Weihai, Yantai-Weihai and Qingdao-Yinchuan highways open to traffic. Weihai Coach Station lies at No.74 Dongcheng Lu (at the crossing of Jiefang Lu), with many coaches heading for Jinan, Qingdao and Penglai daily.</text>
<text>There are over 20 bus lines, extending to all scenic spots and main streets.</text>
<text>The taxi will charge at the base of two km, and the basic price of the deluxe taxies is seven Yuan, and that of the ordinary taxies is five Yuan. In addition, Weihai Tourism Vehicle Service Company, Weihai Motorcade of China Travel Agency and the Motorcade of Weihai Longwei Travel Agency also provide chartered vehicles for tourists.</text>
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<title>{1_15_21}Accommodation of Weihai</title>
<text>There are many star-rated hotels in Weihai, and the ones near the beautiful and quiet seashore are most popular. Hence, the accommodations near Weihai International Bathing Beach are the most developed, with both top-ranking hotels and small inns. There are few hotels near other beaches and scenic spots and the tourists commonly stay in the downtown and then travel by bus.</text>
<text>There is no Youth Hotel in Weihai, but there are lots of economical hotels near the railway station and bus stations.</text>
<text>There is only the Boxia Mountain Lodge in Chengshantou Scenic Area, which is famous for sunrise, or the travelers can stay in the farmers' houses nearby, but it is a little far from the scenic area.</text>
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<title>{1_15_22}Cuisine of Weihai</title>
<text>Weihai is one of the birthplaces of Shandong Cuisine, with a long history. It is famous for cooking marine products, especially the characteristic small marine products. Weihai Cuisine particularly stresses cutting skill, design, and taste and features fresh, crisp and tender effects and original taste.</text>
<text>The cooking skills mainly include stewing, quick-frying, stir-frying, braising and toasting and so on. The main cuisines boast Braised Sea Cucumber, Braised Prawn, Scallops with Steamed Egg, Braised Whelk with Soy Sauce, Fried "Swan Egg", Crab with Ginger Juice, Steamed Sea Bream, Fried Longevity Dish and Weihai Light Soup and so on.</text>
<text>Weihai was the earliest city open to navigation with South Korea, so there are many Koreans in Weihai, with many Korean Restaurants accordingly, which is also a feature of Weihai catering. Korean food is excellent in Weihai.</text>
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<title>{1_15_23}Shopping of Weihai</title>
<text>Weihai abounds in products, boasting over 300 marine products such as prawn, sea cucumber, abalone, seashell and alga and various economic fish. The specialties such as "Jiaodong Big Peanut", "Weihai Apple", "Rongcheng Yellow Peach", and "Rushan Pear" are also very good.</text>
<text>On the main streets such as Xinwei Road, Haigang Road, Haibin Road North and Wenhua Road in the downtown lay the large stores such as Department Stores, Hualian Mansion, Weihai Denfense Market, Friendship Store and Commercial Mansion as well as medium and small department stores and sugar and wine stores, which form three shopping areas in the downtown:</text>
<text>The first is the central shopping area mainly composed of Department Stores, Hualian Mansion and Weihai Denfense Market;</text>
<text>The second is the triangle garden wholesale and retail shopping area centering on Commercial Mansion, Friendship Wholesale Market, Optional Market and Home Appliance City;</text>
<text>The third is the one mainly composed of sugar and wine supermarkets, Weihai Big World and South Korean Clothes Wholesale Market, of which, the South Korean Clothes City is most famous.</text>
<text>Weihai is the closest city to South Korea in China, so it is possible to buy many cheap South Korean commodities in Weihai.</text>
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<title>{2_15_35}Chengshantou (The Most East End of Chengshan Mountain in Rongcheng)</title>
<text>It lies in Jiaodong Peninsula at the most eastern end of Chengshan Mountain in Rongcheng, so it is called as "Chengshantou". It is also the most east point of the coast line of China, lying 68 minutes to the east of Sandiao Corner in the northeast of Taiwan with respect to the latitude position. It is the culmination of the Chinese land extending to the sea.</text>
<text>Chengshantou is the place which sees the sunrise earliest in China, and was regarded as the residential place of the Sun God in ancient times. In 219 BC and 210 BC, the Emperor Qinshihaung visited it to worship the Sun God, build a long bridge and seek for immortality. He left many historical sites and cultural sights such as "The Relic of Qin Bridge", "The Stele of the Qin Dynasty (221 BC-206 BC)", "Shark Shooting Platform" and the script of " the eastern door of the Qin Dynasty at the end of the sky" of prime minister of Qin Dynasty, Li Si. Today, there still exists the only "Emperor Qinshihuang Temple". In 94 BC, when Emperor Wudi Liu Che of the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) led civilians and military generals patrolled towards east from Xi'an and via Taishan Mountain till to Chengshantou along the sea, he was convinced by the wonderful natural sight of "the sunrise of Chengshantou", and ordered to build "Sun Worship Platform" and "Sun God Ancestral Temple".</text>
<tip>It is 50 km to the northeast of Rongcheng City, and the special tourism bus at Xixia Corner goes directly there. The price of the ticket is 60 Yuan.</tip>
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<title>{2_15_36}Liugong Island</title>
<text>It lies at the Weihai Bay 2.1 sea miles to the east of the downtown of Weihai, covering an area of 3.15 square km with a coast line of 14.95 km. The highest mountain, Qidingshan Mountain has an altitude of 153.5 meters, and the island boasts beautiful natural sights.</text>
<text>With long history, Liugong Island guards the door of Beijing and Tianjin, lying on the horizon of the sea. It forms a natural barrier and is the key strategic place defending the coastal areas and territorial sea on the eastern border of China. It is the birthplace of the first navy of the Qing Dynasty in modern China, as well as the old battlefield of the Sino Japanese War of 1894-1895, and the famous Yellow Sea War also happened there. Hence, Liugong Island enjoys the reputation of "unsinkable battleship". Nowadays, the Sino Japanese War of 1894-1895 Museum is built on the island, containing large numbers of related precious cultural relics. Of the total, the huge-scale warship cannon salvaged from the bottom of the sea is over 20 tons. There are also the iron dock and old emplacements of the Beiyang Navy during the war, the Loyal Soul Stele commemorating the heroes of the war, the Chinese Weapon Exhibition Hall showing the development history of Chinese weapons, the State Forest Park which keeps the original vegetation, the commanding organ, and the provincial commander-in-chief's office of the Beiyang Navy as well as The War of 1894-1895 Museum showing the solemn and stirring history by architecture, sculpture, painting and films and so on.</text>
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<tip>It takes 20 minutes to get there by boat from Weihai Tourism Dock.</tip>
