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Shandong's Mount Tai is the most revered mountain of Taoism and a site with one of the longest histories of continuous religious worship in the world. [9] The Buddhist temples in the mountains south of the provincial capital of Jinan were once among the foremost Buddhist sites in China. [10]
During this time Shandong was known as the Later Liang (Five Dynasties) Kingdom. In Shandong cities throughout the 18th century, there were sizable foreign settlements by the British, Germans, Americans, and Russians. For 20 years prior to the end of World War I, the Germans controlled Shandong.
Site Chinese name Location Designation Image Xiaotang Mountain Han Shrine: Xiaotangshan Guoshi mu shici 孝堂山郭氏墓石祠: Jinan: 1-54 Stone Carvings of the Wu Family Tombs
Qilu culture, also known as Haidai culture, is a regional culture that originated and developed in Shandong Province, China.The Qilu Cultural District is centered around the Taiyi Mountains and encompasses the region east of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in present-day Shandong Province, northern Jiangsu Province, and the Liaodong Peninsula.
The Temple of Confucius (Chinese: 孔廟; pinyin: Kǒng miào) in Qufu, Shandong Province, is the largest and most renowned temple of Confucius in East Asia.. Since 1994, the Temple of Confucius has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu". [1]
It is an "AAAA-level" scenic spot with Xiong'er Mountain as the main body and integrated with natural landscapes such as Cluster Gu, Shuanglong Rift Valley, Crouching Tiger Cave, Longzhu Cliff, and collapsed geological disaster relics. It is known as "China's holy scene, the only one in Shandong, and the most unique mountain in China". [5]
Heze (Chinese: 菏泽; Chinese: 菏澤; pinyin: Hé Zé), formerly known as Caozhou, is the westernmost prefecture-level city in Shandong province, China, bordering Jining to the east and the provinces of Henan and Anhui to the west and south respectively.The total area is 12238.62 square kilometers and the population is 10.58 million.
The Shandong (Shantung) Peninsula or Jiaodong (Chiaotung) Peninsula is a peninsula in Shandong in eastern China, between the Bohai Sea to the north and the Yellow Sea to the south. The latter name refers to the east and Jiaozhou .