Qingzhou, located in the hinterland of Shandong Peninsula, is the hub of the north-south transportation of the motherland, the gateway of Shandong Peninsula, and a battleground for military strategists in past dynasties. Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up a secretariat in Qingzhou in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, there have been several dynasty changes for thousands of years, but Qingzhou has always been the seat of state, county, government and Taoism. As a famous city, it is the political, economic and cultural center of Qilu area. 1948,65438+In February, Qingzhou was merged into Yidu County, 196 1 separated again at the end of the year. 1986, Yidu county was revoked and Qingzhou city was established as a county-level city under the provincial jurisdiction.
Qingzhou, known as "picturesque city with three mountains and green hills" since ancient times, is fragrant in three seasons and evergreen in four seasons. The main roads in the city have a "wai"-shaped skeleton, all spacious and flat, and the trees are shaded. The architectural style of the urban area is unique, and the national form is integrated with modernization. Through the combination of "point, line and surface" in layout, the unique features of the ancient city are displayed. On the "point" and "line", there are national buildings such as railway station, flower building, foreign guest building, Gong Fanting, Wangshou Pavilion, Li Qingzhao Memorial Hall, and bridge-head architectural sketches, which are simple and novel. The "noodles" represented by Fangongting West Road are paved with pieces of bluestones, and modern buildings in national forms are on both sides. The seat is simple and elegant. The antique buildings of Qingzhou Museum at the western end are magnificent.
There are many places of interest in Qingzhou, the most famous of which are "Eight Scenes of Qingzhou": Yunmen Arch Wall, Fan Jinggan Spring, Camel Bell Chihiro, Jiashan in our garden, Linglong Xiuse, Zhaoyang Xianqiao, Tian Yang Hongye and Songtao Academy. Yunmen Mountain scenic spots, including Yunmen Mountain, Tuo Mountain and Linglong Mountain, are one of the five provincial scenic spots in the province. Among them, the largest Buddha statue in the Tuoshan Grottoes, which is listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit, is 7 meters high, with the inscription "Zhu Sanggong, the head of an elephant in Qingzhou" engraved in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. There are two statues of Bodhisattva standing next to them, nearly 4 meters high, wearing crowns, streamers hanging down, and long skirts mopping the floor, which are quite sui dynasty sculpture style. Tuo Mountain is one of the famous mountains in ancient Qingzhou, with an altitude of 420 meters. Throughout the whole mountain shape, it extends from northeast to southwest, just like a camel lying on the ground, hence the name Tuo Mountain. Statues are concentrated on the southeast cliff of the main peak. There are 5 grottoes, 1 cliff statue group and 638 Buddha statues, which are the treasures of Buddhist art in Shandong Peninsula. The famous colossus "Shou" of Yunmen Mountain, carved on the cliff in the north of the mountain, is 7.5 meters high and 3.7 meters wide. It is magnificent and rare in the sea. It is the largest stone-carved Chinese character in ancient China, and it is said that the word "Longevity is better than Nanshan" came from it. The scenery in Yunmen Mountain is absolutely quiet. There are cloud holes and cloud gate holes on the top of the mountain. Looking from a distance, Yunmen Cave is like a jade mirror hanging high, so it is called "Yunmen Arch Wall".
On Linglong Mountain in the west of Qingzhou, there is an original "Weibei" left by Zheng Daozhao, a great calligrapher, more than 400 years ago. It is said that there are no more than 200 species in Weibei, of which only 10 can form its own school. Zheng Daozhao is one of these ten people. He left more than 40 inscriptions in the world, including three on Linglong Mountain. There are two places on the top of the mountain: the title of Baiyun Hall and the title of Beifeng Mountain.
In addition, there are other places of interest in Qingzhou: Fan Gongting built by Fan Zhongyan, Tang Saier Uprising Site, Nanyang Bridge (Wannian Bridge), the first wooden arch bridge in China, Tian Yang Temple with unique scenery, Xiaojiazhuang Site, a provincial key cultural relics protection unit, Subutun Shang Tomb, etc. Qingzhou is called the birthplace of "Dongyi Culture" by China historians, because there are cultural sites such as Beixin, Longshan and Dawenkou.
Qingzhou is adjacent to Weifang, the hometown of kites, in the east and Zibo, an important industrial and mining town in the west. The southwest of the city is low mountains and hills with undulating peaks, and the northeast is the alluvial plain of the Yellow River. The superior geographical position makes Qingzhou rich in mountain resources and plain products. Mineral resources such as iron ore, limestone and marble are buried underground, and dense flowers and trees and large crops are growing on the ground, which are rich in wheat, corn, cotton, yellow tobacco, melons and vegetables. It is a national commodity grain production base and an export tobacco base. It also produces the famous Qingzhou peach, Qingzhou persimmon and hawthorn.