According to Quick Encyclopedia, Cangshan County of Linyi City is located in the south of Shandong Province, bordering Jiangsu in the south, Linyi in the east, Zaozhuang in the west and Taishan in the north, and is at the intersection of coastal opening-up and the development of Huanghuaihai Plain. With convenient transportation, National Highway 206, Beijing-Shanghai Expressway (G2), Linzhou Expressway (S38) and Linzhou Railway have just been completed and opened to traffic.

Cangshan county has a long history and outstanding people. Xunzi, a famous thinker, philosopher, educator and master of Confucianism in the Warring States period, served as the commander of Lanling twice. Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, passed through this place, leaving a timeless quatrain "Wandering in China". Kuang Heng's industrious spirit of "stealing the column" still shines today. Xiao, a great writer in the Han Dynasty, and Xiao Xiaosheng, the author of the famous literary masterpiece Jin Ping Mei, are both Cangshan people.