Liaocheng, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province, is located in the west of Shandong Province, bordering Jinan City and Tai 'an City across the Yellow River in the southeast, Henan Province across the Jindi River in the south, Handan City and Xingtai City in Hebei Province in the west, and Dezhou City in the north and northeast.115/kloc-6'-1.
The city has jurisdiction over 8 counties (cities, districts) and 3 county-level functional zones, including Liaocheng Economic and Technological Development Zone, Liaocheng High-tech Industrial Development Zone and Jiangbei Shuicheng Tourist Resort.
Brief introduction to history:
Liaocheng has a history of more than 5,000 years and is a famous historical and cultural city in China. The Yellow River culture, which represents farming civilization, and the canal culture, which represents commercial civilization, complement each other here. There are more than 400 cultural relics and historic sites in China, 6 heritage sites and 2 rivers are listed in the World Cultural Heritage List of the Grand Canal, and there are 13 national cultural relics protection units such as Guangyuelou in Ming Dynasty and Shanshan Guild Hall in Qing Dynasty. Many stories in Chinese classic literature, such as Water Margin, Jin Ping Mei and Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio, all took place in Liaocheng.
Invented by Yi Yin, a famous Shang Dynasty strategist, Sun Bin, and Cao Zhi, the king of Dong 'e, celebrities such as Cheng Wuji, a medical scientist in the Song Dynasty, Xie Zhen, a writer in the Ming Dynasty, Fu Yijian, a founding champion in the Qing Dynasty, Li Kuchan, a master of Chinese painting, Zhang Zizhong, a famous anti-Japanese, Fu Sinian, Ji Xianlin and Paul Zhang Haidi were born one after another.