Qingzhou

Qingzhou (青 州市) is a city with about 899,000 inhabitants ( end of 2003) and an area of 1,569 km ² in east China's Shandong Province of the People's Republic of China. It belongs to the administrative territory of the prefecture-level city in Weifang. In earlier times it was the capital of Shandong province. In Qingzhou Mandarin Chinese is spoken.

Qingzhou was founded on March 30, 1986, after a decision by the State Council on 11 March 1986, the district Yidu (益都 县) had been dissolved. The administrative area of the independent city corresponds exactly to that of the former district Yidu.

Administrative Divisions

After the municipal reform of 2007, Qingzhou relies on community level still composed of three road districts and nine major municipalities. These are:

  • Road district Wangfu (王府 街道), more than 110,000 inhabitants, center, seat of the city government;
  • Road district Yidu (益都 街道);
  • Road district Yunmenshan (云 门 山 街道), 55.76 km ², 83,000 inhabitants;
  • Greater community Mihe (弥 河镇);
  • Greater community Wangfen (王坟 镇), 229.6 km ²;
  • Greater community Miaozi (庙 子 镇);
  • Greater community Shaozhuang (邵 庄镇);
  • Greater community Gaoliu (高 柳 镇);
  • Greater community Heguan (何 官 镇);
  • Greater community Dongxia (东 夏 镇);
  • Greater community Tanfang (谭 坊镇);
  • Greater community Huanglou (黄 楼镇), 78.77 km ², 64,000 inhabitants.

Museum

In 1996, over 200 Buddha statues were discovered in a hiding place in Qingzhou. These had been hidden in the time of Emperor Song Huizong of the Song Dynasty. The Emperor was a patron of Daoism and Buddhism pursued. Much of the objects found are displayed in the Qingzhou Museum.

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