Jining, the hometown of Confucius and Mencius and the capital of canals, is located in the southwest of Shandong Province, and is China's excellent tourist city and the center city of Shandong Province's Lunan urban belt. Jining, with 7,000 years of civilization, has a long history and culture, and is one of the important birthplaces of Eastern civilization and Chinese civilization. In the ancient times, the "Three Emperors" left traces of their activities here, and the founders of mankind, Fuxi, Nuwa, Huangdi, Shaohao and Shaokangdi, were all born in Jining; during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the "Supreme Sage Confucius, the Sub-Sage Mencius, the Fuxing Sage Yanzi, the Zongsong Sage Tsengzi, the Shusheng Sage Siqi," who were honored as the five saints of Chinese history, were all born in Jining. Sizi" were all born here. Literati such as Du Fu, Li Bai, and Cao Cao all left their footprints in Jining. The Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties set up river canal yamen in Jining, and emperors such as Qianlong stopped here to visit.

Jining's counties and cities are named after:

Shizhong

Jizhou Ancient City - Canal Capital Named after its location: the city was originally located in the center of Jining City.

Rencheng

The Ancient State of Feng - Canal City - City of Benevolence Named after the surname: In ancient times, this place was inhabited by one of the forefathers of the Chinese nation, the primitive tribe of the Dongyi tribe. During the Xia Dynasty, the descendants of Tai Hao (Fuxi Clan), the Yuren Clan (also known as the Yuren Clan; Yuren and Yuren had the same sound in ancient times) established the Yuren State here. During the Zhou Dynasty, the state of Yiyang was named the state of Ren. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, the state of Ren came under the states of Lu, Song and Qi. After the Qin Dynasty unified China, the state of Ren was abolished and became Rencheng County. This is the earliest origin of the title "Rencheng".

Yanzhou

Ancient city of the nine states - the throat of Qilu, named after the word "Yanzhou": Yanzhou has a long history of being named after the nine states in the ancient administrative divisions of China. Yanzhou is one of the nine states, and is said to be named after the Yuan River that originates from Wangwu Mountain in Jiyuan County, Henan Province. The characters for "Yuan" and "Yan" are homophonic and universal, and Yan means "faith". In "Dictionary", it is said that "the gas of the river is specialized in quality, and the nature of the river is trustworthy, so it is called "Yanzhou".

Qufu

The Sacred City of the Orient, the hometown of Confucius, is known by its name: it is said to have been the capital of one of the five emperors, Shao Hao; it was the capital of Amanguo in the Yin and Shang dynasties; it was the capital of the state of Lu 3,000 years ago; and today's city of Qufu was rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty. The name "Qufu" was first mentioned in the Book of Rites, and Ying Shao of the Eastern Han Dynasty explained: "There is a mound in the sand of the city of Lu, which is seven or eight miles long, hence the name Qufu."

Zoucheng

The State of Zoulu - the birthplace of Confucius and Mencius named after the "State": Zoucheng is a barbaric land in ancient times, the domain of Xuzhou in the Nine States in the summer, Yin belongs to the Amulet State in 1027 BC, King Wu of the Zhou Dynasty to destroy the Shang Dynasty and build the Zhou Dynasty, and sealed Cao Man in the southern suburb of the current Jining to establish the State of Zhu. After the unification of the six states by Emperor Qin Shi Huang, the county system was implemented, and "Zou County" was set up. In China's ancient literature, more than for Zou Zou or Zou, Zou Zou two characters ancient sound the same, the book of Zou Zou universal no points.

Jiaxiang

Chinese Filial Piety City - Zeng Zi's hometown - China's hometown of stone carvings to the "virtual" name: Jiaxiang a, according to "Zuo Zhuan" records: fourteen years (480 years ago), the West hunted Danye (now northeast of the area of the giant wild), hunted Kirin a Kirin, Kirin for the peace of the beasts, is an auspicious omen, due to get the Kirin in Jiaxiang County, territory, so to "Xiang"! territory, so the "auspicious" meaning of "Jiaxiang" set the county name, used to this day.

Weishan

Chinese Lotus - the hometown of Weizi named after "people": Weishan County, Weishan Lake, Weishan Lake, Weishan, Weishan, Weizi named after Weizi, Weizi name Qi, King Zhou of Yin's concubine brother, the original fiefdom of the micro, so he called him "Weizi" (Zi is a title). "The tomb of Weiziqi is located on the top of the main peak of Weishan Island.

Liangshan

The hometown of Chinese martial arts - Water Margin heroes in the name of the "mountain": Liangshan, the original name "Liangshan", later renamed "Liangshan". The reason for the name change has three say: one said Liangshan belongs to the territory of Liang, legend for the royal hunting grounds, Liang Xiao Wang Liu Wu had hunted here, so the name changed to "Liang". Secondly, King Liang Xiaowang field hunting finally here, died of heatstroke and buried in the sun of Liangshan, then renamed "Liangshan". Thirdly, it is said that the name was changed from "Liang" to "Liang" to avoid the name of Liu Liang, the uncle of Emperor Wu of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The original name of Shouzhang County was Shouliang, which was also renamed to avoid Liu Liang.

Yutai

Hometown of Fish and Rice - Home of Filial Piety and Virtue Named after "land": In ancient times, Yutai County was once a place inhabited by the Taihao tribe of the Eastern Barbarians. Yutai's name began in the Tang Dynasty, because the county north of Lu Yinkong Guanyutai to change the square and Yutai, after the affiliation has changed. And the name of the county is still in use today.

Jinxiang

China's Township of Integrity - China's Garlic Township named after "Chuan": Jinxiang County name originated in the Western Han Dynasty, named after the mountain. Emperor Wu Tianhan four years (AD 97) sealed his son for the Changyi King, eleven years of the death of a prince, buried in GaoPingShan, the first in the north of the mountain chiseled tomb, got the white rabbit, thought unlucky, and more buried in the south of the mountain, chiseled and got gold, so renamed JinXiangShan. The county name has been used since then. However, so far Jinxiang also did not mine the gold of historical records, so that the "pass" to get the name.

Surabaya

Surabaya, China's spring township - the sacred source of Surabaya to the "river" to get the name: Surabaya River and named, Surabaya River, ancient name Surabaya, one of the nine waters of the Yu rule. Surabaya River originates in Surabaya County, Surabaya County, Quanlin Township, East accompanied by the end of the foothills, to Baotu, Wash Bowl, ringing water, red stone springs, four sources of concurrent confluence into the river and named.

Wenshang

Millennium Buddha - the ancient Chinese are named after "Ji": Wenshang as a special place name began in Jin Taihe eight years, because it is located in the waterfront and named. Wenshang's name, said Wenshang in the lower reaches of the Wenshui, why the name Wenshang, Wenshang name is no more than two aspects, one is Wenshang is located in the lower reaches of the Wenshui. The word "down" is an unlucky word, even if there is down people do not say down. Thus the name Wenshang came about.

Jining's Friendship Cities:

Ashikaga City, Japan Komatsu City, Japan Yeongju City, South Korea Port José, Mauritius Taganrog City, Russia Loudoun County, U.S.A. Mulhouse, France Faghesta, Sweden Slobodzia, Romania Balatonfüred, Hungary Jilin City, Jilin Province Shangqiu City, Henan Province Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province