Weifang (simplified Chinese: 潍坊; pinyin: Wéifāng) is a prefecture-level city in central Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It borders Dongying to the northwest, Zibo to the west, Linyi to the southwest, Rizhao to the south, Qingdao to the east, and looks out to the Laizhou Bay to the north.

Weifang is a historical city with well known figures. Emperor Shun of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period, the politician Yan Ying (晏婴) of the Spring and Autumn Period, the Confucian scholar Zheng Xuan of the Estern Han Dynasty and the agriculturist Jia Simiao of the Northern Wei Dynasty were all from Weifang. Kong Rong, Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, Su Dongpo, Zheng Banqiao, et al. have worked in Weifang historically. In more recent years, revolutionists, literateurs and artists, such as Wang Jinmei, Chen Shaomin, Wang Yuanjian, Wang Tongzhao, Zang Kejia are well known in China. Weifang also boasts of historical relics and other tourist sites, such as Shihu Garden (from the Late Ming and early Qing Dynasty), Fangong Pavilion (from the Song Dynasty), fossile sites (including dinosaur fossils, in Shanwang, Linqu), Mount Yi National Forest Park, Mount Qingyun and the Old Dragon Spring. Weifang is the world capital of kites. The woodcut new year’s paintings from Yangjiabu are well known.

Administration

The prefecture-level city of Weifang administers 12 county-level divisions, including 4 districts, 6 county-level cities and 2 counties.

• Weicheng District (潍城区)
• Kuiwen District (奎文区)
• Fangzi District (坊子区)
• Hanting District (寒亭区)
• Qingzhou City (青州市)
• Zhucheng City (诸城市)
• Shouguang City (寿光市)
• Anqiu City (安丘市)
• Gaomi City (高密市)
• Changyi City (昌邑市)
• Changle County (昌乐县)
• Linqu County (临朐县)

Geography

Nearby cities include Jinan and Zibo to the west, Yantai to the northeast and Qingdao to the southeast. / / /

Economy

Weifang is home to the large diesel engine company and factory Weichai. The village of Yangjiabu in Hanting district is famous for folk wood-block print (nianhua) and kite production. Weifang regards itself as the 'International Kite Capital' and holds an international kite festival every year in the spring.

Notable people

• Zheng Xuan (127-200), Eastern Han Dynasty Confucian scholar
• Liu Yong (劉墉; 1719-1805), renowned Qing Dynasty bureaucrat

Sister cities

• Pueblo, Colorado

See also

• Culture of Weifang

External links

weifang medical university(OSC 2009) By: Siab The Catastrophic Philanthrope...

• http://osc-wmu.ning.com/
• Government website of Weifang (in Simplified Chinese)
• Official website of the Weifang International Kite Festival (in Simplified Chinese)]
• Yangjiabu Nianhua (in Simplified Chinese)
• Weifang Medical University students website (in Simplified Chinese)