Weifang(潍坊)isahistoricalcitywithwellknownfigures。EmperorShunoftheThreeSovereignsandFiveEmperorsperiod,thepoliticianYanYing(晏婴)oftheSpringandAutumnPeriod,theConfucianscholarZhengXuanoftheEsternHanDynastyandtheagriculturistJiaSimiaooftheNorthernWeiDynastywereallfromWeifang。KongRong,FanZhongyan,OuyangXiu,SuDongpo,ZhengBanqiao,etal。haveworkedinWeifanghistorically。Inmorerecentyears,revolutionists,litterateursandartists,suchasWangJinmei,ChenShaomin,WangYuanjian,WangTongzhao,ZangKejiaarewellknowninChina。Weifangalsoboastsofhistoricalrelicsandothertouristsites,suchasShihuGarden(fromtheLateMingandearlyQingDynasty),FangongPavilion(fromtheSongDynasty),fossilesites(includingdinosaurfossils,inShanwang,Linqu),MountYiNationalForestPark,MountQingyunandtheOldDragonSpring。Weifangistheworldcapitalofkites。Thewoodcutnewyear’spaintingsfromYangjiabuarewellknown。 Administration TheprefecturelevelcityofWeifangadministers12countyleveldivisions,including4districts,6countylevelcitiesand2counties。 WeichengDistrict(区) KuiwenDistrict(区) FangziDistrict(区) HantingDistrict(区) QingzhouCity(市) ZhuchengCity(市) ShouguangCity(市) AnqiuCity(市) GaomiCity(市) ChangyiCity(市) ChangleCounty(县) LinquCounty(县) Geography NearbycitiesincludeJinanandZibotothewest,YantaitothenortheastandQingdaotothesoutheast。 Economy WeifangishometothelargedieselenginecompanyandfactoryWeichai。ThevillageofYangjiabuinHantingdistrictisfamousforfolkwoodblockprint(nianhua)andkiteproduction。WeifangregardsitselfastheInternationalKiteCapitalandholdsaninternationalkitefestivaleveryyearinthespring。 Notablepeople ZhengXuan(127200),EasternHanDynastyConfucianscholar LiuYong(刘墉;17191805),renownedQingDynastybureaucrat CultureofWeifang KiteflyingisatraditionalcustomamongthepeopleinWeifanginspring。ItistheoutstandinghandicraftskillsofkitesproducedinWeifang,aswellasthespecialatmospherewhichisquitesuitableforflyingkitesthatmakeWeifangKitesmoreandmorepopularnotonlyinChinabutalsointheothercountries。 In1984,thefirstInternationalKiteFestivalwasheldinWeifang。Morethantenthousandkitefansattendedtheopeningceremony。Peoplefromelevendifferentcountriesandregions,includingtheUnitedStates,Canadaandsoon,tookpartinthefestivalandperformedflyingkites。Sincethen,WeifangholdstheInternationalKiteFestivaleveryyearinAprilandiswellknownastheInternationalKiteCapitalallovertheworld。 AnnualBroadofYangjiabu(杨家埠木版年画),whichisoneofthethreemostfamousChinesefolkpaintingsinhistory,beganfromtheendoftheMingDynasty。ItreachedthepeakofitsdevelopmentduringtheQingDynasty。PeopleusuallyreplacetheoldAnnualBroadswiththenewonesontheeveofSpringFestival,whichisthemostimportantfestivalinChina,inordertogiveblessingstothefamilyandfriendsforthefollowingyear。ThesubjectsofAnnualBroadofYangjiabuarevarious,whichincludeflowers,beauties,landscapes,charactersfrommythsandlegends。ThearchitectureskillssuchasconciselinesandbrightcolorsreflectthedistinctivecharacteristicsofpeopleinWeifang。 PapercuttinginGaomi(剪纸)hasalonghistoryformorethanfourhundredyears。Mostly,womenaregoodatpapercutting。Thiswidelyspreadhandicrafthastheuniquestyle,suchasstrongcontrastincolor,straightandsimplelineandexaggeratedoutline。Thecharactersmostlycomefromthedramastories,flowersandbirds,aswellassomefantasticsymbols。