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Weifang(simplifiedChinese:潍坊;pinyin:Wéifāng)isaprefecture-levelcityincentralShandongprovince,People'sRepublicofChina.ItbordersDongyingtothenorthwest,Zibotothewest,Linyitothesouthwest,Rizhaotothesouth,Qingdaototheeast,andlooksouttotheLaizhouBaytothenorth.Weifangisahistoricalcitywithwellknownfigures.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.AdministrationTheprefecture-levelcityofWeifangadministers12county-leveldivisions,including4districts,6county-levelcitiesand2counties.*WeichengDistrict(潍城区)*KuiwenDistrict(奎文区)*FangziDistrict(坊子区)*HantingDistrict(寒亭区)*QingzhouCity(青州市)*ZhuchengCity(诸城市)*ShouguangCity(寿光市)*AnqiuCity(安丘市)*GaomiCity(高密市)*ChangyiCity(昌邑市)*ChangleCounty(昌乐县)*LinquCounty(临朐县)GeographyNearbycitiesincludeJinanandZibotothewest,YantaitothenortheastandQingdaotothesoutheast.EconomyWeifangishometothelargedieselenginecompanyandfactoryWeichai.ThevillageofYangjiabuinHantingdistrictisfamousforfolkwood-blockprint(nianhua)andkiteproduction.Weifangregardsitselfasthe'InternationalKiteCapital'andholdsaninternationalkitefestivaleveryyearinthespring.Notablepeople*ZhengXuan(127-200),EasternHanDynastyConfucianscholar*LiuYong(刘墉;1719-1805),renownedQingDynastybureaucrat---------------------------------------------------------CultureofWeifangKite-flyingisatraditionalcustomamongthepeopleinWeifanginspring.ItistheoutstandinghandicraftskillsofkitesproducedinWeifang,aswellasthespecialatmospherewhichisquitesuitableforflyingkitesthatmakeWeifangKitesmoreandmorepopularnotonlyinChinabutalsointheothercountries.In1984,thefirstInternationalKiteFestivalwasheldinWeifang.Morethantenthousandkitefansattendedtheopeningceremony.Peoplefromelevendifferentcountriesandregions,includingtheUnitedStates,Canadaandsoon,tookpartinthefestivalandperformedflyingkites.Sincethen,WeifangholdstheInternationalKiteFestivaleveryyearinAprilandiswell-knownasthe“InternationalKiteCapital”allovertheworld.AnnualBroadofYangjiabu(杨家埠木版年画),whichisoneofthethreemostfamousChinesefolkpaintingsinhistory,beganfromtheendoftheMingDynasty.ItreachedthepeakofitsdevelopmentduringtheQingDynasty.PeopleusuallyreplacetheoldAnnualBroadswiththenewonesontheeveofSpringFestival,whichisthemostimportantfestivalinChina,inordertogiveblessingstothefamilyandfriendsforthefollowingyear.ThesubjectsofAnnualBroadofYangjiabuarevarious,whichincludeflowers,beauties,landscapes,charactersfrommythsandlegends.ThearchitectureskillssuchasconciselinesandbrightcolorsreflectthedistinctivecharacteristicsofpeopleinWeifang.PapercuttinginGaomi(高密剪纸)hasalonghistoryformorethanfourhundredyears.Mostly,womenaregoodatpapercutting.Thiswidelyspreadhandicrafthastheuniquestyle,suchasstrongcontrastincolor,straightandsimplelineandexaggeratedoutline.Thecharactersmostlycomefromthedramastories,flowersandbirds,aswellassomefantasticsymbols.Weifanglocatedinshandongpeninsula,gracefulnaturallandscapes,cloudgatemountain,themountain,themountainbloom.frompredecessors,beautiful,fascinating.Weifangorhistoricalandculturalcities,ouyangxiu,liqingzhao,etc,ZhengBanQiaofanzhongyannumeroushistoricalculturalcelebritiesforweifangleftmanyhistoricaldiscourse.Weifangkitefamousathomeandabroad,theannualinternationalkitefestivalheldinthis,calledthekite.