Night scene of Xincheng Square

Zaozhuang city is located in the south of Shandong province, covering east longitude 116°48′30″—117°49′24″and north latitude 34°27′48″—35°19′12″. It borders Yimeng Mountain to the ease, Weishan Lake to the west, Xuzhou, the famous culture scene spot of two Han Dynasty to the south, Qufu and Zoucheng, the hometown of Confucian and Mengzi, to the north. Jing Hang Grand Canal has a flowing area of 350000 square kilometers has a history of more than 400 years. Taierzhuang section of it flows through a 68.5 kilometers long river way in Zaozhuang’s south. Zaozhuang city, with a total area of 4550 square kilometers, and a total population of 3.8019 million people, which increases at the rate of 0.44%, administers five districts and Tengzhou City. Situated on the golden tourism line “one mountain, one water, two Han Dynasty, three Confucian”, it is an energetic，charming newly-founded tourism city. With both boldness of northern city and beauty of southern city, it has the fame of “bright pearl of south Lu”.

Zaozhuang Baodugu National Forest Park

With graceful mountain and river, and beautiful environment, Zaozhuang has rich tourism resources including many scenic interests, and assembled cultural relics. Baodugu National Forest Park, “the No. 1 Gu all over the world” has steep and elegant mountain, and rich forest vegetation. With a forest cover rate of 97%, it is a desirable natural ecological oxygen bar. Guanshi Liuyuan which has won the honor of candidate of “top world Guinnes” is located beside water. Elegant and beautiful, it is an ecological, touring and relaxing resort. Ancient canal with a history of more than one thousand years is magnificent. The ancient canal town has strong custom and is named as “the only canal culture relics of Jing Hang Grand Canal in Qing dynasty”. Weishan Lake in Tengzhou which has red lotus of ten thousand areas has the fame of “the top wet land to the north Yangzi River” and the “locus capital” of China.

Qingtan Temple