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, litterateurs 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.
The prefecture-level city of Weifang administers 12 county-level divisions, including 4 districts, 6 county-level cities and 2 counties.
中文翻译
潍坊(简体中文: something; 拼音: w é if ng)是中华人民共和国山东省中部的一个地级市。西北与东营接壤,西临淄博。西南是临沂,南面是日照,东面是青岛,北面是莱州湾。
潍坊是一座历史悠久的城市,有很多著名的人物。三皇五帝时期的舜帝、春秋时期的政治家阎英、东汉时期的儒生郑玄和北魏时期的农学家贾思邈都来自潍坊。
孔融、范仲淹、欧阳修、苏东坡、郑板桥等人历史上曾在潍坊工作。近年来,革命家、文学家和艺术家,如王进梅、陈少民、王元建、王统照、臧克家等,在中国享有盛名。
潍坊还拥有历史文物和其他旅游景点,如石湖花园(明末清初)、芳宫阁(宋代)、化石遗址(包括山旺、临朐的恐龙化石)、沂山国家森林公园、青云山和古龙泉。
潍坊是风筝的世界之都,杨家埠的木刻年画家闻名遐迩。
潍坊市地级市管理县级12个区,包括4个区、6个县级市、2个县。
Weifang (simplified Chinese: 潍坊; traditional 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 Eastern 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.
Kite-flying is a traditional custom among the people in Weifang in spring time. The outstanding kite handicraft skills and the special atmosphere in Weifang is quite suitable for flying kites, making Weifang Kites more and more popular in China and abroad.
In 1984, the first International Kite Festival was held in Weifang. More than ten thousand kite fans attended the opening ceremony. People from eleven different countries and regions, including the United States and Canada, took part in the festival, flying kites. Since then, Weifang has held the International Kite Festival every year in April and is known as the “International Kite Capital” worldwide.[1]
Annual Broad of Yangjiabu (杨家埠木版年画), one of the three most famous Chinese folk paintings in history, began from the end of the Ming Dynasty. It reached the peak of its development during the Qing Dynasty. People usually replace the old Annual Broads with the new ones on the eve of Spring Festival, which is the most important festival in China, in order to give blessings to the family and friends for the following year. The subjects of Annual Broad of Yangjiabu are various, which include flowers, beauties, landscapes, characters from myths and legends. The architecture skills such as concise lines and bright colors reflect the distinctive characteristics of people in Weifang.
Paper cutting in Gaomi (高密剪纸) has a long history for more than four hundred years. This widely spread handicraft has unique styles, such as strong contrast in color, straight and simple line and exaggerated outline. The characters mostly come from the dramatic stories, flowers and birds, as well as some fantastic symbols.
潍坊,拼音 Weifang,旧称潍县(英文 Weihsien)是中华人民共和国山东省下辖的一个地级市,位于山东半岛中部,面积15859平方千米,人口852万。为山东省几条重要铁路线和公路线的交汇处,是山东省的交通枢纽。拥有全国著名的两个蔬菜基地,为中国北方大型的蔬菜生产地之一。
被称为“世界风筝之都”,也称作鸢都。为国际风筝联合会组织总部所在地[9],也是“国际风筝会”(又称“风筝节”)庆典活动的固定举办地点[10]。
潍坊被称为“国际风筝都”,简称“鸢都”,其原因可上溯至春秋战国时期:
“鸢都”的“鸢”字,原意是指一种凶猛的大鸟[11]。《韩非子》记载墨翟曾“为木鸢,三年而成,蜚一日而败”[12]。这只“木鸢”就是世界上最早的风筝,距今已经有2400多年的历史。墨翟(公元前478-392年)为春秋战国时期的鲁山人,是诸子百家中墨家的代表人物,这鲁山就在今天的潍坊境内。在东汉蔡伦发明造纸术以后,才慢慢开始出现纸做的风筝,称为“纸鸢”。而“风筝”一词直到唐代才出现,晚唐时期,风筝上开始拴有用丝条和竹子做的响器(称为“竹笛”),放飞的时候风一吹动便会发出声音,因而有了“风筝”这个名字[13]。因墨翟于鲁山(今潍坊境内)发明并放飞世界上第一个风筝,所以潍坊被公认为风筝的故乡[14]。
潍坊自古即是有名的风筝制作地,明清时期潍坊的手工业非常发达,素有“南苏州、北潍县”之说,而其中最有名的就是风筝制作[15]。
1984年,在美国西雅图风筝协会会长大卫·切克列的建议下,潍坊举行了第一届“风筝会”,并于1985年改名为“国际风筝会”。
1988年,第五届“国际风筝会”上,西雅图风筝协会提议以潍坊为“风筝都”。各国风筝协会代表商议后一致通过,决定授予潍坊“国际风筝都”称号,并决定成立“国际风筝联合会”,总部设立在潍坊。[1
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Brief Introduction
Source: english.weifang.gov.cn
Located in the middle of Shandong Peninsula, Weifang is the heart of the urban agglomerations in Shandong Peninsula. Under its jurisdiction, there are 4 districts, 6 cities, 2 counties, 3 municipal development zones and 1 state-level export processing zone. Weifang has a total area of 15,800 sq.km. and a population of 8.6 million. Renowned as the world??s kite metropolis, Weifang has won the titles including China??s Excellent Tourism City, State-Level Clean City, Model City for Environmental Protection, Outstanding Model City of Aquatic Environment Treatment and One of "China Top 50 Cities for Informatization". It ranks 41st in the list of general strength of the upper prefecture-level cities in China released by the State Statistics Bureau in 2006.
Weifang enjoys predominant location and convenient communications. There are 4 express ways while the fifth is under construction, 2 national and 3 local railways, and several national and provincial highways as well. It is one of the major hubs of highway communications in China. The class I port of Weifang (Sime Darby) has been opened and the construction of a 10,000 tons wharf has been started. The air service between Weifang Airport to Beijing and Shanghai has been launched. Weifang Airport is one of the four airmail processing centers of China.
Weifang is abundant in products and rich in resources. The plain and coastal lowland cover 2/3 of the total area with fertile flat land. The 140 meters coastal line in the north and 4462 sq. km. shallow sea, mudflat and coastal plain provide wide space and great potential for development of advanced manufacturing and offshore fishery. Within the borders of Weifang 58 kinds of mineral resources were found and 42 of them have been exploited. The reserves of both sapphire and underground brine rank the first in China. The city has 25 large scale reservoirs among which Xia Shan reservoir, with a capacity of 1.4 billion cubic meters, is the largest one of the province. The electric power is abundant taking Shandong electricity grid as major source and power plants with a total installed capacity of 3,775,000 kilowatts as addition.
Weifang has a long history and a comprehensive humanism and culture. Yu Shun, the tribal leaders of primitive society, Yan Ying, the politician in the Spring and Autumn Period??Zheng Xuan, master of Confucian classics in the East Han Dynasty and Jia Sixie, the agriculturalist in the Northern Wei Dynasty were all from Weifang. Cultural celebrities such as Kong Rong, Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, Su Dongpo and Zheng Banqiao etc. had ever been the praetor in Weifang. And a great multitude of revolutionists, litterateurs and artists, emerged in modern times, for example, Wang Jinmei, Chen Shaomin, Wang Yuanjian, Wang Tongzhao and Zang Kejia. Weifang has numerous scenic spots, historical sites and places of cultural interest. Shihu Garden, Fangong Pavilion, Shanwang fossils, dinosaur fossils, Mount Yi National Forest Park and Qingyun Hill are all well-known at home and aboard. Weifang kites, Yangjiabu wood-block New Year pictures, Gaomi Charcoal Painting and Gaomi Maoqiang Melody are included on the first list of state-level non-material cultural heritages.
Following the guidance of Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of Three Represents and thoroughly applying the Scientific Outlook on Development, the whole city strike to construct a harmonious society, accelerate the change in work instruction and press ahead with leading development, scientific development and harmonious development, new achievements have been made in all work in recent years. In 2007, the whole city achieved RMB 205.602 billion Yuan and saw year-on-year rise of 15.8% in GDP; realized total fiscal revenue of 22.45 billion Yuan with rise of 26.3%, among which local fiscal revenue was 11.06 billion Yuan with rise of 24.9%; scale-sized industrial corporations completed added value over 102 billion Yuan and increased by 21%; The fixed asset investment was over 120 billion Yuan and increased by 24.8%; The urban per capita disposable income achieved 13716 Yuan and rural per capita net income achieved 6278 Yuan, with growth of 15.8% and 14% separately; The total retail sales of consumer goods hit 67.43 billion Yuan and rose by 17.6%.
The City Party Committee and Government set goals and approaches as ??One-Six-Three-Three??. ??One Goal?? stands for giving priority to the quality rather than speed of development and seeking speed through improving quality, ensure that the leading economic indicators growth is higher than the average level of the whole province and promote both sound and fast economic and social development; ??Spending on Six Fields?? means increase spending on high and new technology, service industry, modern agriculture, cultural industry, environment & energy conservation, and public service; ??Three ?? represents enhancing the process of urban-rural integration, regional integration and economic internationalization; ??Three Supporting Measures ?? are innovation, building of "harmonious society" and enhancing the abilities of administration. The main expected objectives of economic and social development are as follows: a 14% growth in GDP; an 18% growth in local fiscal revenue; a 17% growth in added value of scale-sized industrial corporations, an 18% growth in added value of service industry, 27% output value of scale-sized industrial corporations taken up by high and new tech industry; total investment in fixed assets increases by 20%, total retail sales of consumer goods increase by 15% and total foreign trade value increases by 16%; the urban per capita disposable income grows by 10% and rural per capita net income grows by 8%; registered urban unemployment rate kept within 3.5%; Energy Consumption of GDP /10,000 Yuan reduces by 4.7%; discharges of sulfur dioxide (SO2) reduces by 2%; chemical oxygen demand (COD) decreases by 6%; and rate of natural population growth kept within 5.99%.