Qingzhou Ancient City | An underestimated city with a thousand years of cultural history

According to the annotations in 'Zhou Li', 'Because it is located in the less sunny area, its color is blue, hence the name Qingzhou'. It was once the head of the ancient 'Nine Provinces', the Qi County of Qin, the Qingzhou City of the Western Han Dynasty, the Beihai County of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and the Qingzhou Prefecture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Its historical status is extremely important. The layout of Qingzhou Ancient City is complete, and it still retains the traditional layout and historical style of mountains, water, and city. More than 20,000 original residents continue the traditional cultural context of the ancient Qingzhou area. Qingzhou is also one of the earliest areas where Buddhism entered the Han area, with various Buddhist sects such as Pure Land, Zen, and Esoteric Buddhism, and left a large number of precious relics. The ancient city was built in the Western Han Dynasty, with North Gate Street, East Gate Street, Ouyuan Street, North Camp Street, South Camp Street, Zhaode Street and other Ming and Qing ancient streets. There are hundreds of existing ancient streets and alleys, most of which, like 'Qingzhou', have been used for hundreds or even thousands of years. The entire ancient city is very suitable for aimless strolling and leisure, everywhere is very interesting, there are Ouyuan, Hengwangfu Archway, Qingzhou Prefecture Gongyuan, Prefecture Gate, Prefecture Wen Temple, Mosque, Church, Catholic Church, Peizhen Academy, Kuixing Tower, Li Qingzhao Palace and many other attractions to check in and visit.