MyhometownisShandong,it'sabeautifulplacewithgreenmountainsaswellascleanrivers.Itprovidesvariouskindsofagriculturalproducts.What'smore,peopleherearequitefriendlyandhospitablesowelcomeforavisit!
Asisknowntous,ShandonghasplayedamajorroleinChinesehistoryfromthebeginningofChinesecivilizationalongthelowerreachesoftheYellowRiverandservedasapivotalculturalandreligioussiteforTaoism,ChineseBuddhism,andConfucianism.
Shandong'sMountTaiisthemostreveredmountainofTaoismandoneoftheworld'ssiteswiththelongesthistoryofcontinuousreligiousworship.TheBuddhisttemplesinthemountainstothesouthoftheprovincialcapitalofJinanwereonceamongtheforemostBuddhistsitesinChina.ThecityofQufuisthebirthplaceofConfucius,andwaslaterestablishedasthecenterofConfucianism.
Shandong'slocationattheintersectionofancientaswellasmodernnorth-southandeast-westtradingrouteshavehelpedtoestablishitasaneconomiccenter.Afteraperiodofpoliticalinstabilityandeconomichardshipthatbeganinthelate19thcentury,Shandonghasemergedasoneofthemostpopulous(94millionin2008)andmostaffluentprovincesinChina(GDPof3.94trillionCNYin2010).
