Detailed introduction to all aspects of Shandong

Food and snacks Shandong cuisine, also known as Lu cuisine. It has a long history and wide influence. Is an important part of China's food culture, become the first of China's four major cuisines, but it is the most obscure cuisine, with its fresh, salty and crispy flavor, unique flavor, production of fine reputation at home and abroad. Lu Cuisine originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in the states of Qi and Lu (present-day Shandong Province), and was formed in the Qin and Han Dynasties. After the Song Dynasty, Lu Cuisine became one of the representatives of "Northern Food". From Qilu to Jinggi, from Guannei to Guanwai, the influence of Lu cuisine has reached the Yellow River Basin and Northeast China, with a broad base of the food masses. Lu Cuisine is one of the most extensive coverage of local flavors in China, spreading throughout Beijing, Tianjin, Tong and the northeastern provinces.

There are great geographical differences in Shandong Province, thus forming the three systems of coastal Jiaodong Cuisine (mainly seafood) and inland Jinan Cuisine as well as the self-contained Kongfu Cuisine.

Lu Cuisine is purely seasoned, with a savory taste and is characterized by freshness, tenderness, fragrance and crispness. It pays great attention to the preparation of clear soup and milk soup, which is clear and fresh in color, and white and mellow in color.

There are more than 30 cooking techniques commonly used in Lu Cuisine, especially the unique and specialized techniques of explosion and steak. Popping method pay attention to rapid fire and fast frying; steak technique for the original Lu Cuisine, raw materials marinated in sticky powder, frying yellow on both sides, slow fire juice; steak method of the finished product neatly molded, taste and quality of rotten, juice tight and thick.

Shandong's special snacks are: braised rabbit head, Yishui deep-fried Shanshan cattle, Guangrao donkey meat, Yishui soybean oil fried ginger sprouts, Linyi deep-fried robin's tongue, Yishui cauldron of whole goat, Yishui collapsed pancakes, Yishui collapse package, Yishui deep-fried white scaled fish, oil pancakes, oil spinning, eight batches of fruit, rose sugar fried cake, five kernel buns, spring pancakes, chicken wire ravioli, Changqing big veggie buns, the people fried buns, silk rolls, deep-fried chicken spring rolls, Jinan Rice Cake, the first time in Shandong Province. Chicken Spring Rolls, Jinan Rice Noodles, Jinan Sweet Foam, Fushan Ramen, Jingzhi Jinshi Noodles, Shanxian and Tengzhou Mutton Soup, Fried Noodles with Egg Crisp, Fish Dumplings, Congee with Bean Juice, Shredded Chicken Yifu Noodles, Noodles in Chicken Soup, Linyi Grits, Tengzhou Grits, Chaotian Pot, Lotus Leaf Congee, Tengzhou Vegetable Pancake, Eight Treasures Tea Soup, Melon Prospect, Stone Cake, Hexagonal Cake, Sugar Crispy Kung Tau Fire Cooked, Tarzan Tofu Noodles, Yantai Couscous, Penglai Noodles, Pear Pill , Longfeng Fried Rice, Longkou Pork Box, Furong Siu Mai, Weifang Hot Pot, Chicken, Duck and Luck, Chaotian Wok. Dezhou Steak Chicken, Yucheng Steak Chicken, Baodian Donkey Meat, Leling Golden Jujubes, Laiwu Square Fired Hot Tofu, Laiwu Sausage, Boshan Crispy Pot, Lijin Water Pancake, Shanxian Mutton Soup, Caozhou Geng Cake and so on. [Edit Paragraph] Opera Culture Shandong is one of the earlier regions in China to have theater activities. The earliest breeding of its theater art can be traced back to the Qilu states more than two thousand years ago.

Qi chants were famous throughout the country in the Sui Dynasty, and in the Tang Dynasty, senatorial theater was popular in Shandong. It can be said that the long popular song and dance theater, haiku activities, is the important process of Shandong opera breeding development is indispensable. After the formation of Song miscellaneous opera also spread to Shandong, the end of the Jin and early Yuan produced with the northern song form of opera that is Yuan miscellaneous opera, Shandong is one of the main popular areas, the Yuan Zhong Sucheng's "Recorded Ghost Book" and the early Ming Jazhong Ming's "Recorded Ghost Book sequel" in the records of the Shandong opera writers **** 28 people, who can sing song excels in singing 4 people. The most flourishing opera is Dongping, Dongping Yuanqu writers have Gao Wenxiu, Zhang Shiqi and other 10 people, the most prominent when pushed Gao Wenxiu, the "Black Whirlwind double dedication head" is y loved by the people.

Shandong opera entered a period of vigorous development in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Li Kaixian's The Book of the Sword and Kong Shangren's Peach Blossom Fan had outstanding achievements and had the greatest influence. In terms of performances, the number of professional opera troupes increased and their activities were frequent.

By the middle of the Qing Dynasty, dozens of different opera genres were active in Shandong at the same time. They can be roughly divided into clappers, strings and cords, and elbow drums.

Now there are more than 30 kinds of popular operas in Shandong, which can be roughly divided into several types, including Bang Bang, String and Suo Cavity, Elbow and Drum Cavity, and Folk Dance and Rap Opera.

The popular Shandong bangkang cavity theater, there are Yu opera (that is, Henan Bangkok), Shandong Bangkok, Laiwu Bangkok, Zaobang, two strings, East Road Bangkok, Hebei Bangkok and other kinds of popular areas including Heze, Jiji and other areas. Popular areas include Heze, Jining, Linyi, Zaozhuang, Tai'an, Jinan, Liaocheng, Dezhou, Laiwu, Binzhou and more than ten other cities. The Yu opera actors who won the Plum Blossom Prize, such as Zhang Lan, Zhu Guiqin and Li Xinhua, are still active on the stage all over Shandong.

The strings and cords cavity from the folk circulated by the popular song small order, through the strings and cords clear singing stage, and then developed into an opera vocal cavity. Due to the circulation of regional and accompanied by different instruments, and by the influence of other arts, the strings of the cavity formed a different style of opera, popular in Shandong, mainly Liuzi opera, big strings of opera, Luozi opera. Called "Dongliu", Liuzi opera is one of the more widely circulated and influential types of stringed opera. The representative repertoire includes "Li Yaxian Si Husband", "Sable Cicada Si Husband", "Yingying Si Husband", "Li Sanniang Si Husband", and other "Top Ten Si Husband Plays".

Elbow Drum Cavity, is popular in the folk flower drums on the basis of Yangge, "Niangniang" as its main cadence gradually evolved into the voice of the opera. It includes the following opera styles: Liuqin Opera, Wuyin Opera, Mao Cavity, Liu Cavity, Lantern Cavity, and Donglu Elbow Drums.

The types of opera that developed from rap include Lv Opera, Drop Opera, Fisherman's Drum Opera, Baxian Opera, Lan Guan Opera, and so on.

In 2001, Linqing, Shandong Province successfully held the first National Peking Opera Ticket Art Festival. Famous Peking Opera artist Yuan Shihai called Linqing "the hometown of Peking Opera". [edit]Festivals and Exhibitions Cultural and economic festivals and exhibitions throughout Shandong are organized according to Shandong Tourism Information and other websites

Festival and Exhibition Event Name Date

Weihai International Habitat Festival September 27-September 29

Yantai Yuhuanding Temple Fair February 16-22

Qingdao Haiyunan Sugar Ball Festival Feb. 28-March 3

Linyi Book Sage Cultural Festival, China, Sept.

Jining Liangshan International Water Margin Cultural Festival, April

Tai'an Dongyuehui Temple Festival, April 1-3

Tai'an Feicheng Peach Blossom Festival, April 5-15

Zibo International Ceramic Glaze Art Festival, April 16-22

Yantai Kunbeishan Spring Festival April 16-28

Yantai Longkou International Xu Fu Cultural Festival April 18-20

Yantai Laiyang Pear Blossom Festival April 20

China's Linyi Zhuge Liang Cultural Festival May

Qingdao International Marathon April 20

Qingdao Cherry Blossom Festival mid to late April

Weifang International Kite Festival April 20-25

Zibo Green Lanza International Beer Festival June 16-27

Linyi China Mart Convention and Exhibition Center September

Weifang Shouguang International Vegetable Science and Technology Expo April 20-May 20

Heze International Peony Flower Festival April 22-28

Rizhao "Wulian Spring Azalea Festival April 24 to May 6

Yantai Mou's Manor Folk Tour April 28 to May 8

Liaocheng Jiangbei Water City Cultural Tourism Festival April 30 to May 8

Zibo International Liaozhai Culture and Tourism Festival April 30 to May 8

Binzhou Boxing International Vegetable Science and Technology Expo April 20 to May 20

Heze International Peony Flower Fair April 22 to 28

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Binzhou Boxing International Little Opera Festival May 1 to 10

Yantai colorful food festival May 4 to 8

Yantai Changdao "Fisherman's Paradise" Folk Culture and Tourism Festival May 5 to 7

Yantai Laizhou Moon Flower Festival May 25

Dongying Kenli Yellow River Mouth Cultural Tourism Festival Sept. 2

Sun Tzu International Cultural Festival in Guangrao, China Sept.

(Dongying) Yellow River International Forum Sept.

Jinan International Art and Song Festival May to Oct. One per month

Lu Shang General Assembly June 6 to 8

Jinan Lake Minghu Lotus Flower Festival June 30 to Aug. 20

Qingdao Ocean Festival July 12-20

Laiwu Fanggan Eco-tourism Festival July-August

Qingdao Golden Beach Culture and Tourism Festival Aug. 3-11

Qingdao International Beer Festival Aug. 17-Sept. 1

Yantai Penglai International Youth Culture and Art Festival Aug. 20-25

Yantai Penglai International Youth Culture and Art Festival August 20-25 August 20-25

Qingdao Dazeshan Grape Festival September 1-3

Taishan International Mountaineering Festival September 6-10

Qingdao Fashion Week September 6-10

Yantai Zhangyu International Wine Festival September 7-10

Laiwu Iron and Steel Expo September/October

Tengzhou Wetland Red Lotus Festival

Tengzhou Wetland Red Lotus Festival

Wenshang Prince Lingzong Cultural Festival [Edit] Qilu Celebrities Shandong is one of the birthplaces of ancient Chinese literature Zhuge Lianghua. In academic thought, there were Mozi, Zheng Xuan, and Zhong Changtong;

In political and military affairs, there were Yan Ying, Sima Rang Tho, and Qi Jiguang;

In historiography, there were Zuo Qiu Ming, Hua Peak, Cui Hong, and Ma Hsueh Ma;

In literature, there were Dongfang Shuo, Kong Rong, Wang Ch'an, Xu Gan, Zuosi, Bao Zhuo, Wang Yu, Zhang Yanghao, Feng Weimin, Li Kaixian, Li Panlong, Kong Shangren, Wang Shizhen, etc.

In art, there are Li Cheng, Gao Feng Han, etc.

In science and technology, there are Lu Ban, Liu Hong, He Chengtian, Wang Park, Wang Zhen, Yan Su, etc.

In medicine, there are magpies, Chunyi, Wang Shuhe, etc. They are the most important people in China.

Their thoughts, theories, wisdom and academic achievements constitute an important part of traditional Chinese culture and have had a wide and far-reaching influence on the development of Chinese culture.

Confucius "Sage of Letters", Confucius, a great thinker and educator in ancient China, founded Confucianism, which has had a profound impact on later generations of China.

"The Sage of War" is Sun Wu, a famous military writer in ancient China. His book "The Art of War" is widely influential in the world.

"Sage of Calligraphy", Wang Xizhi, a famous calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Guan Zi (管子), a famous prime minister of the State of Qi and a famous economist.

Shandong history also saw the emergence of Mencius and Zengzi, representatives of Confucianism.

Jia Si-feng, an ancient agronomist known for his "Essentials of Qi Min".

Sun Bin, an ancient military scientist famous for Sun Bin's Art of War.

George Liang, a famous minister of the Three Kingdoms, revered by the Chinese as the embodiment of wisdom.

Liu Fo, a literary theorist famous for "Wenxin Diao Long" (文心雕龙).

Xin Qiji (辛弃疾), a famous representative of the Song Dynasty's bold and liberal school of lyricists.

Li Qingzhao (李清照), a representative of the euphemistic school of lyricists in the Song Dynasty.

Pu Songling (蒲松龄), a famous literary figure in the Qing Dynasty, and the author of the short story collection Liaozhai Zhiyi (聊斋志异).

Yan Zhenqing, a famous calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty.

Zhang Zeduan (张择端), a famous painter of the Song Dynasty and author of "Qingming Shanghe Tu" (清明上河图).

Gan De, a famous astronomer during the Warring States period. He co-authored the Gan Shi Xing Jing (The Star Book of Gan Shi) with the Song Dynasty's Shi Shen (a native of Kaifeng, Henan Province), which contains the world's earliest record of sunspots.

Flood Shengzhi, an ancient scientist.

Single Father, rumored to be the influential political leader and clan chief of the Eastern Barbarians who roamed the land of the four zones and six waters of Heze in the late ancient times

Qi Jiguang, a famous anti-Japanese general, national hero, militarist, and martial artist of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Zizhong, a famous anti-Japanese general and national hero. For more information, please visit Baidu's entry: Shandong