Weifang travel guide

}) |- | Area | 15,800 km² |- | Coastline | 113 km |- | Population | 8.5 million |- | GDP - Total - Per Capita | ¥12.46 billion (2004) ¥ |- | Major Nationalities | Han |- | County-level divisions | 12 |- | Township-level divisions | |- | CPC Committee Secretary | |- | Mayor | Zhang Xinqi (张新起) |- | Area code | 536 |- | Postal Code | 261000 261300, 261500, 262100, 262200, 262400-262700 |- | License Plate Prefix | 鲁G |}
Weifang (潍坊; 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 confusion 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. (...) more…