Shandong enjoys the reputation of “the hometown of Confucius, Mencius” and “the land of ceremony and propriety”. A lot of historic figure still give great influences until today. Confucianism, which founded by the Great thinker, educator Confucius is the backbone of Chinese traditional Culture and has exerted profound influence in the world. “Sun Zi Art of War” written by the famous strategist Sun Wu is still a classic work canonized military and business circles home and abroad. The great thinker Mencius, Mozi, calligrapher Wang Xizhi, inventor and handcrafter Luban, great doctor Bianque, strategist Zhu Geliang and poet Li Qingzhao and Xin Qiji as well as novelist Pu songling are all remembered by the history for great contribution.

    As one of the birthplaces of Chinese Culture, Shandong is also the birthplace of Chinese ancient culture. The fossil of Yiyuan man proved that Shandong is the cradle of ancient human four or five thousand years ago. Beixin Culture, Dawenkou Culture and Longshan Culture found in Shandong trace the change from female society to male society with rather advanced agriculture, herd and handicraft industry. Also founded in Shandong include the earliest character “Dawenkou Pottery Character” and “Longshan Pottery Character”; the earliest city “Chenziya ancient city”; the earliest ancient military recovery system and the ten great archaeological discovery of 2000-Luozhuang Han Tomb. Shandong is the headstream of pottery and silk.