Binzhou

Qingyang Fried Chicken was known by its unique taste and affordable price. The chicken is tender and spicy. A general dish to welcome guest form far away, which is a honor when host offer it.

The cake made to top 100 must eat in Shandong. This is a Xing family heritage. Crispy skin and vegetable inside.

The 200 acres of sunflowers turn Dielian Valley into a golden ocean!

There is a 7 mile lotus pond sightseeing belt that was recently built in Bincheng District, Binzhou. It has introduced more than 260,000 plants of 80 different lotus species.

Blacksmithing, a traditional art in Binzhou, is different from many of the other traditional Chinese arts. Unlike calligraphy and pottery, blacksmithing involves a large amount of physical strength and precision.

Forest Tribe is a newly opened outdoor venue for the whole family.

Spring creeps into Binzhou quietly. A new landmark, the Yellow River Memorial Tower is scheduled to open by the end of April 2021.

Mada Lake Scenic Area is located 3 kilometers south of Boxing County – overlapping the alluvial plain area of Mount Taiyi in central Shandong and the lower parts of the plains almost reaching the Yellow River. The Mada Lake Scenic Area is an inland freshwater lake converged by 7 rivers including Youwu River, Zhulong River, and Xiaofu River.

A local famous food that even everyone living in Mengying town know how to make it. The reason why it is called Bachelor’s Chicken is that all of employees in the fried chicken restaurant are male. Thus, the locals jokingly coined the name “Bachelor’s Chicken”.

Come visit the Sun Tzu Cultural Park Museum and have a better view of Sunwu Lake at the top of the Binshen Mountain.

“San” in Chinese is the number three. This is where Lake Sanhe gets its name from. Also because it has three rivers intersecting one another. When three rivers combine together, it creates a “K” shape. Beautiful view with a historic background.

A thousand year old wall that protected the Wuding official residents.

Located on the border of Zouping County and Zhangqiu City with varied topography, steep slopes, crooked narrow valleys and several cliffs.

A famous home of Du Shoutian, who is the teacher of Emperor Xianfeng. He is a good representative from the Du family. The Du family is a famous that being extremely careful about education. More than 39 officers are from this family during the ancient time.

Sun Tzu’s hometown, understand the solder’s wisdom and how they use best strategy to win the war. “Peace”, “War” and “Wisdom” are three main topics. They have great impact to Chinese military power.

In pursuit of immortality, Emperor Qin is said to have sent 5,000 men in search for elixir of eternity beyond the sea. However, the emperor did not hear back from them. He was anxious and asked a soldier to check when they are back. Soldiers made it to the terrace and check further. On April 6, 2018, the 19-meter high bronze statue of Emperor Qin was blown down by the wind. But it was has since been rebuilt. To understand the Chinese ancient emperor, this is a must-go place.

Beds and breakfast are offered by farmers. Even though facilities are new inside, the window dressing are complete done in traditional style.

The temple name in China suggests “grand consciousness”. It is known for 29 copper statues of buddas. This is a live temple. There are still monks residing in to take care of drum and clock routines. At the era of early Republic, it was a school.

Lantern is an integral part of the Chinese New year celebration. Families from Zhang Village, Huimin County make lanterns every major festival. Around New Year, hundreds of lantern were tied together like a wheel and ready to sell.

Clay Zhang’s art studio, it is very active in Chinese New Year. Classes are available.

A few specialties to look for

Midi is China’s top tier rock music festival drawing crowds by millions.

Binzhou Cultural Center is holding the “Happy Binzhou Spring Cultural Festival” on February 4 – 26, 2021.

The first “Light and Shadow Secret Realm and Folk Culture and Art” Festival was held in Sun Tzu Cultural Park Museum in Binzhou. Inside the museum, there are 13 courtyards, each representing the different chapters and stages of Sun Tzu’s life.

A carnival of folk art performances. The largest in Shandong and a competition of traditional instruments, cork fight, dog shows, drum shows, cross talk shows, local operas, etc. It takes place in February, March, June, August, and September.

Known to be the best dates (“jujubes”) in the nation; and also a perfect time to pick dates. Winter Dates is an important day for Shandong people and a perfect time for dumpling eating.

A local parade that only takes place on the last day of the Chinese New Year celebration. Like the Mummers Parade in Philadelphia and Rose Parade in Pasadena, CA. Participants often compete for the 1st prize in the parade.

This is an annual art event with performance and art shows.