Liaocheng has a long history and splendid culture. As early as the primitive society, our ancestors lived here and engaged in agricultural production. There are 0/00 Longshan Cultural City/KLOC about 67000 years ago found in the whole city, which is the largest Longshan Cultural City found in China so far. It can be seen that the west bank of Guji River was an extremely important political and cultural center at that time. During the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, Liaocheng's economy and society developed rapidly, and its agriculture and handicrafts were relatively developed. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Liaocheng was an important city in the west of Qi. During the Warring States Period, Liaocheng was a place where princes fought. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, economy and culture developed rapidly, and people's living standards improved greatly. Copper, iron and aluminum are the main production tools, and wells are used to solve drinking water and irrigation problems. Wealthy families travel by car and horse, bronze mirrors and fuming stoves become necessities, and high-tech pottery can be made. Culture and education have developed rapidly, and many famous military generals have been trained. During the Three Kingdoms, the Jin Dynasty and the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there were frequent wars and many natural disasters. During the period of partial reunification, the society was relatively stable, and economic and cultural undertakings were restored and developed to a certain extent. In the fourth year of Sui Dynasty (AD 608), Yang Di dug the Grand Canal, which facilitated the traffic and water conservancy in the city and promoted the economic and cultural development. Linqing was an important transportation hub at that time. The Tang Dynasty was a period of all-round political, economic and cultural development, especially education, which produced many celebrities. The Ming and Qing Dynasties were a glorious period in Liaocheng history. In the seventh year of Wanli, Dong, an important minister in Ming Dynasty and a great scholar in Dongge, wrote the Monument to Dongchangfu City, in which famous sentences such as "Ten thousand goods converge, one city is north of the Yangtze River" and "the throat of Caowan is the elbow of heaven" have been handed down from generation to generation. From the 26th year of the Yuan Dynasty (1289) to the 9th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (14 15), the Huitong River flowed again and again. The Grand Canal, which runs through the north and south of China, has brought great vitality to the development and prosperity of Liaocheng. Linqing and Liaocheng (now Dongchangfu District) have become one of the nine commercial ports along the route. Liaocheng has "more than 100,000 fireworks in the city", where merchants gather, businesses flourish, sails are like forests, reeds meet, cars and horses flow endlessly, and goods pile up like mountains. The foreign businessmen's guild hall stands by the river, with tall buildings and famous temples. Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty came to talk four times, and Emperor Qianlong stayed in Liaocheng nine times. Commercial trade in the city is prosperous, and agriculture, textile, printing, pen making, handicraft production, brick kiln, food, shipbuilding and water transportation are developed. Before the founding of the Republic of China, members of the League secretly organized people to carry out innovations in the city. During the Republic of China, Liaocheng was the political, cultural and center of western Shandong. In the early years of the Republic of China, there were cotton research institutes, workshops and experimental factories, roads were built, and automobile transportation companies, electric light companies, banks, weaving factories, hospitals, government middle schools and normal schools were established. In the middle and late period of the Republic of China, agriculture, industry and commerce suffered great damage due to warlord melee and Japanese invasion. 1937 After the July 7th Incident, Liaocheng became the frontier of the Anti-Japanese War. More than 60,000 anti-Japanese armed forces fought against the Japanese for more than 80 times, defending and recovering a large area of land, and the people of Liaocheng made great contributions and sacrifices to the victory of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. During the War of Liberation, Liaocheng was the rear base of China People's Liberation Army. When Liu Deng's army marched into Dabie Mountain and crossed the Yellow River, 37,000 people in the city joined the army. During the Huaihai Campaign and Nandu, the people of China organized transport teams and stretcher teams to fully support the PLA's operations and made great contributions to the victory of the war. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), Liaocheng people inherited the excellent historical traditions, worked hard, made pioneering efforts, and made great achievements in all walks of life. Liaocheng is rich in resources, convenient in transportation and developed in communication, and tourism has become a new industry. Liaocheng is an important production base for commodity grain, high-quality cotton, vegetables, fruits, livestock and poultry and an export base for deep processing of agricultural and sideline products in China. Among them, high-protein wheat, pear, round bell jujube, cantaloupe, small-tailed Han sheep, Luxi yellow cattle and other famous specialties are well-known at home and abroad. The planting area of pollution-free vegetables is 6.5438+0 million mu, and the planting area of edible fungi ranks first in China. The prestigious pear planting area in guanxian is 600,000 mu, the highest in China, with more than 6,543,800 beef cattle and 5 million broilers. Rich in water resources, the Grand Canal of Tu Hai, Ma Jiahe and Beijing-Hangzhou runs through the north and south, located in the upper reaches of Weishan Irrigation District of the Yellow River, with superior water conservancy conditions. The total annual available surface water resources in the city is 45.486 billion cubic meters, the water resources crossing the Yellow River are 42.03 billion cubic meters, and the available groundwater resources are 95.65438+0 billion cubic meters. Coal, oil, natural gas, limestone, gypsum, iron and other underground mineral deposits are abundant. Geothermal resources have yet to be developed. There are many kinds of biological resources, including more than 500 varieties of food crops, 7 varieties of cash crops 107, more than 600 varieties of vegetables, 6 varieties of medicinal materials1variety, 225 varieties of forest and fruit trees, 46 varieties of flowers1variety and 95 varieties of cultured animals. Liaocheng is one of the most developed cities in Shandong Province, where Beijing-Kowloon Railway, Han Ji Railway and Jiguan Expressway meet, and it is an important transportation hub connecting east, west, north and south. Liaocheng Railway Marshalling Station is one of the four major marshalling stations of Beijing-Kowloon Railway. From Liaocheng, 1 hour arrives at Jinan airport, 4 hours at Qingdao seaport and 3.5 hours at Beijing. With the rapid development of information industry, a modern telecommunication network with program-controlled switching, digital transmission and three-dimensional network has been realized. Liaocheng has also opened computer internet and multimedia communication network. "Liaocheng Information Port" is a part of China public multimedia information network, which is connected with foreign information networks and share the world resources. Liaocheng is a famous historical and cultural city in China, where natural resources and human landscape blend with each other, forming rich tourism resources. There are more than 2,700 scenic spots and historical sites, and more than 470 landscapes with tourism development value. There are 3 national key cultural relics protection units and 5 provincial key protection units/kloc-0, especially Liaocheng, which has the unique characteristics of "Jiangbei Water City" and is known as "Venice in the North of China". With the brand-new urban positioning and unremitting efforts of "Jiangbei Watertown, the ancient capital of the Canal", Liaocheng, a new tourism and leisure destination, has also made great strides in the forefront of leisure city construction. In 2008, "China (International) Leisure Development Forum" and 20 10 "The Third China (International) Leisure Development Forum" published the results of the "Top Ten Characteristic Leisure Cities in China", and Liaocheng was listed twice.