Zibo 淄博Zībó

About Zibo

Zibo holds the ruins of Linzi, capital of the ancient state of Qi and one of the largest and richest cities in China in the Spring and Autumn period. The Qi Culture Museum and the China Ancient Cart Museum, with its chariot-and-horse pit, recall that age, while Zhoucun Ancient Commercial City keeps old trading-town buildings and Boshan makes ceramics and glass. In 2023 Zibo's barbecue went viral, and special barbecue trains ran for visitors.

What to eat in Zibo

• Zibo barbecue with small flatbreads (淄博烧烤)
• Zhoucun sesame flatbread (周村烧饼)
• Boshan suguo, slow-stewed pork and fish (博山酥锅)

Listed sites in Zibo

25 sites in Zibo are on the official lists. Those with a page of their own link to it; the rest open as cards on the map.

• Zhoucun Ancient Commercial City 周村古商城 5A scenic area
  A preserved merchant quarter in Zhoucun District, built around Dajie (Main Street) and the silk-market and silver-market streets, with more than 50,000 sq m of Ming and Qing buildings in a 60-hectare area.
• Bashan Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Tourism Area 岜山中医药健康旅游景区 4A scenic area · on the map
  A traditional Chinese medicine themed visitor area in Bashan village, Yucheng town, on the northern edge of Boshan, named as one of the first demonstration bases for TCM health tourism in Shandong.
• Boshan Ceramics and Glass Art Centre 博山陶瓷琉璃艺术中心 4A scenic area · on the map
  An arts complex on Yanshan Park North Road in central Boshan, the district long known for its pottery and glass.
• China Ancient Cart Museum 中国古车博物馆 4A scenic area · National heritage site
  This museum on the east bank of the Zi River stands on the Neolithic Houli site, where a pit of buried Spring and Autumn period chariots and horses was uncovered in 1990 during construction of the Jinan–Qingdao expressway.
• Guojing Liquor Culture Expo Park 国井酒文化博览园 4A scenic area · on the map
  A visitor park built around the Guojing liquor distillery on the north-eastern edge of Gaoqing town.
• Hongye Shiyan Scenic Area, Boshan 红叶柿岩 4A scenic area · on the map
  A canyon park close to Boshan, with about 95 per cent forest cover, a stone-built Ming–Qing village, a red-leaf forest that colours in autumn and a pool called Wucai Tan.
• Kaiyuan Cave, Boshan 开元溶洞 4A scenic area · on the map
  A karst cave in the hills of Yuanquan town, south-east of Boshan, named after Tang-dynasty Kaiyuan-era inscriptions cut into its rock.
• Mati Lake National Wetland Park 马踏湖国家湿地公园 4A scenic area · on the map
  A wetland park of reed beds, canals and lotus ponds on a low plain in Qifeng town, north-eastern Huantai, with about 10 sq km of core wetland.
• Pu Songling Former Residence and Liaozhai City 蒲松龄故居·聊斋城 4A scenic area · National heritage site
  Pu Songling (1640–1715), author of the ghost and fox tales 'Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio', was born and lived in Pujiazhuang, now part of Zichuan.
• Qi Culture Museum, Linzi 齐文化博物院 4A scenic area · on the map
  A large museum complex in Linzi, developed from the earlier Qi State History Museum, that tells the story of the state of Qi, whose capital stood here for centuries.
• Qishan Scenic Area, Zichuan 齐山 4A scenic area · on the map
  A mountain scenic area of about 36 sq km south of Taihe town, billed as themed on Qi culture, with a 7.5 km walking route past a waterfall, a cliff-top spot called Tangsanzhai, an old plank road and a cave called Qimen Cave.
• Swan Lake Slow City, Gaoqing 天鹅湖国际慢城 4A scenic area · on the map
  A leisure area of lakes, reed wetland and farmland beside the Yellow River in northern Gaoqing, admitted to the international Cittaslow ('slow city') network in 2019.
• Tanxishan Scenic Area, Zichuan 潭溪山 4A scenic area · on the map
  A mountain resort on the Zibo–Qingzhou border, in the Ezhuang area of Taihe town, with about nine sq km open to visitors, more than a hundred natural sights and a highest peak of 867 m.
• Wang Yuyang's Hometown, Huantai 王渔洋故里 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
  The hometown of Wang Yuyang (Wang Shizhen, 1634–1711), a Qing-dynasty poet who rose to be Minister of Justice, in the old town of Xincheng, Huantai.
• Yiyuan Rong Cave Group 沂源溶洞群 4A scenic area
  A cluster of Ordovician limestone caves on the southern slope of Lushan, in Nanlushan town north-west of Yiyuan, several of which are open to visitors.
• Yuanshan National Forest Park 原山国家森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
  A hilly forest park of about 1,700 hectares on the south-western edge of Boshan, approved as a national forest park in 1992.
• Zibo Ceramics and Glass Museum 淄博陶瓷琉璃博物馆 4A scenic area · on the map
  A large city museum in Zibo's cultural centre devoted to the ceramics and coloured glass (liuli) for which the city is known.
• Ancient Linzi 临淄齐国故城 National heritage site · on the map
  Linzi was the capital of the state of Qi for centuries, and its ruins in Qidu town cover about 15 sq km, with a large city and a smaller palace city at its south-western corner.
• Chenzhuang–Tangkou Site and Gaoqing Western Zhou Museum 陈庄—唐口遗址 National heritage site · on the map
  A small site museum at Chenzhuang village in Huagou town, Gaoqing, beside the Chenzhuang–Tangkou archaeological site, which is listed nationally with dates from the Western Zhou to the Warring States.
• German and Japanese Buildings of the Zibo Mining Group 淄博矿业集团德日建筑群 National heritage site
  A group of German- and Japanese-style stone and brick buildings in Hongshan, Zichuan, built from 1904, when German interests opened the Zichuan coal mine, and extended after Japan took over the mine in 1914.
• Huicun Ancient Tower 洄村古楼 National heritage site · on the map
  A courtyard complex of stone-based towers in Huicun village, Kunlun town: a four-storey main tower about 20 m high in the north, two two-storey pavilions about 15 m high on either side and a single-storey hall to the south, built of local stone and grey brick.
• Linzi Tombs (Eastern Zhou Horse Pit) 临淄墓群（东周殉马坑） National heritage site · on the map
  The Linzi tombs are more than 150 aristocratic burials from the Zhou to Han dynasties scattered around the Qi capital, many of them marked by earth mounds.
• Wenchang Pavilion, Qingcheng 青城文昌阁 National heritage site
  A three-storey Qing-dynasty pavilion, also called Kuixing Lou, standing at a crossroads in the old county town of Qingcheng, Gaoqing.
• Xitian Temple Buddha, Linzi 西天寺造像 National heritage site · on the map
  A Northern Wei stone Buddha about 5.6 m tall, the national heritage unit known as the Xitian Temple statue, which stands north of Xiguan village in Qidu town, Linzi, and which the district government describes as the largest and most complete movable single-stone Buddha in east China.
• Yan Wenjiang Temple 颜文姜祠 National heritage site · on the map
  A temple complex at the foot of Phoenix Mountain in Boshan, dedicated to Yan Wenjiang, a legendary filial daughter-in-law who, in the story, fetched spring water from afar for her husband's parents.

On the map

Open Zibo on the illustrated map to see its outline, its places and listed sites together, and to add them to a trip.

Learn more

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• Wikipedia (Chinese)