http://www.chinatravel.com/rssRSS-BoardTue 19 May 2009 3:25:00 GMThaphinehttp://www.chinatravel.com/shandong/minorities-festival.htmWeifang Kite Festival Weifang kites enjoy a centuries-old history and are famous for the refined workmanship and beautiful designs; and they are easy to take off and can fly evenly in the sky. Yangjiabu Village, 15 km northeast of the Weifang city proper is the hometown of kites. Yangjiabu kites are even more widely renowned for its fine handwork and elaborate designs, which can also fly high and steady. Weifang International Kite Festival is held in Weifang from April 20 to 25 every year...Tue 19 May 2009 1:10:00 GMThaphinehttp://www.chinatravel.com/shandong/weather.htmShandong is located in the warm temperate zone with semi-tropical monsoon climate. The rainfall of Weifang is quite concentrated and rainy and hot seasons overlapping one another. The spring and autumn are short while the winter and summer are quite long. The weather is temperate with clear-cut distinction between the four seasons. The annual average temperature is 11 degrees centigrade to 14 degrees centigrade. You can travel to Shandong in any season. ...Tue 19 May 2009 1:06:00 GMThaphinehttp://www.chinatravel.com/shandong/transport.htmEvery day, there will be passenger ships bound for Dalian from Yantai, Weihai, and Penglai of Shandong peninsula, and there are four high speed passenger ships from Yantai to Dalian. Qingdao, Weihai, and Yantai; it also have regular ship to Korean and Japan....Tue 19 May 2009 1:03:00 GMThaphinehttp://www.chinatravel.com/shandong/transport.htmShandong's Highway and Guangdong's Bridges has been a common idiom of Chinese people. Shandong possesses high-graded transportation system; especially its advanced and convenient network of highways extending in all directions can leave a deep impression in the mind of every tourist. Shandong ranks number one in the highway transportation, and Shandong Province is famous throughout China for the length and quality of the highways in operation. So far, all the 17 cities and prefectures of Shandon...Mon 18 May 2009 23:20:00 GMThaphinehttp://www.chinatravel.com/shandong/transport.htmA complete network of railway has also been formed in Shandong. Two major railways in China--- Beijing-Shanghai and Beijing-Kowloon railways, pass from north to south of the Shandong while two other railways, Jiaozhou-Jinan and Yunzhou-Shijiazhuang railways, pass from east to west in the province. The railway in operation has reached more than 2,700 km. The newly-built Beijing-Kowloon Railway has connected Shandong directly with the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Rizhao, a coastal port...Mon 18 May 2009 22:49:00 GMThaphinehttp://www.chinatravel.com/shandong/transport.htmShandong is among those provinces in China which are comparatively advanced in transportation, and highway transportation of Shandong ranks the best of all. The major means of transportation for traveling in Shandong are flights, railway and highway....Mon 18 May 2009 22:48:00 GMThaphinehttp://www.chinatravel.com/shandong/transport.htmThere are 8 civil airports in Shandong: Jinan, Qingdao, Yantai, Weihai, Weifang, Linyi, Dongying, and Jining. Among these airports, Yaoqiang Airport in Jinan, Liuting Airport in Qingdao, and Laishan Airport in Yantai are international airports, and the airports in Dingying and Jining are united airlines. We have opened 176 airlines leading to 44 cities and regions, including 14 international airlines, which are destinated towards many countries and regions in the world such as Japan, Korean, Sin...Fri 15 May 2009 1:13:00 GMThaphinehttp://www.chinatravel.com/shandong/history.htmShandong has been a political, economic and cultural center of China since ancient times. During the early Xia Dynasty, in 21st century B.C., the tribes of the Dongyi people lived here. The early activity center of the Shang Dynasty (from around 17 B.C. to 11 B.C.), was in Southwest Shandong. During the Spring and Autumn Period, (between 770 B.C. and 221 B.C.), the Qi and Lu states under the Western Zhou Dynasty (from around 11th century B.C. to 256 B.C.), are now the largest states in today's S...Thu 14 May 2009 20:29:00 GMThaphinehttp://www.chinatravel.com/shandong/Shandong province, with another name Lu, is an important coastal province in East China. Located on the lower reaches of the Yellow River, it borders on the Bohai and Yellow Seas. Shandong faces Japan and the Korean Peninsula to the east, and is contiguous with Hebei Province in the northwest, Henan Province in the southwest, and Anhui and Jiangsu provinces to the south. Shandong and Liaodong peninsulas almost encircle the Bohai Sea. This special geological location makes Shandong an intersectio...Fri 22 Feb 2008 3:01:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/shandong/transport.htm...