The city of Weifang, a prefecture-level city in Shandong Province, lies at the base of the Shandong Peninsula, i.e., it lies on an imaginary border between Shandong Peninsula and the mainland itself. Put slightly differently, if one were to draw a line between the most westward (landward) point of Haizhou Bay on the south side of the peninsula and the corresponding point of Laizhou Bay on the north side of the peninsula, then Weifang would lie very close to this line. Weifang is an old city with a distinguished cultural history, even if its historical origin is hard to pin down.* A number of very famous personages lived and worked in Weifang for a time. These include:

Kong Rong (warlord, poet, etc.); Fan Zhongyan (literary figure, politician, military