Jinan has a long history and is a famous historical and cultural city announced by the State Council. As far back as 9,000 years ago in the early Neolithic Age, our ancestors lived here. The "Longshan Culture" dating back four or five thousand years was named after it was first discovered in Longshan Town, the eastern suburb of Jinan in 1928. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Qi built a city here. It's called Luo Yi. Later, the State of Qi renamed Luoyi as Calendar. The Qin Dynasty belongs to Jibei County. In the sixteenth year of Emperor Wendi (BC 164), Jinan was subordinate to the calendar and its capital was located in Dongping Mausoleum. In the last years of Yongjia in the Western Jin Dynasty (the first 3 years13 years), the capital of Jinan was moved from Dongping Lingcheng to Licheng. Since then, Jinan has become the administrative center of the capitals of counties and States in past dynasties. "Jinan" got its name because the city is located in the south of Gujishui (the old road is now occupied by the Yellow River). By the Tang Dynasty, the economy of this area had been quite prosperous. According to "Licheng County Records", "Jinan people in the Tang Dynasty have been smelting iron for generations and are known as' cast iron Qin'". In the sixth year of Song Huizong Zhenghe, Jinan County was changed to "Jinan Prefecture", and its capital was located in Licheng. In the Yuan Dynasty, Kyle Polo described the prosperity of Jinan as "beautiful gardens, pleasing to the eye and incredible silk production". At that time, Licheng had become a national tourist attraction. By the Ming Dynasty, Jinan became the capital of Shandong, which lasted until the Qing Dynasty. 1929 July, Jinan was formally established, with an area of 175 square kilometers and a population of more than 400,000. 1948 In September, the East China Field Army of China People's Liberation Army liberated Jinan and established Jinan Special City. May 1949, renamed Jinan City. 1February 1994, Jinan was officially designated as a sub-provincial city.

Jinan is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization. In ancient times, Shun, the leader of a primitive tribe in China, was born and lived in Jinan (about 22nd century BC). China has discovered 10 many Xihe-type (8400-7300 years ago) cultural sites marked by reddish-brown pottery. Chengziya, in the eastern suburb of Jinan, is the discovery site of Longshan culture (4600-4000 years ago) marked by black pottery in China in the late Neolithic period. The oldest city site in China is about 200,000 square meters. It shows that the history of Jinan as a city is over 4000-5000 years. There are many cultural relics in Jinan, including Shungeng Mountain, Eying River and Heshun Temple, which are the ruins of Shun culture (22nd century BC), the Great Wall of Qi before Qin Changcheng (3rd century BC), the oldest ground building in China-the Tombstone Temple in Xiaotangshan, Han Dynasty (1 century BC), the oldest stone pagoda in China-the gate tower of Liubu Temple in Sui Dynasty (7th century AD) and the gate tower in Sui Dynasty.

In the long history of the splendid culture of the Chinese nation, Quancheng culture has a prominent position and made great contributions to the motherland and mankind. Zou Yan, a great thinker of Qi during the Warring States Period, founded the theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements, and was a famous scholar of Xia Ji School. Bian Que (now a native of Changqing, Ji 'nan) is proficient in internal medicine, gynecology, five sense organs and pediatrics, and founded four diagnostic methods of observation, smell, questioning and feeling. He is one of the founders of China medicine.

The establishment of Jinan County in the early Han Dynasty was the beginning of a "Jinan". Jinan County is located in Ping Ling District, Zhangqiu City, Jinan City. During the reign of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, Dr. Fu Sheng (now a native of Jinan), who was over ninety years old, dictated twenty-eight chapters of Shangshu, which was passed down to later generations. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao was the emperor and prime minister of Jinan, and his political achievements were quite remarkable.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Buddhism flourished in Jinan. Yijing, a monk in the Tang Dynasty (now a native of Changqing, Jinan), went to India after Xuanzang and translated more than 100 Buddhist scriptures, which made great contributions to cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries. Fang (now Jinan) and Zhong Gong (now Jinan) in the Tang Dynasty (AD 6 18-907) were the founding fathers of the Tang Dynasty!

After the founding of the People's Republic of China in the Song Dynasty, Jinan claimed that qi zhou society was relatively stable for a long time, which made Jinan present a scene of peace and prosperity. The famous poet Huang Tingjian once praised the lakes and mountains of Jinan with the poem "Jinan is as chic as Jiangnan". When Ceng Gong was the magistrate of Jizhou, he enjoyed the scenic spots and historical sites in his spare time. Wherever he went, he always wrote poems to add luster to Jinan's landscape. At the turn of the Northern and Southern Song Dynasties, Jinan's "Er 'an" became famous in the literary world one after another: Li Qingzhao, a poetess (Er 'an, now a native of Changqing, Jinan), has a unique artistic style and is known as the "graceful school". In the early stage, her poems mainly described the lives of young girls and young women, and wrote more about their boudoir feelings, revealing their yearning for love life. In her later poems, she lamented her life experience and sometimes showed her nostalgia for the Central Plains to express her patriotic thoughts. Li Qingzhao's literary creation has a distinctive and unique artistic style, ranking first among graceful and restrained schools, which has a great influence on later generations and is unique in the field of ci, and is called "Yi 'an Style". Now Li Qingzhao Memorial Hall has been established in Baotuquan Park, next to Shu Yuanquan and Zhangqiu Baimai Spring. Xin Qiji is an "uninhibited" poet. He is not only a national hero who devoted himself to national reunification, but also a prolific writer. His poems are generous and tragic, with strong brushwork. He wrote Jia Xuan's long and short sentences and Jia Xuan's words. At present, there is Xinjiaxuan Memorial Temple in the west of the far garden of Daming Lake, which is also called Su Xin with Su Shi.

Du was a famous Sanqu writer in Jin Dynasty, who read widely and wrote excellent poems. I have traveled to Jinan with Yuan Haowen many times. After traveling all over Jinan, Yuan Haowen wrote praises such as "praising Jinan's good landscape" and "being a caring Jinan person". In the Yuan Dynasty, the style of writing in Jinan became increasingly prosperous. Famous figures include Zhang Qiyan, president of the official history of Song, Liao and Jin Dynasties. In addition, Zhang (now a native of Jinan), a writer of Sanqu, also had high attainments in Sanqu, which reached its peak in Yuan Dynasty. Zhao was a painter and general manager of Jinan Road during Tongzhi period in Yuan Dynasty. During his three years in office, he left behind many poems and paintings, the most famous of which was "Quehua Autumn Color Map", which became a masterpiece. Geographer Yu Qin is also an official in Jinan. He traveled around, visited the old people, inspected the local customs of Qi, and finished the famous local chronicles "Qi Cheng".

In the early Ming Dynasty, Shandong was once a province, and Jinan was the capital of Shandong. Since then, Jinan has become the political center of Shandong. Bian Gong (now a native of Licheng, Jinan) is one of the famous "first seven poets" in Ming Dynasty. His poems are fresh and euphemistic, simple and concise, with elegant images, which have a great influence on the literary world in Ming Dynasty. Li Kaixian, a famous playwright (now a native of Zhangqiu, Jinan), has been handed down from generation to generation as a sword. Zhou Yongnian, a famous scholar in Qing Dynasty (now a native of Licheng, Jinan), is one of the main compilers of Sikuquanshu.

During the Republic of China, Jinan was established. Wang Jinmei, a student of the First Normal School in Shandong Province, and Deng Enming, a student of the First Middle School in Shandong Province, and others founded the * * * production society and set up the * * * production team, which became one of the earliest * * production organizations in China. Wang Jinmei and Deng Enming also attended the first National Congress of China on behalf of Jinan * * * Production Group.