Linqing
Coordinates: 36 ° 51 ' N , 115 ° 42' E
Linqing ( Chinese 临清 市 , Pinyin Línqīng Shì ) is an independent city in the east Chinese province of Shandong . It has approx. 720,000 inhabitants (end of 2003), an area of 950 km² and belongs to the administrative area of the district-free city of Liaocheng . Linqing is located at the confluence of the Wei He and the Great Canal .
Linqing plays an important role in the history of China, including the brick factory that made bricks for the Forbidden City . The still relatively well-preserved city wall testifies to the historical importance.
Personalities
Born here
- Ji Xianlin (1911–2009), linguist, palaeographer, indologist and historian