Linyi Travel Guide
By admin on 2015-01-14

Linyi city is located at the southeast of Shandong Province, bordering Jiangsu  Province in the south and facing the Yellow sea to the east Linyi has a temperate climate and rich precipitation, with mountain areas, hillyland and plains taking 1/3 respectively.Linyi has a history of 2400 years. In the 1970s The Art of War  was unearthed here.

The Art of War is a Chinese military treatise that was written by Sun Tzu  in the 6th century BC, during the Spring and Autumn period. Composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare, it is said to be the definitive work on military strategies and tactics of its time, and still one of the basic texts.
The Art of War is one of the oldest and most successful books on military strategy. It has had an influence on Eastern military thinking, business tactics, and beyond. Sun Tzu suggested the importance of positioning in strategy and that position is affected both by objective conditions in the physical environment and the subjective opinions of competitive actors in that environment. He thought that strategy was not planning in the sense of working through an established list, but rather that it requires quick and appropriate responses to changing conditions. Planning works in a controlled environment, but in a changing environment, competing plans collide, creating unexpected situations.

Linyi has a long-standing history and mountains, rivers, scenic spots and historical sites. The Mengshan Mountains , Lying Dragon Lake, Yinqueshan Museum of Bamboo Slips from Han Tombs, the Former Residence of Wang Xizhi -- sage of calligraphy, Zhu ge Liang's Memorial Hall ,Yinan's Beizhai Stone Relief Tomb of the Han Dynasty , the Ancient Battlefield of "Maling Battle"  have become hot tourist attractions. In Linyi City proper the longest rubber dam (which has been listed in Guinness World Records) is built across the Yihe River, which forms the largest fresh water lake --Lying Dragon Lake (8.24 sq km) in the urban areas of the domestic cities. It heralds market prospects to develop lake-oriented sightseeing and water amusement.

Mountains, waters and commercial markets are leading tourist projects of Linyi City.In 2001, Linyi received domestic and foreign tourists of 4,780,000 persons-times, earned tourism revenue of 2,452 billion yuan.During the May 1 golden week holiday tourism in 2001 alone,Linyi City received tourists of 704,500 persons-times, earning tourism revenue of 129 million yuan.Among others,the Mengshan Mountains received 330,600 persons-times, ranking third place in the tourist areas in Shandong Province.