Guan Zhong Museum 

Dongyi Culture

Map of the State of Qi

  　Qi Culture (1045 BC --- 221 BC ), one of the Chinese excellent traditional cultures, evolved and developed mainly in the territory of the State of Qi during the late Spring and Autumn period. It embraces the vast area between Mount Tai in the south and theYellow Sea in the east, including today's north and middle areas of Shandong Province and Shandong Peninsula area.

  　Qi Culture was characterized by advocating reform and opening up, pragmatic innovation and to win by wisdom. State of Qi and ancient Greece, two shining pearls in the Oriental civilization and Western civilization respectively, showed their glories roughly in the same time period in the human history. Linzi has been famous for eight hundred years in Chinese history as the ancient capital of Qi and the birthplace of Qi Culture. From Zhou Dynasties to Han Dynasties, Linzi serves as China's largest commercial and industrial city and China's most important center of metallurgy, textile, chariots, pottery, lacquer, and bronze mirror casting as well as the largest distribution center for sea salt and silk, therefore got the name as Oriental ancient Rome.