Shandong 山東

Shāndōng 山東 Other names include: Lǔ 鲁 (abbreviation); Shan-tung (former romanization)

Nearby Locations: Ānhuī 安徽 province Héběi 河北 province Hénán 河南 province Jiāngsū 江蘇 province Tiānjīn 天津

Northern China Region

Geography Portal

Shāndōng 山東 a coastal province in the northeast of China. Several treaty ports were established here in the late 19th century.

Important Buddhist Sites

• Língyán Temple 靈岩寺 is located in Chángqīng 長清
• Zhànshān Temple 湛山寺 is located in in Qīngdǎo 青島
  • The Zhànshān Temple Buddhist Seminary 湛山寺佛學院 ran here from 1934 to 1946.

Other Notes

• Zhū Zǐqiáo 朱子橋 was born here in 1874 (Tóngzhì 同治 13) in Lìchéng County 歷城縣
• European assignment of Germany's holdings in this province to Japan under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles in June 1919 led to the start of the May Fourth Movement. Ownership was given back to China in 1922.
• Kāng Yǒuwéi 康有為 was poisoned here in 1927 in Qīngdǎo 青島