Get to know Changqing District
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- Administrative area
- District · 市辖区
- Part of
- Jinan
- Chinese name
- 长清区
- Local areas
- District guide
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 1,208.54 km²
- Population · 2019
- 598,400
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
History
Changqing was first set up as a county under the Sui dynasty, as part of Jibei Commandery (济北郡). From the Northern Song through the Jin it was governed from Jinan Prefecture (济南府). In 2001 the county was abolished and its territory became Jinan's Changqing District. The district counts 52 protected heritage sites, four of them on the national list.
What to see
Lingyan Temple, in the Wande (万德) area northwest of Mount Tai, was founded in the Eastern Jin, rebuilt from 520 under the Northern Wei and reached its height in the Tang. It is named with Guoqing Temple (国清寺) in Tiantai (天台), Yuquan Temple (玉泉寺) in Jiangling (江陵) and Qixia Temple (栖霞寺) in Nanjing as the 'four famous temples under heaven'. The Thousand Buddha Hall (千佛殿) keeps forty clay arhat figures, thirty-two made in the Song and eight in the Ming; Liang Qichao (梁启超) called them the finest clay sculpture in the land. Northwest of the hall rises the Bizhi Pagoda (辟支塔), an octagonal nine-storey brick tower 55.7 metres high, built between 994 and 1057. The temple entered the national heritage list in its second batch, and the Ming writer Wang Shizhen (王世贞) held that climbing Mount Tai without reaching Lingyan made an incomplete trip.
In Xiaoli (孝里) subdistrict, the Guo Family Stone Shrine (孝堂山郭氏墓石祠) on Xiaotang Hill was built in the early Eastern Han and is regarded as the oldest surviving above-ground house-type building in China; it joined the first national heritage list in 1961. Tradition ties it to the filial son Guo Ju (郭巨). Incised pictures cover three inner walls, showing audiences, processions, hunts and acrobatic shows.
Getting oriented
Eastern Changqing holds the Changqing University Town (长清大学城), a cluster of colleges about 6 kilometres from the district centre and 20 kilometres from central Jinan. Building began in 2003 and colleges moved in from 2005; campuses in the district include Shandong Normal University (山东师范大学) and Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (山东中医药大学). Jinan Metro Line 1 runs through the district with stations at the university town and the Chuangxingu (创新谷) area, and National Highway 220 crosses it.
Highlights
- Lingyan Temple 灵岩寺: Eastern Jin foundation northwest of Mount Tai with forty Song and Ming clay arhats and the 55.7-metre Bizhi Pagoda.
- Guo Family Stone Shrine on Xiaotang Hill 孝堂山郭氏墓石祠: Early Eastern Han stone shrine with incised pictures, on the first national heritage list (1961).
- Bizhi Pagoda 辟支塔: Octagonal nine-storey brick pagoda at Lingyan Temple, built 994 to 1057.
Sources for this guide
长清区 - 维基百科，自由的百科全书 · Wikipedia (Chinese) · CC BY-SA 4.0
灵岩寺 (长清) - 维基百科，自由的百科全书 · Wikipedia (Chinese) · CC BY-SA 4.0
长清大学科技园 - 维基百科，自由的百科全书 · Wikipedia (Chinese) · CC BY-SA 4.0
孝堂山郭氏墓石祠 - 维基百科，自由的百科全书 · Wikipedia (Chinese) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-23.
Explore Changqing District
Core places to explore, with English and Chinese names.
Places to explore around Changqing District
AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非该地点实拍）Lingyan Temple灵岩寺
Lingyan Temple (灵岩寺) is a Buddhist monastery in the Lingyan valley at Wande Subdistrict, Changqing District, on the north-western flank of Mount Tai in Jinan. Founded in the Eastern Jin period and rebuilt in the sixth century, it preserves a hillside complex of halls, brick and stone pagodas and a large grove of monks' tomb pagodas.
Read the place guide →AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非该地点实拍）Wufeng Mountain五峰山
Wufeng Shan (五峰山) is a hill in Wufengshan Subdistrict, Changqing District, Jinan, on a spur of the Mount Tai range, named for the five peaks standing in a row along its crest. Its southern foot carries a Daoist building group that has been a centre of the Quanzhen school since the early thirteenth century.
Read the place guide →Plan your visit
Getting there
Changqing District is about 25 km in a straight line from central Jinan. Search for 长清区 in a map app to find stations and your accommodation.
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Lingyan Temple and Wufeng Mountain are both listed here. The linked place guides have entrance and visit details.
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Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
Some facts checked against 长清区 — Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Some facts checked against 灵岩寺 (长清) — Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Some facts checked against 长清大学科技园 — Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Some facts checked against 孝堂山郭氏墓石祠 — Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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