Zoucheng City, located in the southwest of Shandong Province, has a profound historical and cultural heritage. It is a national-level historical and cultural city and a thousand-year old county. The ancient city of the state of Zhu (Zou) was located here. Zoucheng is the birthplace of the culture of the states of Zou and Lu and the hometown of Mencius, who was a thinker, educator, and representative of the Confucian school of thought during the Warring States Period. The main tourist attractions include the Mencius Temple, Mencius Mansion, Mencius Forest, Yishan Scenic Area, King Lu's Grave of Ming Dynasty, Shangjiushan Ancient Village, Fenghuang Mountain Scenic Area, Tieshan Park, Hujia Mountain Botanical Garden, and Wubao'an Mountain.