Zaozhuang

Zaozhuang is a prefecture-level city in the south of Shandong area, People's Republic of China. The second littlest prefecture-level city in the area, just greater than Laiwu, it outskirts Jining toward the west and north, Linyi toward the east, and the territory of Jiangsu toward the south. Skirmish of Taierzhuang occurred here amid the Second Sino Japanese War in 1938. Archaeologists discover proof of human exercises in this area since Neolithic. Its way of life began from 7300 years prior of predecessor culture, and created to city-state culture 4300 years back, at that point advanced to trench culture 2700 years prior, lastly ventured to modern culture 130 years ago.

Its populace is 3,729,140 at the 2010 statistics whom 899,753 in the developed territory made of Shizhong and Yicheng areas. The historical backdrop of Zaozhuang is firmly connected to the trench. As indicated by archeological revelations, the most punctual channel in the region, the Qianyang Canal, was unearthed in the Spring and Autumn Period. The Zaozhuang segment of the Jinghang Canal was exhumed in the 32nd year of Ming Wanli, flowing through the city's Taierzhuang, Yucheng, Xuecheng and Tengzhou, with an aggregate length of 93.9 kilometers, from Xiazhen Lijiagang to Zhangzhou.

The estuary enters the Yellow River, on the grounds that the Weihe River is the principle advantageous water source. Its opening has changed the circumstance that the Beijing-Hangzhou Expressway is absurd because of the flooding of the Yellow River. For a long time, it has assumed a vital job in the transportation of Nanliangbei, material flow and social trade. The congruity of the Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal additionally advances monetary flourishing along the channel territory.