Ānqiū

Anqiu lies in the hills and plains of central Shandong, on land that was the fief of Quqiu under the state of Ju in the Spring and Autumn period. In 199 BC the Han court made it a marquisate for the general Zhang Shuo, and in 148 BC Anqiu was formally organised as a county. The county then changed names several times, until in 971 it was again called Anqiu and its seat stayed where it was.

Stretches of the Great Wall of Qi cross the county, the old frontier between Qi and its neighbours. Under the Jin and Yuan, Anqiu belonged to Mizhou in Yidu Circuit. After 1369 the Ming placed it under Qingzhou Prefecture, and the Qing kept it there.