Féichéng

Feicheng lies west of Mount Tai and is celebrated for its peaches. Large, tender and sweet, the Feicheng peach has been cultivated here for centuries and became a tribute fruit for the imperial court under the Ming. Its reputation also brought burdens: Qing officials seeking peaches for presentation at the capital sometimes seized productive orchards or forbade growers to sell their fruit elsewhere. In Hechakou village, at the meeting of two rivers, duck eggs were another local tribute from the Yongle reign onward.