Ma Youli is a 64-year-old farmer from Pianliangshan village in Yiyuan county, Shandong province. For over 30 years, he has volunteered as a mediator to help fellow villagers settle different kinds of disputes and is considered the village's peacemaker.
The opening ceremony of the 19th Qi Culture Festival and the 2022 Qi Culture and Jixia Studies Summit was held in the Qi Heritage Museum – located in Zibo city in East China's Shandong province – on Dec 18.
The city of Zibo in East China's Shandong province, well-known for its ceramics, will host the 22nd China International Ceramics Exposition from Dec 17 to 20, officials announced at a news conference on Dec 15.
Gaoqing county – administered by Zibo city, East China's Shandong province – was promoted at the Belarus Videbsk Cooperation Symposium on Dec 2, held on an online video conference.
A promotional event to boost the profile of cuju, the ancient form of soccer – acknowledged as the precursor to the internationally popular game – was held on Nov 24 in Beijing, with a sub event staged in the city of Jinan on the same day.
During the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, the Shandong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and the Zibo municipal government are holding a series of foreign exchange and promotion activities dubbed "Visits to the origin of soccer culture".
An exchange and experience activity on cuju, a soccer-like game popular in ancient China, was held for Chinese and Qatari young people in Doha, Qatar, on Monday.
Shandong province in East China will hold a series of foreign exchange and promotions activities – dubbed "Visits to the origin of soccer culture" – during the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Qatar, according to a statement released at a news conference in the provincial capital of Jinan city on Nov 16.