Which city is the hometown of Confucius and Mencius and the state of etiquette? Which city is the hometown of Confucius and Mencius?

1. The hometown of Confucius and Mencius and the land of etiquette refers to Jining. Jining, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province, is located in the southwest of Shandong Province, adjacent to Linyi City in the east, Heze City in the west, Zaozhuang City and Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province in the south, and Tai'an City in the north. It is a Huaihai Economic Zone approved by the Shandong Provincial Government. One of the central cities in the district, it is a famous historical and cultural city and a waterfront ecological tourism city. Jining has a warm temperate monsoon climate.

2. Jining area has a long history and culture and is one of the important birthplaces of Dongyi culture, Chinese civilization, Confucian culture, Water Margin culture and canal culture. The founder of Confucianism, the sage Confucius, the sub-sage Mencius, the fusheng Yan Hui, and the historian Zuo Qiuming were all born here. During the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal promoted the prosperity of Jining's commodity economy, making Jining an important industrial and commercial city along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

3. Jining belongs to the junction area of ??Taiyi low mountain hills in southern Shandong and Huanghuaihai plain in southwestern Shandong. In terms of geological structure, it belongs to the fault block depression area of ??southwestern Shandong in North China. The terrain of Jining City is mainly plain depressions, with the terrain high in the east and low in the west, and the landform is relatively complex. The eastern part is covered with mountains and undulating hills.