3 Days in Weifang

The museum beside the Bailang river runs through 2,000-plus years of kite history and the international festival Weifang has hosted every year since 1984; the building opened in 1987. Evening is for the riverfront lawns where locals fly their own.

1. weifang kite museum
2. weifang bailang riverfront

Morning an hour of workshops at Yangjiabu, where the woodblock print craft goes back about 600 years to the Ming era and kite frames get built the same courtyards. Afternoon in the city center for Shihu Garden, laid out in 1885 on barely 2,000 square metres - every rock counted in such a small plot.

1. weifang yangjiabu
2. weifang shihu garden

Under an hour west (about 60 km), the old city of Qingzhou has held a 5A rating since 2017; its lanes lead to Yunmen Mountain, where the giant Shou character carved in 1560 stands 7.5 m tall - taller than a person, as the local saying goes. Back to Weifang by evening.

1. weifang qingzhou ancient city
2. weifang yunmen mountain