Zhoucun, Zibo
district of Zibo, China
Zhoucun district (Chinese: 周村区; pinyin: Zhōucūn Qū) is a district in Zibo, Shandong Province, China. The district covers 307 km2 (119 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 288,440 in 2013. Its main industry is textiles and furniture manufacture. The center of the commercial district has a recently refurbished area with traditional buildings. Some of the filming for Zhang Yimou's film To Live was done in the district.
Historical anecdote
In the 17th century, the textile industry was flourishing in Zhoucun, while the local government was corrupted to a point that it set up a department called "二公衙门" for extorting money. The department hired parasitic scumbags to levy various high taxes. It was not long before the merchants disappointed and began to leave.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Justice of the Qing Government, Huahsi Lee, came back to Zhoucun to see his family. He was outraged by the state of the economy of his hometown, and reported to Emperor Shunzhi.
“Zhoucun, Zibo” enters the record as district of Zibo, China. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Zhoucun, Zibo and district can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q198053. VIAF identifies the subject as 149373525. The Library of Congress control number is nr95024802. Authority coordinates are 36.804, 117.868. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2013.
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