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In 2007 a remarkable series of well-preserved frescoes dating to the Western Han Period (206 BC - 25 AD) was discovered in a tomb as construction workers were excavating for a planned shopping mall. The frescoes show, among other things, one of the earliest pictorial representations of Confucius meeting Laozi.
This region is home to many Buddhist temples and some remarkable Buddhist inscriptions, originally texts were carved during the Northern Qi, but in the eleventh century these were carved over with pictorial images of Buddhas.[2]
During the Cultural Revolution in Dongping County, religious activities were prohibited.[3] Mosques were destroyed, imams were expelled, and the Quran was burned.[3] The practice of Islam in the county was resumed in 1979.[3]
The Shandong provincial government and the Dongping County government allocated special funding to restore Zhoucheng Mosque in 1997, and again in 2001.[3]
Unlike the other minorities in Dongping County, the Hui people are concentrated within certain areas within the county.[5] Large concentrations of Hui people can be found in Laohu, Zhoucheng Subdistrict, and Dongping Subdistrict.[5] Smaller concentrations can be found within Timen [zh], Xinhu, Daimiao [zh], Dayang [zh], and Shanglaozhuang Township.[5]
Culture
Language
The Dongping dialect, a dialect of Mandarin Chinese, is spoken widely throughout the county.[6] In some southern portions of the county, as well as regions surrounding Dongping Lake, retroflexes are dropped, resulting in certain characters with different pronunciations in Standard Mandarin (such as Chinese: 四; pinyin: sì and Chinese: 十; pinyin: shí) being pronounced similarly.[6] Some areas in the southeast and north of the county also employ erhua.[6]
Religion
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^ abcdef东平风物志，第五节 伊斯兰教 [Dongping Customs History, Segment Five: Islam]. lib.sdsqw.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2021-09-10. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
^ abcdefghij区划人口 [Administrative Divisions and Population]. lib.sdsqw.cn (in Chinese). 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-06-15. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
^ abc东平县志（1986-2003），第一节 语 音 [Dongping County Annals (1986-2003), Segment One: Accent]. lib.sdsqw.cn/ (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2021-09-10. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
^ ab民族宗教 [Ethnicity and Religion] (in Chinese). Dongping County People's Government. 2021-04-13. Archived from the original on 2021-09-10. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
^ abcdefghijklmn东平年鉴（2004-2012），东平历史名人选介 [Dongping Annual Yearbook (2004-2012), Selection of Historical Dongping Notable Figures]. lib.sdsqw.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2021-09-10. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
Wang, Yongbo and Ledderose, Lothar. (2014) Buddhist Stone Sutras in China. (Vol.1) Shandong Sheng = Shandong Province. edited by Wang Yongbo and Lothar Ledderose. Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz ; Hangzhou : China Academy of Art Press, 2014.
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