Shandong Province, located at the northern tip of China's East China coast, located in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, is an important birthplace of the Chinese nation and Chinese civilization, there are many famous cities and ancient counties in the province, of which Shanghe and Qihe, the two counties named after "River" in Shandong, are also "ancient counties with a long history.".
Shanghe County, located in the northwest of Shandong Province, is the northern gate of Jinan City, and is now the capital of Jinan City, Shandong Province. Shanghe has a long history and splendid culture, not only has a long establishment, but also has many historical sites in the territory, and the drum song is known as the first of the three major songs in Shandong.
Shanghe ancient belonged to Yanzhou, the Spring and Autumn Warring States period qi state built a city here MaiQiuyi, since the Qin dynasty once belonged to Ban County, Shiwo and other counties, to the Sixteenth Year of the Sui Kai Emperor (596) officially set up a county, because of the territory of the water and called Luohe County, subordinate to Dizhou, to the Northern Song Dynasty Yuanyou first year (1086), changed the County to Shanghe County, still belong to Dizhou, Ming and Qing Dynasties belonged to Wuding Prefecture, Wuding Prefecture, Wuding Province, after the founding of New China once belonged to Dezhou Special District, Huimin Prefecture, Dezhou Area, in 1990 under the jurisdiction of Jinan City.
Qihe County, located in the lower reaches of the Yellow River in the Northwest Plain of Lu, is located at the southern end of Dezhou City, across the Yellow River from Jinan City, and is a county under the jurisdiction of Dezhou City. Qihe has a long history, the Spring and Autumn Warring States for the Qi state, since the Qin dynasty mostly Yucheng County (Chu Zhu Ke, Zhu'a, Tang Dynasty renamed Yucheng) land, Jin Tianhui eight years (1130) from Yucheng County separated from the independent county, because the station of Qihe Town called Qihe County, subordinate to Jinan Province.
During the Yuan Dynasty, Qihe County belonged to Dezhou, and during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Qihe County belonged to Jinan Prefecture in Shandong. After the founding of New China, Qihe County successively belonged to Luobei Special District, Dezhou Special District, Liaocheng Special District, Dezhou District, and Dezhou City to the present.