The name Tai'an is derived from Mount Taishan and implies that "The country is prosperous and the people live in peace".Tai'an is located in the foot of Mount Taishan, also in the eastern coastal economy belt and the Economic Zone around the Bohai Sea, lying at the intersection of Shandong Peninsula and the hinterland. It extends with 176.6 kilometers in length from east to west and 93.5 kilometers in width from south to north. Tai'an consists of two districts (Tai District and Daiyue District), two county-level cities (Xintai City and Feicheng City) and two counties (Ningyang County and Dongping County), covering an area of 7,762 square kilometers with a population of 5.5 million people.
Tai'an, along with Mount Taishan and its beautiful natural scenery, has been honored with "An Excellent Tourist City of China" and "A National Sanitary City".
【泰安簡介】
泰安，是中國著名的風景旅游城市和歷史文化名城，是山東省發展經濟承東啟西的重要城市。位于山東省中部，泰山南麓，城市依山而建，山城一体，城景交融，古老的泰山與現代化的城市形成了古與新的和諧統一獨具特色。泰安地屬魯中山地，是一座歷史悠久、風景秀麗的城市。泰安行政管轄有兩區（泰山區、岱岳區）、兩市（新泰、肥城）、兩縣（甯陽、東平）。
泰安也是中國華東地區重要的對外開放旅游城市。泰安北依山東省會濟南，南臨儒家文化創始人孔子故里曲阜，東連瓷都淄博，西頻黃河。泰安是華夏文明重要的發祥地，5000年前，這里孕育了燦爛的大汶口文化，成為華夏文明史上的一個重要里程碑。 泰安旅游資源得天獨厚，泰山為五岳之首中華民族精神的象征，泰安的旅游以泰山為中心，向四周所轄縣市區輻射，由自然景觀與人文景觀融合而成。
Our hotel is the "Ramada Plaza Tai'an" and it is located right at the foot of Mount Taishan (泰山).
After check-in, we gathered again in the hotel lobby to meet Ms. Lee and she took us for a little exploration of nearby attractions.
Located next to Mount Taishan Entrance was the Tomb of Feng Yuxiang (馮玉祥墓). 
Feng Yuxiang (1882-1948) was a warlord during Republican China. As the son of an officer in the Qing Imperial Army, Feng spent his youth immersed in the military life. He joined the army at age 16 and proved himself to be hard working and motivated.Between 1935 and 1945, Feng Yuxiang supported the Kuomintang(KMT), also known as the Chinese Nationalist Party. Feng held various positions in the Nationalist army and government. From 1935 to 1938 he was the Vice-President of the National Military Council and a member until 1945. After the Second Sino-Japanese War began in 1937 he was Commander in Chief of the 6th War Area.
After World War II, he traveled to the United States where he was an outspoken critic of the Truman administration’s support for the Chiang regime. He died in a shipboard fire on the Black Sea en route to the Soviet Union in 1948 and his remains were buried with honors in China in 1953. He lived in Mount Taishan Twice from 1932 to 1935.
【馮玉祥生平簡介】
馮玉祥（1882年～1948年），安徽巢縣人。中國近代軍事家。國民革命軍陸軍一級上將。清末時加入淮軍，後投北洋軍，任營、團、旅、師長。1924年第二次直奉戰爭時在參戰途中率軍返回北京，發動北京政變，囚禁曹錕，推翻直系軍閥政府，逐溥儀出宮，脫離北洋軍系，改編所部為「國民軍」，電請孫中山北上。因無法抗拒直、奉系軍閥的壓力請來段祺瑞主政，遭到排擠。1926年自蘇聯考察回國，在綏遠五原誓師，任國民聯軍（後改國民革命軍第二集團軍）司令，宣佈所部加入國民黨，出潼關參加北伐。1927年寧漢分裂之際響應蔣介石在軍中清除中國共產黨人。1930年聯同閻錫山、李宗仁等與蔣介石對抗，引發中原大戰。1933年5月26日與吉鴻昌、方振武、佟麟閣在察哈爾張家口建立察哈爾民眾抗日同盟軍，任總司令。抗戰時任國防最高委員會常委，第三、第六戰區司令長官，不久被蔣介石撤職。1946年赴美國考察水利。1948年參加中國國民黨革命委員會，任中央政治委員會主席。同年響應中共中央號召，由美返國參加新政協，不幸中途因輪船出事遇難。
