Gaomi is a county-level city of eastern Shandong province, People's Republic of China, under the administration of Weifang City. It is the hometown of writer and 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature winner Mo Yan, who has set some of his stories in the region.
By far there have been over twenty ancient sites were discovered in Gaomi, with nine sites of Longshan culture included. Several famous figures in Chinese history were born here, for example, Yan Ying the famous Chancellor(China) in Spring and Autumn Periods, Zheng Xuan an influential Confucian scholar in Han dynasty, Liu Yong a famous scholar in Qing dynasty and Mo Yan.
Gaomi, with a prosperous folk culture, was named “Hometown of Chinese Folk Art” by the Ministry of Culture. Its “ three treasures of folk art”, namely, flapping gray pictures, clay sculpture and Chinese paper-cut, have been among the national intangible cultural heritage list. They are interesting and very popular in China.
