ABSTRACT
Linyi, a medium-size city in East China’s Shandong Peninsula, presents itself as a good case to explicate the complex relationships between place, locality and local memories. As a revolutionary heartland, the place once enjoyed political and cultural centrality in the Maoist days. However, the stigma that Linyi carries now puts it on the periphery in the shift towards the market. In response to changing political and cultural circumstances, both local and state authorities and ordinary people see the need to repackage its revolutionary cultural heritage with different meanings and values.
