Since the names of most areas of the Jiaodong Peninsula were determined in or after the mid-to-late Ming Dynasty, they have a certain historical charm and reflect the daily life of the place.
For example, the name of Jinan City originated from the south of Jishui. There is also Jiyang County in Jinan City. There are Jibei Middle School and Jibei Development Zone in the county. These names are derived from Jishui. To the north, these names represent that Jinan is one of the important towns in the history of our country. Jinan's Jing 1st Road to Jing 7th Road, and Wei 1st Road to Wei 12th Road. These road names were set in the early days of Jinan's opening as a port and were the result of the collision of Eastern and Western civilizations.
According to the official statement, the name Yantai City means beacon tower, and it was also named during the Ming Dynasty. At that time, Yantai City was the main battlefield during the anti-Japanese war, hence its name. The name Weihai City is also named in the same way, with an obvious meaning of coastal defense.
There are also place names such as Qingdao and Huangdao. Because these places were dominated by island culture in the early days, they will be reflected in their names. Penglai is named after its landscape, which needs no elaboration, while Qufu was originally a small town, but later became a city when it became famous.
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, bulk goods were transported by the Haihe River. The Jiaodong Peninsula is close to the sea, so it is naturally an important transportation area. At that time, the Ming and Qing governments still used wooden ships. The shipping capacity of wooden ships was very limited, and they could basically only be transported to places such as the Korean Peninsula, Xiamen, Taiwan, and Japan.
The Jiaodong Peninsula was probably the only foreign trade port at that time, so it was the first to use modern characters to name places. Moreover, most officials at that time had Chinese studies and were more diversified in their thinking. Place names also have a certain charm.