Yantai is named after Yantai Mountain. In the thirty-first year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1398), in order to prevent the invasion of Japanese pirates, local soldiers and civilians set up a beacon tower on the northern mountain of Linhai, also known as beacon tower. After discovering the enemy's situation, smoke rises during the day and fire rises at night. This is an alarm signal, so it is called Yantai for short. Yantai Mountain is named after Yantai City.

Yantai, the ancient land of Dongyi. In Xia Dynasty, Dongyi people founded the country (now Hengxi, Laizhou City). Shang Dynasty, Western Zhou Dynasty, Spring and Autumn Period are the places to stay. The warring States period belongs to qi. The Qin Dynasty belonged to Qi. The Han Dynasty was Donglai County. Kim is a Donglai country. The Northern and Southern Dynasties were Donglai and Changguang counties. Sui is Laizhou. Tang home Dengzhou, Laizhou. Song and Yuan Dynasties were caused by it. The Ming and Qing Dynasties were Dengzhou and Laizhou. 1in June, 858, the Qing government signed the Tianjin Treaty with Britain, France and other countries, taking Biluozhou and other places 10 as trading ports. 186 1 may, the Qing government approved to change Yantai into a trading port. On August 22nd, Wang Qi, the alternate magistrate of Zhili, presided over the official opening ceremony of Yantai and announced the establishment of East Customs. Since then, Britain, France, the United States and other 17 countries have set up consulates in Yantai. 1862, 14 In February, the garrison route of Denglai youth was moved from Laizhou to Yantai, and the worship of the platform was also supervised by Dongguan. 1904 was renamed as Denglai Qingjiao Road, which governs Dengzhou, Laizhou, Qingzhou and Jiaozhou. 19 1 1 year 1 month 1 2, Shandong Branch of the League held a ceremony in Yantai. Shandong military government was established in June, 5438+03 (the next day it was changed to Shandong Yantai Military and Political Branch). In the early years of the Republic of China, the government was abolished and the state was abolished. 19 14 In May, Jiaodong Road (Yantai) was established, and Yantai belongs to it. 1925 is Donghai Road. 1928 abandoned road. 1938 65438+ 10/9 Jiaodong Anti-Japanese Democratic Government-Jiaodong Military and Political Committee was established. 194 1 Jiaodong administrative liaison office was established on February 6th. 1July, 942, the Jiaodong regional administrative office was established, which governs four special zones: the East China Sea, the West China Sea, the South China Sea and the North China Sea. Wendeng, Laiyang and Yantai were founded in 1950. 1956 Wendeng and Laiyang areas merged into Laiyang area. 1958 Laiyang Special Zone and Yantai City merged into Yantai area. 1983165438+10 Yantai was established in October. 1987 10, Weihai prefecture-level city is established, which governs Huancui District and Rongcheng, Wendeng and Rushan counties, and is separated from Yantai. Yantai has jurisdiction over 2 districts, 6 counties and 3 county-level cities. 1998, Yantai administered 4 districts 1 county, and managed 7 county-level cities.

Yantai's name comes from Zhifu:

Yantai was called Zhifu in ancient times. Yantai has a long history and is one of the birthplaces of early ancient culture in China. As early as the late Pleistocene (about120,000 years ago), people lived here. Since Xia and Shang Dynasties, all dynasties in China have attached great importance to the rule here. According to Historical Records, after Qin Shihuang unified China, he made three expeditions to the East and landed on Zhifu Island three times. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also visited Zhifu to ascend the throne. In 63 1 year, the first Japanese sent Tang Shi to land from Zhifu Island. At present, Yantai is still represented as "Zhifu" on the charts of many countries. Yantai has a history of more than 600 years, from 1398 (Hongwu 3 1 in Ming Dynasty). In order to prevent pirates from invading, Zhifu built the Wolf Smoke Wharf, also known as "Wolf Yantai", hence the name Yantai. In A.D. 1858 (8 years of Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty), the Sino-French Treaty of Tianjin opened Dengzhou as a trading port, which was changed to Yantai three years later. Up to now, Yantai has been open 130 years.

Worship the ancestors of the sun:

Yantai is one of the earliest areas for human reproduction. In the southwest of Zhifu District, Yantai City, about 1.5 kilometers away from the coast, it is a small harbor 7,000 years ago, where Baishi people, whose main livelihood is the combination of sea fishing and agricultural production, created splendid prehistoric culture. Neolithic stone axes, shovels, stone net pendants, triangular foot-basin-shaped tripod, bone needles and other artifacts unearthed from Baishizhai site have cultural characteristics along the coast of Jiaodong. The bone tool was polished very finely, and the bone needle was close to the later steel needle, indicating that the grinding, weaving and sewing technology at that time had reached a higher level. The cultural relics unearthed in Changdao County show that it is one of the birthplaces of Dawenkou culture more than 5,000 years ago and Longshan culture more than 4,000 years ago. During the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties more than 4,000 ~ 2,500 years ago, Yantai coastal area was one of the important areas where Dongyi people lived. Dongyi people not only have developed fishery and salt industry, but also have active commodity circulation. On a pottery unearthed in Long Island, there are seven or eight suns carved on it, which repeatedly depicts the light emitted by the sun, indicating that Dongyi people are ancestors who worship the sun very much.

The place where Qin Shihuang made three expeditions to the East:

After Qin Shihuang unified the world, he made three expeditions to the East, leaving footprints in Yantai. The first time Qin Shihuang traveled eastward was in 2 19 BC. The 40-year-old Qin Shihuang traveled eastward along the Bohai Bay and visited the eastern coastal areas in search of the elixir of life. On the way, he met Xu Fu. Xu Fu provided him with the way to live forever, and said that there are "Three Gods Mountain" in Penglai, Yingzhou and the abbot in the sea, where immortals live in the royal pavilion and fairy grass grows. Qin Shihuang believed it, so he sent Xu Fu to lead thousands of boys and girls to the sea in a big ship to ask for fairy medicine. The following year, Qin Shihuang visited the East for the second time. Boarded Zhifu Island, carved a stone and erected a monument, praising his literary martial arts. In 2 10 BC, Qin Shihuang was nearly 50 years old, and his desire for longevity became stronger and stronger. He found Xu Fu on his third trip to the East. Chui fook was furious when he saw Qin Shihuang, and lied that there were big fish in the sea, so he couldn't reach Xianshan himself. Qin Shihuang was eager for success, so he set up a crossbow to chase the big fish. When I arrived in Zhifu, I finally found a big fish and killed it myself. When Xu Fugang set sail for the sea and arrived in Japan, he opened the first page of foreign exchange in China's history. Qin Shihuang wanted to live forever, but he finally failed. However, he left some relics on Zhifu Island, such as The First Emperor's Road and Two Views on Carving Stones. The Yangzhu Temple, one of the "Eight Masters" worshipped by Qin Shihuang, was built on the sunny slope of Zhifu Island.

One of the starting points of the Maritime Silk Road;

The navigation industry in Yantai occupies an important position in the whole country. Zhifu Bay in downtown Yantai is a natural harbor with flat water depth and a barrier on its back. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period more than 2,000 years ago, it was an important stop on the northern route of China. /kloc-During the Tang Dynasty more than 0/000 years ago, Dengzhou (now Penglai) under the jurisdiction of Yantai was a famous seaport in China. Together with Guangzhou, Jiaozhou and Yangzhou, it is also known as the four major trading ports, and it is the main port for the north to go overseas. Japan sent an envoy of the Tang Dynasty 13 times to the Tang Dynasty to seek development, and landed in Zhifu for the first time. In the fourth year of Chunhua (AD 979), Song Taizong's mission to Korea was also initiated by Zhifu. China's silk, iron smelting, paper making and other technologies were introduced from Yantai to Korea, Japan and other places, so Yantai was also known as the starting point of the "Silk Road" at sea. The ancient port of Dengzhou is one of the most prosperous ports in the ancient north of China. Penglai Watertown, also known as Yubao City, was built in the ninth year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1376), and it is the most intact ancient military port in China.

One of the cradles of modern industry in China;

Yantai is one of the cradles of modern industry in China. From 65438 to 0892, Zhang Bishi, an overseas Chinese from Nanyang, founded Changyu Brewing Company in Yantai and hired Austrian Consul in Yantai as a brewer, which was a success. 19 12 ruifeng flour mill was established in Yantai; 19 13 to set up a power plant; From 19 13 to 19 15, five canneries were built; 19 15 Li Dongshan built a watch factory, and Changyu wine won the international gold medal in the same year; Liquan Beer Company was established in 1920. Changyu Beer Company and Bell Factory are the earliest entrepreneurs in China, while cannery and brewery are the earliest entrepreneurs in Shandong.

The birthplace of modern postal service in China;

Yantai is the birthplace of modern postal services in China, which is an indisputable historical fact. As early as 1866, Yantai Customs set up a post office, which was also used for mailing diplomatic documents, which can be regarded as the bud of modern postal service. 1878, the Qing government decided to pilot postal service in Beijing, Tianjin, Yantai, Niuzhuang (Yingkou) and Shanghai, which was the forerunner of modern postal service in China.

This matter is said to be related to Sheng Xuanhuai in the "word of mouth" of old Yantai. There is a reason for such anecdotes. Because the modern postal service in China came into being with the Westernization Movement, and Sheng Xuanhuai was the most important cadre of the Westernization Movement. As Li Hongzhang's "right-hand man", he went to Yantai to negotiate the Yantai Treaty two years ago. Ten years later, he served as the youth guard commander in Denglai, Shandong Province and the supervisor of Yantai East Customs (Zhifu), and left office six years later. He has a good political voice in Yantai. He solely operated the seagoing vessel "Guangji", which was the first example of inner port transportation in Yantai, and founded "Guangrentang", which became a huge charity in Jiaodong. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, his official career was booming and he became the minister of postal services. This long-sleeved and dancing comprador life is not only related to posts and telecommunications, but also to Yantai. It doesn't take much imagination to connect the birthplace of Yantai Post with him. However, these anecdotes are not recorded in historical books, but are just talk after dinner.

As an important symbol of modern postal service, the issuance of stamps. As early as the Ming Dynasty, there was a commercial and civil "People's Information Bureau" in China, which not only accepted folk letters, but also remitted and packaged them, but did not have a "national business card"-stamps. Stamps are favored by collectors and even become the main financial pillar of small European countries such as San Marino. The "ancestor stamps" of China Modern Post are "dragon stamps". It is said that there are only two stamps left, so they are treasured by stamp collectors. Its auction price was amazing before the Cultural Revolution. Now, with the rise of "collection fever", I am afraid it has set a record of "sky-high price". However, where did this "Dragon Ticket" begin? An interesting question has been controversial for a long time, and finally there is an answer. The answer is Yantai. 1878 July 3 1 day, Yantai Customs Correspondence Library received a batch of five-cent silver Dalong stamps sent by Tianjin Customs on July 29 for the first time, which could not be sold because there was no postal announcement; On August 9th, I saw the reissue announcement, that is, the first set of Dalong stamps in China was put on sale. August 9th is a historic day in the postal history of China.

With the development of society, stamps are far from being "postage certificates", and many famous scenic spots and tourist destinations regard it as a "city card", which greatly improves their popularity. Penglai Pavilion is said to be "the four famous buildings in China", and it is the only place where Yantai scenic spots enter stamps, which comes from a group of stamps with the same name. In fact, Yantai has many themes to declare stamps, such as Qi Jiguang, manor buildings, Haibao and so on. Unfortunately, due to the limited distribution scheme and fierce competition, there is still a lot of work to be done in this regard. Recently, Penglai Post Office developed Penglai Pavilion tickets into postcard postage stamps, and took this opportunity to declare postcards and postage envelopes with Penglai Pavilion as the theme to the State Post Office, which not only broke the routine, but also laid a solid foundation for the next declaration of "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea" and "Qi Jiguang" series stamps.