Yantai, its ancient name. 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.

Yantai Mountain is the symbol and symbol of Yantai. She is located at the northern end of Yantai City, surrounded by the sea on three sides, with beautiful scenery, unique features integrating mountains, seas, cities and ports, and the spectacular sight of a 10,000-ton ship passing through the mountains. There are lush trees on the mountain, red mansions and green houses, rugged rocks on the seashore, and the wonders of nature. If there is aura running through Shan Ye, there will be an endless stream of tourists. Celebrities climb mountains, write poems, paint, carve stones, or fish along reefs for fun, or watch sunrises and mirage to taste nature.

"Beacon Tower" was built in Hongwu 3 1 year of Ming Dynasty (1398), located at the top of the mountain, hence the names Yantai Mountain and Yantai City. There are also Longwang Temple and Martyrs Temple on the mountain. Anti-Japanese Martyrs Monument, Langting and other cultural landscapes, Yuanyang Stone, Sui Couple Gallery, Cliff. Mother-and-child turtle, sea view, mirage, a glimpse of the sky, ancient Luan trees for more than 600 years and other natural landscapes: natural wonders, stone sails, inkstone, Taibaishi, sixteen-character stone carvings and many other stone carvings, as well as yacht sightseeing, children's amusement park, vows of eternal love wedding square, tourism and leisure park, flavor snacks and so on. Yantai's characteristic tourism shopping, tea art and other tourism projects and eight series of exhibition halls with rich connotations have formed the most beautiful scenery in Yantai.

In the first year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (1862), Yantai became the first trading port in Shandong. 17 countries successively set up consuls or acting consuls in Yantai: Britain, the United States, Germany, France, Japan and Denmark built more than 30 modern European buildings such as consulates, villas and official residences on Yantai Mountain. Yantai Mountain integrates eastern and western cultures into one, and becomes the most distinctive cultural tourist scenic spot in Yantai's history, culture and natural landscape.