/kloc-Before the 6th century, the place names of Qinhuangdao were not recorded. In the 14th year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1535), Shanhaiguan Records recorded this place name for the first time: "Qinhuangdao is twenty-five miles southwest of the city and one mile into the sea. Or tell Qin Shihuang to let the gods stay here. " Later, Jiang Yikui's "Chang 'an Hakka Dialect" also described the legend that Qin Shihuang sent alchemists to the sea from here to seek immortality medicine and worship Jing. The Records of Linyi County, rebuilt in the fourth year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty, records that there is a "Lisi Monument" on the island. All these indicate that "Qin Huang" of "Qinhuangdao" refers to Qin Shihuang. Later, Qinhuangdao was once called "Wangqin Island", which is said to be related to Emperor Taizong's eastward expedition to Korea. In fact, after Emperor Taizong conquered Korea 19 years after he ascended the throne, people stopped calling him the King of Qin. Because the name "Wangqin Island" was unreasonable, it was abandoned by people. As for the "island" of Qinhuangdao, it refers to Dongshan in the harbor area. More than 200 years ago, it was "surrounded by water" and was not connected with land. With the passage of time, coastal sediments accumulated and evolved into a peninsula.
By the middle of Qing dynasty, it was already a small fishing village. In the 24th year of Guangxu (1898), the Qing government set Qinhuangdao as a commercial port. Four years later, Britain built a dock here to transport flat coal.
1948165438+1October 27th, Qinhuangdao was liberated.