The ancients took the water south as yin and the water north as yang. Shandong has many historical cities since ancient times, many of which are close to water sources, so there are also many place names related to river water sources. For example: Jiyang, located in the north of Jishui, was named Jiyang County; Haiyang is located in the north of the Yellow Sea, hence the name "Haiyang" Pingyin: a place name is also in the south of Jishui, and this city is Pingyin County.

2, directly named after Shuinan to North.

Many place names in Shandong are directly named after water from south to north, instead of Yin and Yang. For example, yinan county is named after being in the south of Yishui; Hedong District of Linyi is located on the east bank of yi river, so it is called Hedong District. Jinan is named Jinan because it is in the south of Jishui.

It's cloudy in the north and sunny in the south.

There are many famous mountains and rivers in Shandong province. The ancients took the northern part of the mountain as yin and the southern part of the mountain as yang. For example, Laiyang is called Laiyang because it is located in the Yang of Laishan (now Qi Jing). Mengyin County, named after the shade of Mengshan Mountain.

4. Named after the rivers and mountains in China.

There are many famous mountains and rivers in Shandong, so many place names are named after famous peaks or rivers. Many place names in Shandong are named in this form. Compared with other places, such place names are more common in Shandong place names.

There are many rivers named after them, such as: the name of Texas comes from Deshui; Yiyuan is named after the birthplace of yi river, China; Surabaya is named after the Sihe River, which originated in China. Linshu is named after its proximity to the Shuhe River. Qihe River is named after its proximity to Jishui, also known as Qishui. Linqing was named after Qinghe. Liaocheng, named after chatting with the river in ancient times.

5. Named after the ancient war.

There were many wars in ancient times, and Shandong was also a place with frequent wars because of its important geographical position. So many place names are also related to ancient wars. For example, the name of Yantai comes from "military affairs".

1398, a beacon tower, also known as Yantai, was set up along the coast to defend against the Japanese pirates. Dongying was named after Emperor Taizong set up camp here and set up Dongying and Xiying. Weihai means "lofty East China Sea", which is used to strengthen coastal defense and resist foreign invasion.