Why is Yantai called the ancient city?

Because Yantai has a long history, the details are as follows:

Yantai is one of the earliest areas for human reproduction. In the southwest of Zhifu District, Yantai City, about 1.5km 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.

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.

Historical sites in Yantai:

By the end of 20 18, Yantai had 329 former sites and sites of Jiaodong Revolution. Among them, there are 183 revolutionary sites and sites, 74 former residences, memorial halls 10, 22 memorial towers and monuments, martyrs cemetery 17 and 23 martyrs' tombs.

There are 47 cultural relics protection units at all levels in the city, including 7 national key cultural relics protection units, 0 provincial units, 52 municipal units and 0 county units. There are 93 provincial excellent historical buildings and 99 municipal excellent historical buildings 199. The third national cultural relics survey registered 4962 immovable cultural relics, ranking first in the province in quantity and quality.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Yantai

Refer to the above contents: Yantai Municipal Government Portal-Introduction to Yantai