Qingdao, a place suitable for travel in summer

In the hot summer, you have to face the hot weather when traveling. Perhaps most people will choose places where there is water to play in, such as places with water parks. But most of these places are already overcrowded. Therefore, we should choose quiet and cool places when traveling in summer. So, let us follow the urban culture to learn about Qingdao, a place suitable for travel in summer.

Qingdao

Qingdao is a famous domestic tourist summer resort. Qingdao is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with exquisite and charming scenery. The famous mountain Laoshan, known as the "House of Immortals Cave" and "House of Supernaturals", the historical relic Langye Terrace, and Jimo Ancient City are some of the famous places of interest. The most attractive thing is the sea view. In summer, taking a sea bath, blowing the sea breeze, and tasting the sea food are one of the great things in life.

Introduction to Qingdao:

Qingdao, a prefecture-level city in Shandong Province, referred to as "Qing", is a city under separate national planning, a megacity, a sub-provincial city, the economic center of Shandong Province, and a national coastal city. An important central city, a coastal resort tourist city, an international port city, an important national modern marine industry development pioneer area, an international shipping hub in Northeast Asia, a maritime sports base, a major node city in the New Eurasian Continental Bridge Economic Corridor of the “Belt and Road Initiative” and Strategic pivot of maritime cooperation.

Qingdao is located on the southeastern coast of Shandong Peninsula, in the eastern part of Jiaodong Peninsula, at the forefront of the China-Japan-Korea Free Trade Zone; it borders the Yellow Sea, faces the Korean Peninsula across the sea, is adjacent to Yantai in the northeast, and is connected to Weifang in the west. , bordering Rizhao in the southwest; with a total area of ??11,282 square kilometers, it governs 7 districts and manages 3 county-level cities. In 2017, the total permanent population was 9.2905 million and the regional GDP was 1.103728 billion yuan.

The Qingdao area used to be called Jiaoao. It is a national historical and cultural city and the birthplace of Taoism in China. 6,000 years ago, human beings survived and multiplied within its borders. It is named after the numerous trees that are evergreen all year round. In 1891 (the seventeenth year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty), the Qing government established a garrison. In 1897, Germany leased and built ports and railways. In November 1914, Japan replaced Germany and occupied Qingdao. On June 2, 1949, Qingdao was liberated.

Qingdao is the host city of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the 13th Paralympic Sailing Competition. It is the Sailing Capital of China, the Best Sailing City in Asia, the World Beer City, the United Nations "Movie Capital", and the nation's capital. It is one of the first batch of coastal open cities, national civilized cities, and the happiest city in China. It is known as "Oriental Switzerland", "European Capital" and "Chinese Brand Capital".

Qingdao is an international center for marine scientific research and education, home to 26 universities such as Shandong University (Qingdao), Ocean University of China, and China University of Petroleum. Introduced 29 universities including Tsinghua University and Peking University. Qingdao has a wide variety of exotic buildings and is known as the "Architecture Expo of All Nations". The Badaguan Building Complex was awarded the title of “China’s Most Beautiful Urban District”.

Qingdao City is named after the ancient fishing village Qingdao. The proper name of Qingdao City is "Qingdao", which originally refers to a small island in a bay of Qianhai in the city. It was named "Qingdao" because the island is covered with green trees and is lush all year round. It was later recorded for the first time in Wang Shi during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. In Xing's "Guangzhiyi". In the Seventh Year of Wanli of the Ming Dynasty (1579), the "Local Affairs Conference·Coastal Defense" compiled under the presiding authority of Jimo County Magistrate Xu Ting, recorded the name of Qingdao as follows: "The southeastern coast of this county is the eastern boundary of China. It is useless to look at it. There are only islands in the middle. The habitable islands are called Qing, Fu, and Guan..." The "Qing" here refers to Qingdao. The bay where Qingdao is located is named Qingdao Bay after the island, and a small river flowing into the sea is also called Qingdao River. A port was built at the mouth of the Qingdao River during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, and was called Qingdao Mouth; the two villages on both sides of the river were named Shangqingdao Village and Lower Qingdao Village respectively; a mountain at the source of the river was also named Qingdao Mountain in 1923.