Yantai got its name from this.
This built city was later commonly known as the city.
The city has the characteristics of a typical ancient military defense city, which is square and has no outline. The Qing Guangxu's "Shandong Tongzhi" records: "The brick city is odd on Tuesday, with a height of two feet, a thickness of two feet, a pool width of three feet and five feet, a depth of one foot and sixteen floors." There is a gate in the middle of the four walls, and a temple is built on the gate.
The lower level is the command post, and the upper level is the observation post.
There is a circular horse path in the city wall, and the streets in the city are arranged in a grid.
Kuang Yuxiang's Notes on Yantai said: "East, west, north and south gates are all expected to be built.
There are cross streets in the city. The streets are paved with stones, which are very flat and quite suitable for walking. The cross-shaped main road in the city forms the main axis of the city, and there are important public buildings on this central avenue, such as government office buildings and ancestral temples.
There are thousands of offices and their families' houses in the northwest, barracks, stables and armories in the northeast, training grounds in the southeast and barracks kitchens and grain depots in the southwest.
Qishan City became the earliest residence in Yantai.
At first, there were more than 100 defenders in the city. Later, garrison officers and their families moved in from other places, gradually forming some residential areas around the city, and with the development of population, they continued to extend and expand around.
During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, residential areas were all over Dongguan Middle Street, South Street, Xigou Street, Yusheng Hutong, South Gate and other streets.
Residents who moved in from other places also began to deal in seafood, handicrafts and real estate, with the gradual development of industry and commerce and the gradual expansion of urban areas.
During the reign of Kangxi, Qishan Society was revoked and renamed "Qishan Society". The army became the land of civilians, and the officers and men were disarmed and engaged in fishing, agriculture, industry and commerce. The city has changed from a military defense zone to a simple residential area.
The descendants of thousands of families in the city, such as Zhang and Liu, built buildings and houses, and the population gradually increased, and the foreign population continued to flow in. Qishan's social population is expanding outward and its economy is developing day by day.
There were 13 fixed villages in Qishan Society and its surrounding areas, which were then called Thirteen Villages of Qishan Society. The population of Thirteen Villages comes from Mu Ping, Haiyang and Wendeng, far away from Gaotang, Liaocheng, Hebei, Henan and Northeast China.
Zhang said in Qilu Travel Notes, "Before Haitong, there was only one village, among which Zhang and Liu were the most famous, but now it is lined up and connected with Gaochun."
The city lies between the East River and the West River.
At that time, Yantai was just a fishing hole, and sailboats were gradually berthed, but the entrance was just grain and stone, and the export was just salted fish, with dozens of firms.
Ships began to berth offshore, and Yantai was slowly developing its commercial functions.
The urban area is about 3 square kilometers, with more than a dozen streets.
There are only a few scattered settlements around the city, and there is a small market nearby every five days.
Qishan was a residential area without a city from its establishment to its abolition.
From Zhifu Bay to the south, a "city" with open commerce has gradually formed.
Since the Ming Dynasty, the power center of Hong Kong has moved southward from Zhifu Bay to the southwest estuary.
Fishermen and businessmen built a sea temple on the east side of the southwest estuary for good luck.
18 10 was rebuilt and expanded into "Tianhou Palace", which was called "Great Temple" by the people. Every time I leave the customs, I pray for peace and repay the gods here.
As a result, the southwest estuary where the "Great Temple" is located has become the center of Xingang Movement, where residents trade with ships carrying rations, and Qian Miao Street has also become a place for commercial activities, gradually forming a commercial street with many things in one place, which is the original base of North Street.
Under the wave of modernization, new technologies and new concepts of western modern cities began to be transplanted, forcing Yantai into the ranks of urban modernization.
Western things, including foreign firms, consulates, churches, schools, hotels, houses and enterprises, have changed and expanded the urban space of Yantai.
In the historical process of ups and downs, the walls of Qishan were naturally destroyed and collapsed.
Although the walls and four gates of Qishan were rebuilt in 19 18, in the 1930s, according to Guo Lansheng's travel notes, "The four gates, east, west, north and south, are less than a mile apart, and the gates are as big as those of ordinary people. Although the city gate has been laid, the city wall is no longer visible. " Although the city wall is gone, the pattern of Qishan City is still intact.
Until the early days of the People's Republic of China, there were few walls left, all of which were * * *, and the city really lost its "city" flavor.
Today, it is difficult to find traces of the city wall.
Walking in the ancient and quiet alleys of the city, in a corner of the city, away from the noise, not thinking about the length of heaven and earth, will also produce nostalgia.
Day after day, the city grows crazily and the space becomes more and more cramped. The city is still quietly nestled in the city center, and the quadrangles with blue bricks and black tiles are still leisurely hidden in high-rise buildings. Although dilapidated, the brick carving screen wall still watches history.
Looking at history is to keep the roots of the city.