Why is Laoshan called Laoshan?
As far back as 3000 years ago, Zhou Wuwang defeated Shang Zhouwang, wiped out the Shang Dynasty, established the Zhou Dynasty, and began to enfeoffment. Jiang Taigong, the founding father, was named Qi State, which was later Qi State (now northern Shandong), and later his territory expanded to eastern Shandong.
Jiang Taigong led the soldiers and horses to patrol around and came to Laoshan Mountain by the sea. He visited Laoshan Mountain for a long time and found it beautiful, majestic and spectacular. Standing on the top of Laoshan Mountain, he looked around and found that the round top of the mountain looked like a gossip Tai Chi map, so he named the top of Laoshan Mountain "Tai Chi Peak", which means Tai Chi cycle and immortality.
He looked at the mountain for a long time. When he saw Shan Lan's grotesque and hard stone, he looked up at the East China Sea and sighed, "This mountain is better than Mount Taishan in Dongyue, and Zhenjiang Mountain can be fixed forever." Therefore, people named this mountain "Prison Mountain" according to Jiang Taigong's words. Seven or eight hundred years later, more than two hundred years BC, Qin Shihuang unified the six countries and established the Qin Dynasty. In order to ensure that he can live forever, he vowed to travel around the world. He visited Laoshan Mountain for twenty-eight years. He especially likes to seek the elixir of life and wants to live forever and rule for thousands of years, so he takes a large number of alchemists with him every time he cruises.
When he came to Laoshan this time, he suddenly thought of death. Find a place with good feng shui after death. Seeing the picturesque and picturesque Laoshan Mountain is really a fairyland on earth. He wants to be buried here after his death for the benefit of future generations. He asked the learned alchemist Yi Lu to follow him to visit Laoshan Mountain, but he didn't find a suitable place. Finally, I came to the southeast of Laoshan (now Xia Qing Palace).
Lu Yi is satisfied with the scenery around him. He quickly knelt down and kowtowed to Qin Shihuang and said, "Long live the opening ceremony. This place is a treasure house. It is the first place for the emperor to rest. "
Qin Shihuang asked, "What is your basis?"
Lu Yi replied: "Long live, look here: there are seven peaks behind, a yellow dragon lurks in the middle, two dragons are exploring the sea, and there is a deep sea in front." These seven peaks are Taoyuan Peak, Wanghaishan Peak, Donghua Peak, Chongyang Peak, Pantao Peak, Xiwangmu Peak and Laojun Peak, which are located in the north of this place. There is also a mountain range from Qingshan to here, which looks like the tail of Huanglong. The left and right mountains extend into the sea like two dragons exploring the sea; The sea is ahead, just like long live. "
Qin Shihuang laughed and said, "OK, this is it."
Then, Lu Wei pointed out the location of the mausoleum for Qin Shihuang, which is now the three official halls of the Qing Palace.
Qin Shihuang was full of joy, but he felt tired after walking so much, so he sat on a big stone and asked his ministers, "Even if you feel tired, sit down and have a rest."
Seeing the ministers sitting down, he asked, "Ai Qing, do you know the name of this mountain?"
Someone replied, "I heard it's called' Prison Mountain', a solid prison."
Hearing this, Qin Shihuang frowned and said, "Prison? It is also a prison, and its meaning is not good. "
Lu Yi went on to say, "Hooray, you just walked around this mountain and felt tired. Long live the dragon, not to mention mortals. I think it's called Laoshan. How about long live? "
Hearing this, Qin Shihuang thought for a moment and said, "Laoshan, keep working and go straight ahead." Ok, let's call it Laoshan. But the word' old' has not yet shown the meaning of the mountain? "
Lu Yi said, "It's easy to handle. As long as the word "mountain" is added before the word "old", it is the word "old". Isn't it nice to call it "Laoshan"? "
Qin Shihuang smiled and nodded and said, "Well, let's call it Laoshan."
Since then, people have renamed "Prison Mountain" as "Laoshan Mountain".