Why is Yantai called Shandong Snow Nest? Where does this title come from?

Yantai is located in the northeastern part of the Shandong Peninsula. It includes four districts, one county, and seven county-level cities. It has a total jurisdiction area of ​​13,746.88 square kilometers and a total population of 7.0894 million people as of 2017. It is an economically developed coastal city, and it is adjacent to two seas, the Bohai Sea to the north and the Yellow Sea to the south. It is also true that Yantai's unique geographical location has led to an unusually large amount of snowfall, so people nicknamed it "Snow Nest".

Although the city of Yantai is very famous, its name has a short history. The Yantai area has long been called Laizhou and Dengzhou in history. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Yantai belonged to the Donglai Kingdom, so in the Tang Dynasty In the past, the place names here were all related to Lai. During the Tang Dynasty, there was another Dengzhou in the Yantai area. From then on until the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Yantai area was under the jurisdiction of Laizhou Prefecture and Dengzhou Prefecture.

I have heard the names Laizhou and Dengzhou, but how did Yantai come from? Speaking of which, it has something to do with Japan.

After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Japan was in chaos, and many Japanese came to China's coast to rob. In order to strengthen coastal defense construction, Zhu Yuanzhang set up defense stations and beacon towers in the area of ​​today's Yantai. The word beacon is familiar to history, and the beacon tower at that time was also called the Wolf Smoke Tower.

As time goes by, winter in Yantai is coming soon.

Yantai and Weihai are both known as snow nests, and there is a lot of snow every winter. Is it because you are in the north?

Then the editor was wondering why Qingdao, which is both in the north and a coastal city, is not so big?

Later, I searched for relevant documents and found:

The snowfall in Yantai and Weihai is mostly due to the cold current that formed in Siberia and traveled southward under the influence of the north wind. Because the Northeast Plains There was no obstruction, so we arrived at the Bohai Bay and the Yellow Sea smoothly. And because it is close to the sea, there is always humid air. When the north wind and water vapor meet in the south, they blow toward Yantai Weihai on the north side of the Jiaodong Peninsula, and are then forced to rise under the influence of the mountain, forming ice crystals."

This is the snow of Yantai Weihai It is not difficult to find that it is formed because of the following points:

1. Mountains: Yantai and Weihai are both located on the seashore on the northern side of the Jiaodong Peninsula, backed by the Jiaodong mountains and hills, so the altitude changes from the seaside to the inland. Sudden improvement.

2. Sea: Yantai and Weihai both face the sea to the north. The air on the sea is moist and the temperature is higher than that on land at the same latitude, creating conditions for abundant precipitation.

Third, the climate in Fengyantai and Weihai belongs to the temperate monsoon climate. Whenever winter comes, the cold monsoons drive southward from the north, providing impetus for the formation of rain and snow.