Why is Shandong called Dongsha?

Shandong is called Dongsha because the accent of Shandong people says that Shandong sounds like Dongsha.

Dongsha people are a name of local dialects, such as Shandong University, which is pronounced as Dongsha University with the same homonym, which is similar to Dongbai. In fact, in the northeast, Bai Jing is old Beijing. Shandong people are the group most influenced by Confucius and Mencius' ideology and culture in China. They have a fine tradition of ocean deep, righteousness as heavy as Mount Tai and loyalty to the Yellow River. Generally speaking, they refer to people who have lived in Shandong for a long time and generally speak Shandong dialect, or people who were born and registered in Shandong.

Shandong people go out by their fellow villagers, no matter how far they go. Shandong people inherited Kong Zhou's legacy, adhered to Kong Yan's personality, and many celebrities came forth from generation to generation.

Shandong Province

Shandong Province is the eastern coastal province of China, which is called Shandong for short and the capital of Jinan. The land area of Shandong Province is 155800 square kilometers, and the resident population of Shandong Province is1016999 million in 202 1 year.

The mountains in the middle of Shandong are raised, with low-lying and flat southwest and northwest, and gentle hills in the east. The terrain is dominated by mountains and hills, with Shandong Peninsula in the east, North China Plain in the west and north, and mountains and hills in the south-central part, forming a landform with mountains and hills as the skeleton and criss-crossing plain basins. There are mountains, hills, terraces, basins, plains, lakes, etc., which span Huaihe River, Yellow River, Haihe River, Xiaoqing River and Jiaodong.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Shandong Province