Editing Qinhuangdao (section)

==History==
The city's name "''Qinhuangdao''" literally means "[[Qin Shi Huang|Qin Emperor]] island", and is allegedly originated from the legend that the Jieshishan [[National Scenic Area (People's Republic of China)|Scenic Area]] in [[Changli County]] was the site of [[First Emperor of Qin]]'s famous ritual during his fourth and final survey tour to the east (东巡) in 210 BC. The "island" refers to the Nanshan area of the [[Port of Qinhuangdao]] at the southern edge of the city's [[Haigang District]], which used to be a small offshore island until the late [[Qing dynasty]], when dumping of [[dredging|dredged]] [[silt]] [[land reclamation|joined it to the mainland]] after the [[Guangxu Emperor]] approved the port's construction in the late 19th century.

In the 19th century, Qinhuangdao included the separate towns of '''Qinhuangdao''' and '''Tanghe'''.<ref group=n>{{lang-zh|t=湯河 |s=汤河 |p=Tānghé |w=Tang-ho |l=soup river}}</ref> Both were stations along the [[Peking–Mukden Railway]]. The design and construction of the new harbour and port of Ching Wang Tao in the Gulf of Pechili was undertaken by the partnership of Sir [[John Wolfe-Barry]] and Lt Col [[Arthur John Barry]] at the turn of the 20th century.<ref>Frederick Arthur Crisp ''Visitation of England and Wales'', Volume 14, London (1906)</ref>

At the beginning of the [[Chinese Civil War]], [[Du Yuming]]'s [[National Revolutionary Army]] forces landed in the city at the beginning of the [[Nationalist government]]'s offensive against the [[Chinese Communist Party]] in [[Soviet-occupied Manchuria]]. They were unable to land further north because other ports were either occupied by the Soviet Union or already garrisoned by the military forces which would become the [[People's Liberation Army]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dikötter |first=Frank |title=The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution, 1945-1957 |date=2013 |publisher=Bloomsbury Press |isbn=978-1-62040-347-1 |edition=1 |location=London |pages=14–15}}</ref>

[[Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium]] was used as one of the soccer [[Venues of the 2008 Summer Olympics|venues]] during the [[2008 Summer Olympics]].