Wéndēng

Wendeng lies in the eastern Shandong peninsula, near the wooded Kunyu Mountains. In 1167 the Daoist Wang Chongyang came to the region and gathered disciples whose teachings helped establish the Quanzhen school. Its followers drew on Daoist, Buddhist and Confucian traditions, and the movement gained support under the Jin and Yuan. Coastal defence later shaped the county's history: in 1369 the Ming established an inspection post at Xinwang with soldiers assigned to guard against seaborne raiders.