Jimo, Shandong

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Jimo (即墨) is a county-level city in Shandong province, China, located north of Qingdao.

[edit] History

Jimo was established in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, at which time it was the second largest settlement in Shandong. The Siege of Jimo in 279 BC, although otherwise unremarkable, was ended by the release of oxen dressed as dragons by the defenders. Tian Dan was a general of the State of Qi who had just lost 70 cities to the Yan. When their penultimate city, Jimo was under fire, he collected more than 1,000 oxen, tied sharp daggers to their ears, tied straw to their tails, and dressed them in colourful cloths to make them look like dragons. At dead of night the Qi set the tails alight and drove the oxen towards the enemy camp. The panicking enemy soldiers were wiped out, and the Qi regained all the lost cities.

the above is not correct, since the old Jimo was located in the current Pingdu City.

Coordinates: 36°23′N 120°28′E