Influences
The area that is now Vladivostok was successively settled by ancient peoples and kingdoms such as the Mohe, Bohai Kingdom, and later, Liao Dynasty and Jīn Dynasty.
On Chinese maps of Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) it is called Yongmingcheng (永明城, literally "city of eternal light"). During the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) it was visited by Chinese expeditions, and a relic of that time — a Chongning stela — is displayed in the local museum. The Treaty of Nerchinsk of 1689 defined the area as a part of China, under the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Later on, as the Manchus banned Han Chinese from most of Manchuria including the Vladivostok area — it was only visited by shēnzéi (參賊, lit. either ginseng or sea cucumber thieves) who illegally entered the area seeking ginseng or sea cucumbers (ambiguous since both terms use the Chinese 參, shēn). From this comes the current Chinese name for the city, 海參崴 (Hǎishēnwǎi) meaning "Sea Cucumber Cliffs". A French ship which is believed to have visited the area around 1858 discovered several huts of Chinese or Manchu fishermen.
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