"Dongsha people" is the name of local dialects, such as Shandong University, which is homonymized as "Dongsha University".

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.