Penglai, Yantai
district of China
Penglai, formerly known as Dengzhou or Tengchow, is a district of Yantai City, Shandong Peninsula in the People's Republic of China. It lies on the northwest corner of the Shandong Peninsula on the southern coast of the Gulf of Bohai. Penglai is famous for its mirages out at sea, which are frequent during May and June. Formerly a county-level city under Yantai's administration, Penglai became a district in 2020.
Geography
Penglai District is entirely surrounded by other divisions of Yantai: Fushan District is to the east, Longkou City to the west, and Qixia City to the south. Its limits in geographic coordinates are 37° 25'–37° 50' N, 120° 35'–121° 09' E.
Climate
Penglai District is located in the mid-latitude region of the northern hemisphere, with a continental climate in the warm temperate monsoon zone, annual average temperature of 12.9 °C (55.2 °F), annual average daily maximum temperature of 17.1 °C (62.8 °F), annual average daily minimum temperature of 9.3 °C (48.7 °F), extreme minimum temperature of −15.0 °C (5.0 °F), annual average precipitation of 619.2 mm (24.38 in), annual average sunshine of 2,628.6 hours, frost-free period of 206 days on average, relative humidity 64%, average annual wind speed 5.2 m/s (17 ft/s), no floods, not affected by typhoons.
History
The Red Cliffs (丹崖) of the area are reputed to have been the site where the Eight Immortals set out for the land of the immortals and where Emperor Qin later allegedly sent off a thousand men and girls on ships to search for them. One legend claims that a mystic dolphin was seen from the cliffs above and, missing it with his spear, the emperor knew that his days were numbered. The Emperor Wu of Han (Hàn Wǔdì) later also visited the area while searching for the elixir of immortality.
The old city walls incorporate guard towers of three stories (rather than the usual two) because the uncle of the first emperor of the 6th-century Sui dynasty had been prince of the area.
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