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}} |pushpin_map = China Shandong |pushpin_label_position = left |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Shandong |pushpin_mapsize = 225 |settlement_type = County-level city |image_skyline = Penglai City view.jpg |imagesize = 250px |image_caption = Penglai City viewed from the Penglai Pavilion |image_map = |map_caption = Location of the city |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = People's Republic of China |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Shandong |subdivision_type2 = Prefecture-level city |subdivision_name2 = Yantai |area_total_km2 = 1128.5 |population = 447,000 |population_as_of = 2003 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_total = |coordinates_display = inline,title |coordinates_region = CN-37 |latNS = N |latd = 37 |latm = 49 |longEW = E |longd = 120 |longm = 44 |elevation_ft = |elevation_m = |timezone = China Standard |utc_offset = +8 |website = |postal_code_type = Postal code |postal_code = 265600 |area_code = 0535 }} Penglai (), is a port, county-level city and an administrative subdivision of the prefecture-level city Yantai in Shandong Province, People's Republic of China, on the northeastern (Bohai Sea) coast of the province. The port was formerly called Dengzhou (). Penglai Water City or Water Fortress (), a fortified harbor hidden from the sea, is one of China's oldest military ports, built in 1376 under the Ming Dynasty〔(''China Daily'' article on Penglai Water City )〕 and is a protected historical monument. It was "the harbor for the fleet of imperial war junks and town for the semi-imperial garrison." 〔''A Daughter of Han'', by Ida Pruitt (who was born in Penglai)〕 The Water City is currently being rebuilt at a cost of 500 million ''yuan'' (more than 60 million dollars). There is a plank walk along the cliffs nearby. Penglai is the northernmost part of mainland Yantai and located in central Yantai City. Except for the Bohai Sea to the north, Penglai 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. Penglai was the first port on the Shandong peninsula that was opened to foreigners in the 19th century,〔(Brown, Arthur Judson (1904) ''New forces in old China: an unwelcome but inevitable awakening'' F.H. Revell Co., New York, Chapter IV ) (OCLC 2177558 )〕 so it was the first place Christian missions were established. Subsequently, it was overshadowed by the port of Yantai (Chefoo), 55 miles to the east.〔 Its scenery has earned the city fame as the fabled spot where the Eight Immortals set out floating over the ocean from the Red Cliffs (Dan Cliffs 丹崖) there. Because of this connection with the immortals, the Emperors Qin Shi Huang and Han Wu Di both came to Penglai looking for an elixir of immortality. The city is also famous for its mirages out at sea, which are frequent during May and June. 374,400 Penglai citizens work in agriculture, with the remaining 75,600 in various other sectors. ==History== Penglai is said to be the place where Qin Shi Huang, the first Chinese emperor, sent off five hundred boys and five hundred girls on ships to the east, to look for the islands of immortality. "There are tales of a mystic dolphin seen from the cliffs above, at which the mighty Emperor cast an impotent spear and knew that his days were numbered. "The gray walls of the city itself are crowned by gate towers of three stories instead of the usual two, because the uncle of the first Emperor of the Sui dynasty (A.D. 589-618) was once...prince of that territory."〔''A Daughter of Han'', by Ida Pruitt〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Penglai, Shandong」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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