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The Origin of the Name of Shandong Penglai Island
Penglai Island's name comes from ancient folklore in China, and it is said that he was named after Qin Shihuang. Penglai's name means "Artemisia", which means that the island is covered with grass.

According to China folklore, there are three sacred mountains in Bohai Sea. Almost everything on the island is white, just like a fairyland. The palace is made of gold and silver, and there are beads and brazed trees everywhere. The fruit is delicious, and you can live forever after eating it.

After Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, for the sake of long-term stability and personal immortality, he sent messengers here to look for the holy mountain and seek the elixir of life. Standing by the sea, he looked at the sea and saw a red light floating at the end of the sea. He asked the alchemist who was driving with him what it was, and the alchemist replied, "It's Fairy Island."

Qin Shihuang was overjoyed and asked what the name of Xiandao was. The alchemist couldn't answer for a moment when he suddenly saw aquatic plants floating in the sea. He had a brainwave and answered with the name Penglai. This is the origin of Penglai Island.

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The geographical location of Penglai Island.

Penglai changed from the name of Fairy Mountain to the actual place name. In the third year of Tang Shenlong (707), Penglai was promoted to county. 199 1 year165438+1October 30th, Penglai County was abolished, and Penglai City (county level) was established. Now Penglai City is under the management of Yantai City.

Penglai is located in the mid-latitude, and belongs to the continental climate of warm temperate monsoon region, with annual average temperature 1 1.7℃, annual average daily maximum temperature of 28.8℃, annual average daily minimum temperature of -2.3℃, extreme maximum temperature of 38.8℃, extreme minimum temperature of-14.9℃, and annual average precipitation of 664 mm.

Penglai is located in the northernmost part of Jiaodong Peninsula, bordering on Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea, Yantai in the east, Qingdao in the south, Tianjin, Dalian and other cities in the north and the Korean Peninsula across the sea.

Penglai Island is located in the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea, with high terrain in the south and low terrain in the north. It belongs to the zone dominated by piedmont alluvial deposition and hilly erosion, with an average elevation of 15-25m. The main stratum structure in the city is strongly weathered basalt, and the allowable bearing capacity of the bearing stratum is generally 300Kpa.

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