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Penglai County
Penglai, Peng Lai, or Peng-lai may refer to: *Penglai, Shandong, a district in Yantai, Shandong, China * Penglai, Hainan, a town in Wenchang, Hainan, China * Penglai, Sichuan, a town in Daying County, Sichuan, China * Penglai, Fujian, a town in Anxi County, Fujian, China *Mount Penglai Penglai ( zh, t=蓬萊仙島, l=Penglai Immortal Island) is a legendary land of Chinese mythology. It is known in Japanese mythology as Hōrai and Bồng Lai in Vietnam. McCullough, Helen. ''Classical Japanese Prose'', p. 570. Stanford Univ. P ..., the island for immortals in Chinese mythology *'' Penglai'', a 2022 short film produced by Illumination See also * Penglai Pagoda in Penglai District, Yantai * Penglai Pier-2 light rail station {{disambig, geo ...
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Penglai, Shandong
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 , annual average daily maximum temperature of , annual average daily minimum temperature of , extreme minimum temperature of , an ...
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Wenchang
Wenchang ( postal: Mencheong; ; Hainanese spellings: Boon Siou) is a county-level city in the northeast of Hainan Island in China. Covering an area of , the city has a coastline of , and is divided into 17 towns. The city is a major target for typhoons in the northwestern Pacific, and experiences the most frequent and severe typhoon-induced storm surges in the South China Sea. The city is a major ancestral home of Chinese diaspora, with the local dish Wenchang chicken as an origin of Hainanese chicken rice in Southeast Asia. Since 2016, the city has also been home to China’s newest spaceport. History Wenchang was elevated from a county to a city on November 7, 1995. Its population was recorded as 86,551 in 1999, with an estimated increase to 115,000 by 2006. Maps published by the Republic of China in Taiwan still depict Wenchang as a county within its Guangdong province. In 2016, Wenchang Space Launch Site was put in use, which is China's latest spaceport. Geography Locate ...
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Daying County
Daying County () is a county of Sichuan province, China, under the administration of Suining City and in the central part of the Sichuan Basin. In 2020, it had a population of 387,299 residing in an area of . Tourist attractions Daying is the home of the "", a tourist attraction that is based on a salt lake with nine times the salinity of the ocean and which constitutes the largest indoor water park in China. A stationary replica of the ''Titanic'' is under construction in Daying County as well. Administrative divisions Daying County comprises 1 subdistrict and 9 towns: ;subdistrict *盐井街道 ;towns *Penglai 蓬莱镇 *Longsheng 隆盛镇 *Huima 回马镇 *Tianbao 天保镇 *Hebian 河边镇 *Zhuotongjing 卓筒井镇 *Yufeng 玉峰镇 *Xiangshan 象山镇 *Jinyuan 金元镇 Transportation The G42 Shanghai–Chengdu Expressway and Dazhou–Chengdu Railway Dazhou–Chengdu Railway or Dacheng Railway (), is a double-track, electrified railroad in Sichuan Province of sou ...
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Anxi County
() is a county of the prefecture-level city of Quanzhou, in southern Fujian province, People's Republic of China with 1,003,599 inhabitants ( 2020 census). It lies adjacent to and directly north of Xiamen city. Anxi is well known for a number of varieties of Oolong tea, the best-known of which is Tieguanyin (铁观音, "Iron Boddhisatva of Mercy"). Anxi Tieguanyin () is classified as one of the Top 10 Chinese Tea. In recent years, Anxi is known as the "scam town" of China, due to the considerable number of scammers originating from here in the 2023 Singapore money laundering case. Attractions Qingshuiyan () is a mountain hosting a very large Buddhist temple. China Tea Capital () is a large center dedicated to showcasing Anxi County's famous tieguanyin tea. Administration The county executive, legislature and judiciary are in Fengcheng Town (), together with the CPC and PSB branches. Towns There are 13 towns () in Anxi County: * Penglai () * Hutou () Famous for Huto ...
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Mount Penglai
Penglai ( zh, t=蓬萊仙島, l=Penglai Immortal Island) is a legendary land of Chinese mythology. It is known in Japanese mythology as Hōrai and Bồng Lai in Vietnam. McCullough, Helen. ''Classical Japanese Prose'', p. 570. Stanford Univ. Press, 1990. . Location According to the '' Classic of Mountains and Seas'', the mountain is located at the eastern end of Bohai Sea. According to the pre-Qin mythology which retells the legend of Xu Fu presenting a memorial to the Qin Emperor in order to seek for the elixir of life, there are three godly mountains which are found in the Bohai sea where immortals reside. These mountains are Penglai, Fāngzhàng (), and Yíngzhōu (/). Other islands where immortals reside are called Dàiyú () and Yuánjiāo (). In the ''Illustrated Account of the Embassy to Goryeo in the Xuanhe Era'' (; ''Xuanhe fengshi Gaoli tujing''), written in 1124 by Xu Jing (), Mount Penglai is located on an inhabited island which is found within the boundaries of ...
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Penglai ((2022 Film
Penglai, Peng Lai, or Peng-lai may refer to: *Penglai, Shandong, a district in Yantai, Shandong, China * Penglai, Hainan, a town in Wenchang, Hainan, China * Penglai, Sichuan, a town in Daying County, Sichuan, China * Penglai, Fujian, a town in Anxi County, Fujian, China *Mount Penglai Penglai ( zh, t=蓬萊仙島, l=Penglai Immortal Island) is a legendary land of Chinese mythology. It is known in Japanese mythology as Hōrai and Bồng Lai in Vietnam. McCullough, Helen. ''Classical Japanese Prose'', p. 570. Stanford Univ. P ..., the island for immortals in Chinese mythology *'' Penglai'', a 2022 short film produced by Illumination See also * Penglai Pagoda in Penglai District, Yantai * Penglai Pier-2 light rail station {{disambig, geo ...
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Illumination (company)
Illumination, formerly known as Illumination Entertainment, is an American animation studio founded by Chris Meledandri on January 17, 2007, and is a division of Universal Pictures, a division of Comcast through its Wholly Owned Subsidiary, wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal; Meledandri produces the films, while Universal finances and distributes them. The studio is best known for creating the ''Despicable Me'', ''The Secret Life of Pets (franchise), The Secret Life of Pets'', and ''Sing (franchise), Sing'' franchises; the adaptations of Dr. Seuss' books ''The Lorax (film), The Lorax'' and ''The Grinch (film), How the Grinch Stole Christmas!''; and Nintendo video games, starting with ''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''. The Minions (Despicable Me), Minions, characters from the ''Despicable Me'' series, are the mascots of the studio. Illumination has produced List of Illumination productions#Feature films, 15 feature films, with an average gross of $711 million per film. Three of t ...
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Penglai Pagoda
Penglai Pavilion or Penglai Pagoda () is a famous tower in Penglai, Yantai, Penglai, Yantai, Shandong. It is noted as one of the Four Great Towers of China, although it is occasionally not listed due to lacking a famous literary piece associated with it. It is known as the landing place of the Eight Immortals and famous for its occasional mirages. The dividing line between the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea is also marked and clearly visible from the area. The corresponding tourism area is classified as a AAAAA scenic area by the China National Tourism Administration. Warlord Zhang Zongchang wrote a poem ("Visiting Penglai Pavilion") about the pavilion's beauty. References

Towers in China Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Shandong AAAAA-rated tourist attractions Yantai Traditional Chinese architecture {{PRChina-struct-stub ...
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