Long Island, also known as miaodao islands, was called miaodao islands, and was called Salmon Island in ancient times. It consists of 32 islands, with a land area of about 56 square kilometers. It is an archipelago belonging to Yantai City, Shandong Province, China, and the whole island is under the jurisdiction of Penglai District. Changshan Archipelago is located at the intersection of Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea, between Jiaodong Peninsula and Liaodong Peninsula. Twelve islands in Long Island have been designated as nature reserves for birds of prey, among which Beihuangcheng Island, Daheishan Island, Dazhushan Island, Luanji Island and Nanchangshan Island, where birds live intensively, are designated as key protected areas, and Cheyou Island, Gaoshan Island and Monkey Island are designated as special nature reserves for birds to facilitate the concentrated breeding of summer migratory birds.

Basic information

It consists of 32 islands, with a land area of about 56 square kilometers, a sea area of 8,7 square kilometers and a coastline of 146 kilometers. The main islands are South Island and North Island. The island has beautiful scenery, including Crescent Bay, Jiuzhang Cliff and other tourist attractions. Xianjingyuan scenic spot on Long Island is AA-level scenic spot in China. There are Long Island National Bird Nature Reserve, miaodao islands Provincial Marine Nature Reserve and miaodao islands Provincial Spotted Seal Nature Reserve.

Mingying Palace on Long Island is the largest Mazu Tempel in northern China.

At the intersection of the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea, there are 32 islands of different sizes, just like 32 pearls scattered in the Bohai Strait. The land area of these islands is 55.96 square kilometers, which constitutes 99 bays, 65 peaks and 41 open firewood. There are 43, residents on the island, with a total coastline of 146.41 kilometers and a north-south longitudinal length of 56.4 kilometers.

This strange group of islands is called Miaodao Group on the map. In August 1945, it was liberated, and it was named Changshan Islands, or Long Island for short. Nanshan Island is the largest island in Long Island, with a land area of 12.8 square kilometers. It is the residence of the former county government (now it has merged with the former Penglai City to form Penglai District). Closely connected with South Changshan Island is North Changshan Island, where the famous tourist centers Crescent Bay and Jiuzhangya Park are located.

Historical story

Changshan Island in the north and south is connected by a long dam, which was originally called Jade Street. According to the geographical records of Penglai, "the long mountains in the north and south are five miles apart, and all the way through the communication is more than 2 feet, all of which are Pearl Rocks and Jade Street". But later people called it "one-night street", and there is a touching story circulating here. It is said that when Emperor Taizong crossed to the East, Wei Chijingde, a general with the same love, passed through here with a great army. At that time, there was no road between the two islands, and the exchanges depended entirely on ships.

One day, Emperor Taizong got the news that Wei Chijingde was seriously ill and bedridden. Emperor Taizong was anxious to visit him. But the strong wind suddenly made it difficult for the ferry to open. Emperor Taizong held his head high and sang, "I hate the sky's lack of love, and there is no way to explore love. How can I cross the boat?" Worried to sleep, he had a dream. He dreamed that a white dragon roared out of the water and soon became a street as white as jade. After waking up, Emperor Taizong rushed to the beach and saw it, and it was like a dream. As a result, the soldiers shouted and the people cheered, and Jade Street got a name called "One Night Street".

Legend has it that

Long Island is known as Penglai, Yingzhou, and the abbot's three sacred mountains on the sea. The ancients had a poem "I once accompanied all the immortals in a penghu".

The legendary Penglai Fairy Island refers to Long Island. Long Island is located in the water, surrounded by blue waves, with beautiful scenery and unique scenery. Because of its special geographical conditions, the climate temperature difference is small, and it is warm in winter and cool in summer. There is neither the roar of urban vehicles nor the noise of people, nor the natural bathing beaches that have no pollution, so Long Island has reached the conclusion of experts: "Long Island is a primitive, natural, unprocessed and unique tourist virgin land, which can be used for summer vacation and rest and recuperation in Long Island, which is irreplaceable by the world."

Tourist attractions

Jiuzhangya

Jiuzhangya is located in the northwest corner of North Changshan Island, adjacent to the Pearl Gate Waterway in the west and Changshan Waterway on the international route in the north, 11 kilometers away from Changdao County. The cliffs are steep, the water depth is fast, the rocks are scattered, and the natural landscape is unique. The cliff wall stretches for more than 4 meters, especially famous for its rare stone combination and high precipice, and it ranks first among many sea cliffs in China. The scenic spot is a combination of mountains, seas, reefs, cliffs, caves and historical sites, and it has high tourism and aesthetic value. The main attractions of Jiuzhang Cliff are: the cliff Yansuo (Jiuzhang Cliff), which is 69.7 meters high, is a huge cliff that stretches for hundreds of meters. Due to the erosion of wind and waves for thousands of years, the stone cliff has gradually become convex and concave, with jagged walls and rows of grottoes and caves, which is a paradise for many waterfowl to inhabit. Jiudie Stone Pagoda is made up of nine layers of quartzite with obvious joints. It has been eroded and chiseled by waves for a long time. The stone lines of the pagoda cliff are clear and distinct, and the shape is unique. Together with Jiuzhang Cliff, it forms a pair of "mother and child cliffs". Watergate to admire the ancient times, there is a flat land at the foot of the Great Western Mountain on the east side of Pearl Gate, which is called "Flat Beach" by the local people. According to the unearthed cultural relics, there were homeless people living here seasonally as early as four or five thousand years ago. After two excavations in Peking University and Long Island Museum, many kiln pits, ash pits and burial tombs were found, and bronze ge, stone knives, stone hammers, bone cones, bone spoons and a large number of reddish brown and grayish brown pottery and decorative pottery were unearthed. The Eight Immortals Cave, which is two large sea caves, is more than 3 meters deep and 5 meters wide, and the top of the cave is similar to an arch. It is said that the Eight Immortals once gathered here, and the quartzite surface in the cave is uneven and exquisite. There is a small hole adjacent to the big hole, which is more than 1 meter wide and 2 meters deep. There is a stone table and a stone bed in the hole, and two skylights are opened on it. Legend has it that it is He Xiangu's dormitory. Dragon-tongue fishing is named after a reef that resembles a dragon's tongue sticking out of the sea. Dragon tongue, threshold reef, whip reef, spider reef and monkey reef naturally form a good fishing ground, where the sea water is unobstructed and the caves are dense, making it an ideal place for fishing.

Crescent Bay

Crescent Bay is located at the northernmost part of Changdao Island in North Changshan Mountain, commonly known as Half Moon Bay, which is named after it looks like a half moon. It is backed by green mountains and green fields, surrounded by blue seas and clear waves, and a long beach of silvery white boulders is embedded between green mountains and clear waters, just like a crescent moon in the deep night sky. Step into the crescent bay, step by step, clanging, as if entering the silvery and mottled moon palace. Touching the bead stone with your hand, one piece is exquisite and clever, and one piece is crystal clear. There are many natural patterns on the stone: vigorous Gu Song, brilliant maple leaves, fluffy birds, climbing macaques, a cloud and a flower ..... vivid, vivid, exciting and touching. There are many bays in the world, but there is only one long beach with "white as jade, glittering and translucent as amber", which is really a jewel-like pebble world.

Miaodao Mazu Cultural Park

Miaodao Xianying Palace is located in the northeast of Miaodao, 2.5 nautical miles away from Changdao County, covering an area of 9 mu. Founded in the 4th year of Xuanhe in Song Weizong (AD 1122), it is the earliest and most famous Mazu Tempel in northern China, and the fishermen in Long Island have been honored as the "Goddess of the Sea" temple for generations. In the first year of Emperor Zongzhen of Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen gave a royal gift to the temple "Xianying Palace". The main hall of Xianying Palace is the largest building in the whole temple, with a hard mountain structure. Inside the temple, Mazu sits on the dragon pier, a shrine in the middle of the city. There are 14 standing classes on both sides of the temple, among which 4 military commanders are clairvoyant, clairvoyant, Huang Fengbing Shuai and General Baima. Eight civil servants include Jiujiang, Bahe, Wuhu and the Four Seas Dragon King. There are also two young and old standing classes. There are more than 2 tablets, tablets and plaques and more than 3 historical ship models in the two rooms outside the temple. The architectural style of the harem is a mountain-resting style, which retains the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty. There is a bronze statue of the Virgin Queen and a 2-meter-high 9-flower bronze mirror on the altar in the palace, and all kinds of clothing items, bed curtains and furnishings are available. In October 22, Taiwan Province believers escorted a black-faced Mazu to settle in Xianying Palace. Incense is constantly burning here all the year round. Every year, there are more than 1, people worshipping at the Xianying Palace on the Lantern Festival and the birthday of the Empress. Mazu Tempel was built on Temple Island because Temple Island looks like a phoenix, and the baked wheat cake island in the north of it looks like the sun. The two islands set each other off, and it looks like a "phoenix rising sun", which is a treasure trove of geomantic omen. During the Cultural Revolution in 1969, the original temple was destroyed, leaving only a mirror. It was rebuilt in 1983 and opened to tourists in 1985.

Wangfu Reef Park

Wangfu Reef Park in Long Island has been put into construction since May, 1995. * * There are five scenic spots and 36 scenic spots, covering an area of 3 square kilometers and a total construction area of 2, square meters. It is a corner of mountains, water and forests, integrating islands, reefs, beaches and beautiful legends, showing the charming cultural connotation of natural landscape. Wangfu Reef Park is one of the tourist attractions in Long Island. The main attractions are as follows: in Yunmen Mountain, Qingzhou, there is the word "Shoushou", which is 7.5 meters high and 3.7 meters wide, and the word "Fu" on the hillside of Wangfu Reef is 21.9 meters high and 16.3 meters wide, which is bigger than "Shoushou" and can be described as "the first blessing in the world". Guanyin Pavilion, Olympic Monument, the first "blessing", geological museum, etc., this big blessing word sets off the atmosphere of "the source of blessing" at once. The location of Wangfu Reef is almost at the same latitude as Miaodao Xianying Palace. The islanders think that the goddess Poseidon sheltered the ships at sea and cruised here, hoping for good fortune for the boatmen. Therefore, Wangfu Reef is also called Mazu Stone. Wangfu stone is a naturally occurring stone, which is formed by alternately stacking shale and Shi Ying rock without artificial carving. Surrounded by the sea, Long Island is known as the land of the four seas, and Wangfu Reef Scenic Area is a place full of blessings. The park is located at the foot of Nanchang Island, where there is a reef standing in the wind, shaped like a woman wearing a scarf and holding a baby. People call this reef "Wangfu Reef". There is a touching legend here. One year on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, a fisherman was forced to go out to sea to fish, but he was caught in a storm and never came back. His wife, who had been married for more than a year, was heartbroken and stood by the sea with her child under the age of one month, hoping that one day a miracle would occur and her husband would return safely. But after many years, her relatives did not return, and she became a motionless stone statue standing there. She is the epitome of thousands of fishermen with loyal love and miserable fate on Long Island in the old society.

Linhai Park

Miaodao Linhai Park is located in the southeast of Changdao County, covering an area of 154.2 hectares, including the bird exhibition hall with flying peaks in the north and the Changshan tail (the boundary line between the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea) with snow in Yutan in the south. Here, the mountains are undulating, thousands of acres of pines and waves, hundreds of birds inhabit, and the waves are green and green. It is famous for its fresh air and high content of negative oxygen ions, and is known as the "forest oxygen bar".

Gourmet

Braised prawns

Long Island is rich in all kinds of prawns. Braised prawns are very famous in the local area, and all kinds of restaurants and even ordinary people's homes like this dish very much. Long Island seafood is definitely the main local food and beverage item, and all restaurants can eat this dish, usually around 5 yuan. If it is a seafood stall, you can also bargain, usually with a 2% discount.

Spicy Crab

The shallow sea around Long Island is rich in sea crabs, which are big and heavy, so the crabs on Long Island are said to be one of the most fleshy crabs in China. In addition to spicy crabs, there are steamed, baked with salt and braised in brown sauce. Visitors can let the restaurant process them at will according to their own tastes. The most important thing to eat crabs is freshness. Usually, there are three or two crabs in Long Island, and a dozen pieces are enough.

Fresh fish dumplings

The shallow sea area of Long Island is rich in all kinds of fish. Dumplings made of fish are delicate and delicious, and they are well-known delicacies in Long Island. When traveling to Long Island, the common fish dumplings in restaurants of all sizes mainly include Spanish mackerel, yellow croaker and eel. Visitors can choose according to their own preferences, and 15 yuan has a drawer left and right.

"Ha" Jellyfish Soup

Jellyfish Soup is a very famous local snack, which is sold in restaurants of all sizes. Usually, when having breakfast, we bring fish and jiaozi, or kelp buns, and drink Jellyfish Soup, which is really a great gathering of seafood. 1 yuan left and right bowls, enough for two or three people to drink. Interestingly, people on the island call "drinking" "ha". Late summer and early autumn are jellyfish news. Remove the head and claws of fresh jellyfish, cut into large pieces and soak them in water. When you want to "ha", cut the jellyfish into pieces with a knife. Then cut evenly and finely like noodles. Then rinse it with clear water several times. Appropriate amount of salt, monosodium glutamate, vinegar, sesame oil, coriander, pepper and other spices.

seaweed steamed stuffed bun

seaweed steamed stuffed bun is a special snack in Long Island. There are many kinds of seaweed that can be used as steamed stuffed bun, such as seaweed and dried shrimp skin, but camel hair is the most delicious. Seaweed likes garlic with big oil. Therefore, people on the island make seaweed buns with diced meat and garlic slices in addition to enough oil. Steamed buns are of moderate size, and the food fortress is tightly wrapped. Steamed buns are round and dumpling-shaped, and are recognized by tourists as one of the most delicious steamed buns in China.

Haliotis discus hannai

King of abalone in China. Often adsorbed on reef gravel, crawling for food. It is a precious shellfish distributed in the northern coast of China, and it was offered in the Han Dynasty. To the north of Tuoji, Changdao County, the sea water is clear, the water depth is fast, the rocks and caves are densely covered, and the seaweed bait is rich, which is most suitable for abalone growth and reproduction. The produced Haliotis discus hannai is plump, tender, delicious and nutritious, and is also known as the king of eight treasures.