Longkou (former Huang County), Yantai City, Shandong Province, is located in the northwest of the Jiaodong Peninsula, with a total area of 893 square kilometers, and a coastal curve of 68.4 kilometers; it has jurisdiction over 13 towns (district streets), 632 villages (neighborhoods), and a population of 630,000 people. Longkou City is located in the northwestern part of Jiaodong Peninsula and belongs to Yantai area. It is close to Yantai in the east, Qingdao in the south, and Dalian, Tianjin and Qinhuangdao in the north, which is a bright pearl on the Bohai Sea economic belt. Municipal People's Government Residence Zip Code: 265701. administrative code: 370681. area code: 0535.

Administrative divisions

Longkou City, under the jurisdiction of the 3 streets, 10 towns: Donglai Street, Longgang Street, Xinjia Street, Xufu Town, Huangshan Pavilion Town, Beimatsu Town, Lutou Town, Dongjiang Town, the town of the lower Tingjia, the town of the seven A, Shiliang Town, Langeao Town, Zhuyuguan Town.

Penglai is also known as "Pengkui". One of the three sacred mountains in the Bohai Sea (the other two are "Fangzhang" and "Yingzhou")

Penglai is located in the northernmost tip of the Jiaodong Peninsula, bordering on the Bohai and Yellow Seas, Yantai in the east, Qingdao in the south, and Tianjin in the north, Dalian and other cities and the Korean Peninsula across the sea. Korean Peninsula across the sea. The city's total area of 1128 square kilometers, 450,000 people, jurisdiction over 12 towns (streets), a provincial economic development zone and a provincial tourism resort.

The origin of the city's name

Western Han Yuanguang two years (133 BC), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, east patrol to Penglai, looking at the sacred mountain did not meet, built a small city named "Penglai".

1. Penglai Mountain. Ancient legend of the name of the sacred mountain. It is also often referred to as the fairyland. The Records of the Grand Historian - The Book of Chancel: "Since Wei, Xuan, Yan Zhao has made people enter the sea to seek Penglai, Abbot's Palace, Yingzhou, the three sacred mountains, the Fu is in the Bo Sea." Song Chen Shidao's poem "Chao Wugu Zhang Wenchun's Meetings": "Fame and honor are paid to the public, but the way back is in Penglai." Ming Wang Wan (王錂春芜記-说剑)："He was originally a Penglai Immortal, but he happened to be on earth."

2.Penglai. The book of the later Han Dynasty, Wen Yuan's biography, is a collection of the most important works in the world. Hou Han Shu - Literary Garden Biographies - Bian Jean: "Lift up Yingqi in the narrow and ugly, and pull out the fashionable and beautiful in Penglai."

3. "Later Han Book - Dou Zhang biography": "It was the time when scholars called the East View for the Lao's Zang room, Taoist Penglai mountain." Later, it was used to refer to the secret cabinet. Tang Yang Jiong, "Preface to the Poem on the Pavilion of the Secretary Province": "The mountain of jade of King Zhou, the room of Penglai of Emperor Han." Song Zeng Gong's poem "Sending Zhengzhou Shao Zizheng" (送郑州邵资政)："隽游追 curtain府，高步集 蓬莱。"

4. Refers to Penglai Palace. Tang Du Fu's poem "Staying in the Past": "I stayed at the Qingmen Lane in the past, and Penglai stayed in a few battles."