Temple Island Tin Hau Palace

Temple Island Tin Hau Palace

Tianhou temple in Miaodao is the mazuhai temple in Miaodao scenic area. In 1122 ad, Fujian guild hall built the mazuhai temple, Tianhou palace, which is famous all over the world. Miao island is a coastal area, especially the place worshipped and yearned for by people who break into the sea. The long island navigation museum is located in Tianhou palace. The navigation tools of the past dynasties displayed in the museum link up the history of long island's navigation, giving people knowledge and helping people to enjoy themselves. Long island, and the ancient city of Dengzhou (Penglai) across the sea. According to the records of the historian, the emperor of Qin and the emperor of Han did not hesitate to trudge. He stopped at the Bank of Danya mountain in Penglai, looked at the fairy mountain in the sea and begged for longevity. This fairy mountain refers to the long island. Tang poetry once said, "I suddenly heard that there are fairy mountains on the sea, and the mountains are in the void. Su Dongpo, a great literary scholar of the Song Dynasty, once looked at the Changshan Islands and said with admiration: "it's really the house of a god!"

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The long island navigation museum is located in Tianhou palace. The navigation tools of the past dynasties displayed in the museum link up the history of long island's navigation, giving people knowledge and helping people to enjoy themselves.

According to historical records, the Qin and Han emperors did not stop for a long time to rest on the Bank of Danya mountain in Penglai, looking at the fairy mountain in the sea and begging for longevity. This fairy mountain refers to the long island. Tang poetry once said, "I suddenly heard that there is a fairy mountain on the sea, and the mountain is in the void...". Su Dongpo, a great writer of the Song Dynasty, once looked at the islands of the long mountain and said, "the house of a real immortal is also here!" fairy novels such as journey to the West and Jinghuayuan describe it as an illusory and ethereal paradise.

Folk festival activities

In addition to the national traditional festival activities, Yantai also has many local traditional or trendy festival activities.

Yuhuangding Temple Fair

The 19th day of the first lunar month is the birthday of the Jade Emperor. On this day, there are an endless stream of faithful men and women who come to Yuhuangding park to pray for the blessing of the Jade Emperor. Peking opera performances, folk handicrafts of the dayangko, and local snacks are all enjoyable.

March santashan meeting

On the third day of the third month of the third lunar month, pear blossoms are in full bloom in Tashan, and the mountains are covered with snow white. In addition, there is a Taiping temple on the top of the mountain where Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism are integrated. So far, there are many people praying for blessings, and a mountain meeting has been formed for a long time. At that time, dragon lantern dance, lion playing, local drama performance, chicken and sheep fighting performance will be staged one after another. It will last about a week.

Laiyang pear blossom festival

Laiyang is rich in pears, world-famous, known as "pear town". In April, pear country, pear blossoms in the fields, like white snow and misty smoke, stroll in the cluster of pear blossoms and under the pear trees, making people feel like immortals. At the pear blossom festival held on April 20 every year, please enjoy the scenery of "pear blossoms, snow, willows and smoke".

Laizhou Rose Festival

Laizhou is the hometown of roses, and May 25 is the "Laizhou Rose Festival" every year. At this time, it is the season of rose in full bloom, the city is full of colorful, flowery, refreshing. Welcome to this beautiful world, the sea of flowers.

APEC grand meeting

APEC is the abbreviation of the full English name of APEC and one of the most important international multilateral economic cooperation organizations that the Chinese government participates in. In June 1997, Yantai successfully held the second APEC international trade fair, which ushered in the business flow, logistics and passenger flow of 18 APEC members and related international and regional. In October 1998, Yantai again hosted the second APEC SME technology exchange and Exhibition on behalf of China. This technology exchange and exhibition is the first large-scale international conference on the topic of small and medium-sized enterprises in China. Yantai is showing itself in front of the world with a brand new attitude of "emerging Asia Pacific Trade City".

Traffic information

Aviation: Yantai Laishan International Airport is located in Laishan Town, 15 kilometers south of the city. Every day there are flights to Beijing, Shanghai, Pudong, Harbin, Jinan, Shenyang and Wuhan. There are regular weekly flights to Changchun, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Kunming, Nanjing, Shantou, Shenzhen, Urumqi, Wenzhou, Xiamen, Xuzhou and Yanji. In addition, Yantai has flights to Hong Kong at 9:10 on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Saturdays, and international and regional flights to Seoul, South Korea at 9:05 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Yantai city big ocean road civil aviation ticket office has the civil aviation shuttle bus direct.

Railway: Yantai is located at the end of the LAN Yan railway. Every day, there are 9 passenger trains from Beijing, Shanghai West, Xi'an, Jiamusi, Shijiazhuang, Jinan, Qingdao, Zibo, Xuzhou and other places. (see train timetable for details). Yantai Railway Station is located at the intersection of Beima road and Haigang in the center of the city. It is the departure station of bus No.2, no.6, No.9, No.12, No.17, No.26, etc.

Highway: Yantai to Qingdao, 5:00-17:15 every day, half an hour, more than three hours, ticket price 30-38 yuan. Yantai to Jinan, 6:00-11:00 a.m., 14:15-16:45 p.m., 5.5 hours, ticket price: Volvo 110 yuan, Daewoo 97 yuan. At noon, there is only one delivery from Iveco to Jinan, which leaves at 12:45 and the ticket price is 67.5 yuan. Yantai to Weihai and Penglai, every 15 minutes a bus, more than an hour to. It costs 17.5 yuan to Weihai and 10 yuan to Penglai. Yantai bus station is located in the middle of Qingnian Road, opposite the new world commercial building.

Water transportation: there are ten ships between Yantai and Dalian every day. 7: At 8:00, 8:30, 19:00 and 23:30, there are four ordinary ships with a voyage of 8 hours and a third class fare of 107-117 yuan; at 11:00, 20:00 and 23:00, there are three luxury ships with a voyage of 6 hours and a third class fare of 62-182 yuan; at 8:30, 12:30 and 14:00, there are three high-speed ships with a voyage of 3 hours and a fare of 192 yuan. Yantai port passenger terminal is in the east of the railway station. The city bus has developed to more than 50 lines, access to the scenic spots and main blocks. The single bus fare is 1 yuan and the single minibus fare is 1.5 yuan. Among them, Route 17 is a coastal sightseeing line, from the railway station to Yantai University, through 18 seaside scenic spots, such as wharf, Yantai Mountain, the first bathing beach, International Convention and Exhibition Center, Moon Bay (East Fort), the second bathing beach, sea trestle, Victoria Bay, etc. The starting price of a taxi is 5 yuan (2.9 km), 6 yuan for 3 km, 8 yuan for 4 km, 9 yuan for 5 km, 11 yuan for 6 km, and 2 yuan per km after exceeding 6 km.

Scenic food

Yantai is the birthplace of Shandong cuisine, the first of the eight major cuisines in China. It is known as the "hometown of cooking". In Yantai, you must taste authentic Shandong cuisine. The origin of Shandong cuisine can be traced back to the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period. It developed rapidly in the northern and Southern Dynasties and was recognized as a major school in the yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Most of the raw materials are livestock, seafood, vegetables, good use of fried, grilled, roasted, pot, shredded, dense sauce and other cooking methods, emphasis on sauce, onion, garlic seasoning, good use of clear soup, milk soup to increase fresh, salty taste. Famous dishes are "Grilled abalone, braised sea cucumber with scallion, Pu CAI in milk soup" and so on. The style of the dish is elegant and adaptable.

Yantai's 900 km long coastline is rich in valuable sea cucumber, scallop, abalone, conch, prawn, Jiaji fish, etc., which determines that Yantai's cooking is characterized by seafood. Yantai cuisine is good at fresh, crisp and tender, and the original flavor of the original soup. The cooking techniques are mainly fried, sliced, fried, fried, steamed, fried and grilled. The order of serving is cold first and then hot, salty first and then sweet. There must be fish at each table. It's not a big table without sea cucumber. The main famous dishes are braised sea cucumber with scallion, grilled Abalone with original shell, dried scallops with Furong, fried oyster yellow, white grilled squid, razor clam with alfalfa, peeled prawns, fried cuttlefish with coriander, fried sea intestines with leeks, etc.

It is one of the characteristics of Yantai flavor to make famous dishes with xiaohaiwu. The famous masters in Yantai have many unique skills in cooking these rare sea things. The seafood they cook is not only fresh and crisp, but also has a clear and refreshing soup. Moreover, the dishes are in various shapes, which makes the diners not only enjoy the delicious food, but also enjoy the beauty and pleasure. In addition to the dishes, pastry also enjoys a high reputation in Yantai. Fushan ramen, Penglai noodle and hard noodle pancakes are well-known at home and abroad.

Shopping in scenic spots

Yantai downtown business district is mainly distributed in the South Street, North Street, Southwest River and other places. The main tourist shopping stores are friendship store in Yantai Development Zone at No.2 Taishan Road (good at supplying Yantai seafood and local products); Zhenhua commercial building at No.8 West Street of Zhifu district and xinmou Hualian Commercial Building at No.199 Tonghai road of Muping District. Local specialties include Yantai apple, Changyu Wine, tinsel tea set, Laizhou jade carving, Laizhou brush, straw weaving, Laiyang pear, swan egg, linen embroidery, Haiyang yarn drawing crafts, as well as Chlamys farreri, sea cucumber, black sea cucumber, yellow croaker, crab, shrimp, clam, abalone and other seafood.

Address: miaoshao village, Changdao County, Yantai City

Longitude: 120.68313598633

Latitude: 37.942733764648

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