ladies and gentlemen
welcome to penglai my name is miao meng i am very pleased to be at your service as a tour guide today the first sight we are going to visit today is penglai pavilion which is one of the four most famous pavilions in china and it is the symbol of the city before our sightseeing i’d like to tell you something about the city
situated on the north coast of shandong peninsula penglai is a famous tourist city in china it has been know as a fairyland since ancient time why is it called fairyland there may be three reasons one is from the literature documents many ancient books recorded that there were three supernatural mountains in the sea to the east of china these three supernatural mountains were described as penglai fangzhang and yingzhou they were all inhabited by immortals and there were wonder herbs on the mountains so many noted figures in history came here to seek immortality and visited places of interest emperor wudi of the han dynasty came here several times of course he couldn’t find the supernatural mountains however he ordered to name this small city penglai
the second reason is related to the wellknown legend eight immortals crossing the sea it is said that the eight immortals got drunk at penglai pavilion and crossed the sea with different tricks without ship or boats this legend is so popular in china that it becomes a common saying like the eight immortals crossing the sea each one showing his or her special feats in a moment we’ll pay a visit to the eight immortals
the third reason has something to do with a natural phenomenon during spring and summer mirages sometimes appear above the sea nearby penglai when this happens various strange pavilions terraces houses and pedestrians seem to appear in the sky above the sea surface they are now visible now hidden very mysterious many visitors come to view these natural tricks of light reflection every year and wish today we had the luck to view these natural wonders
well ladies and gentlemen perhaps you can’t wait let’s quickly enter the fairyland and have a close look
speaking of penglai pavilion in fact it includes a vast group of ancient buildings on a land area of 18900 square meters composed of six buildings and their attached constructions including penglai pavilion tianhou palace longwang palace luzu palace and mituo temple
now in front of us is the magnificent archway which has the name of 丹崖仙境’ they mean red hill and fairyland these four chinese characters were written by the vicechairman dong biwu when he came here in 1964 passing the gate we’re really in fairyland now how do you feel everybody would you like to have your pictures taken here
after that archway we now see three gates from west to east now please enter the first gate which is to longwang palace now we can see in the middle sits longwang or the dragon king with his eight followers standing by on both sides it was said that the dragon king was in charge of rain and has the power to control the sea so every year many people came here to send tribute to him to pray for safety and harvesting fishery on the sea and when there was a drought the county magistrate taking his people along with him came here to worship the dragon king and ask him to be merciful to make some rain at first many people came to worship the dragon king but eventually another new sea goddness took the place of him that was the goddness enshrined in tianhou palace shall we go and visit her
now ladies and gentlemen we’re in the front courtyard of tianhou palace here is an opera house where performances are made every year during the temple fair it is said that january 16th on chinese lunar calendar is the birthday of tianhou people in penglai have long enjoyed the custom of gathering for the temple fair on this day coming from all directions to tianhou palace they burn joss sticks to worship the sea godness to pray and draw divination sticks or to donate money for peace and happiness farmers from nearby countryside organize operas and yange a popular rural folk dance here for performance on the stage of the opera house or on the square in front of the pavilion this is the occasion when huge crowd of people gathers for fun and entertainment
ok everybody after seeing the opera house let’s enter the main palace it was first built in 1122 in the song dynasty and rebuilt in 1837 after being burnt it is said that tianhou is a goddness who was in charge of the sea people that live in the seaside areas including the people of taiwan are all pious followers of her here in penglai she is called sea goddness but in her hometown fujian province she’s affectionately called mazu the real name of tianhou was linmo and she was born at maizhou fujian province in 960 in the northern song dynasty and died at the age of 28 it was said that she was unusual when she was young and she became godness after death she always helped people who were in danger on the sea so she was praised by people and was conferred the title of tianhou by emperors kongxi and qianlong in the qing dynasty
now in front of us is a twostory wooden pavilion yes this is the very famous penglai pavilion it was first built in 1061 and has been rebuilt many times during the ming and qing dynasties it is one of the four famous pavilions in china that three chinese characters are 蓬莱阁 they were written by the famous calligrapher tiebao of the qing dynasty and you’ll have a chance to have a look at his other works inside the pavilion in a moment let’s go in look at those statue figures who are they can you guess yes they’re the wellknown eight immortals they’re now sitting at a square table drinking that square table is called baxianzhuo in chinese maybe they have been here drinking for decades
now let’s go upstairs and enjoy the beautiful scenery here what a view the sea’s wide and blue dotted with several sailing boats and some green islands that hill in the west is called tianheng hill it is the start of the south end for the division line between the huanghai sea and the bohai sea on the hill there is a newly built culture park which is beautiful and wellknown and look here this is the famous penglai water city which we’re gonna pay a visit this afternoon
out of the pavilion let’s move this way now here is the luzu temple and next to it is sanqing temple they’re all daoism temples
well everybody we have been on sightseeing for more than two hours and we have visited the famous penglai pavilion longwang temple tianhou palace luzu temple and sanqing temple it is time for lunch now and we’ll go on after the lunch break thank you for your cooperation
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