Yantai.

Yantai is a coastal prefecture-level city on the Shandong Peninsula, on the southern coast of the Bohai Strait, bordering Qingdao to the southwest and Weihai to the east. Its population was 7,102,116 during the 2020 census, of whom 3,184,299 lived in the built-up area of five urban districts; it is the largest fishing seaport in Shandong, with a coastline of 909 kilometres. The name means Smoke Watchtower and comes from the watchtowers built on Mount Qi in 1398 to light signal fires. The harbour at Zhifu opened in May 1861, its status as an international port was affirmed on August 22, and Britain and sixteen other nations established consulates in the town; the Chefoo Convention of 1876 was signed there. Yantai is the second largest industrial city in Shandong, famous for its apples, its Laiyang pears and the Changyu winery.

Yantai: the coast and its bays seen from the tower.
Yantai: the coast and its bays seen from the tower.

Yantai

Penglai: the pavilion complex on its cliff above the beach.

The Pavilion on the Cliff

Begun in 1061 and never taken down, Penglai Pavilion stands where the Yellow Sea meets the Bohai and is the point from which the Eight Immortals are said to have crossed the water.

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  1. Yantai: the coast and its bays seen from the tower.醉意(签名系QQ昵称) / CC0 · CC0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗
  2. Penglai: the pavilion complex on its cliff above the beach.Fanghong / CC BY-SA 3.0 · CC BY-SA 3.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗