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July 19, we have to get up 5:30, and early and ready to leave starting about 6:00 and went to Qingdao.
To Qingdao Jiaozhou Jiaozhou Bay highway along the ring road, with just 20 minutes when the charges 15 yuan; highway is newly built, of which there is a across the ocean, straight roads through the sky, exudes a sense of spectacular. Only from the expressway and Jiaozhou, Qingdao, from the highway into the city has spent more than 30 minutes, the two cities of all fees and charges 10 yuan; Total Luqiao Fei 35 yuan.
Known as the "Eastern Switzerland" in the Shandong Peninsula, Qingdao is located in the southeast of the coastal hills city, east, south verge of the Yellow Sea. The city's total area of 10,654 square kilometers. The total population of 6.95 million urban population of 2.27 million people. Qingdao City, with different features can be divided into two major areas, namely: the old style of protected areas in western, eastern new area for the modern buildings, old and new blending the two areas form a contrast, forming a "sea cities, European and Asian style" of the city features and thus has a high aesthetic value of tourism.
6:50 assigned to Qingdao, look for a shop to eat breakfast fried pies, etc., they Sheung to "Sea Hawk Hotel." The trips, for the sake of security, all the scenic spots are all accommodation before departure on the implementation of good, hotel name, their respective neighborhoods, contacts, phone numbers and so the register 11.
Looking for "Sea Hawk Hotel," spend a great God, 8 pm, started going to the urban areas, they were traffic police stopped him with a heavy accent, dialect is estimated to be illegal thing, Xiaonong 1 nor understand, check a driver's license, driving permit after they allowed to go. Than about 10 minutes, close to an intersection, the second was stopped by traffic police, he said after the identification documents: driving to wear seat belts, because you are overseas drivers, has just arrived, it is not fine; Qingdao Street complex, you should pay attention to street, road traffic warning signs, drive carefully. Qingdao traffic police got a taste of humane and civilized law enforcement, and we nodded in response. By Dengzhou road, around a few times, they did not find "Sea Hawk Hotel," peripheral people一问三不知, here is the old city, narrow roads and steep slope, one-way street Trinidad and Tobago, the wrong Road can not turn back, it took months to hours to find a, the original guest houses for the Navy Department from the "Qingdao Hill Fort site," not far.
9:40, parked the car in the "Oceanwide Elite Hotel" before, we were walking to the beach the beach, bare rock and dark red golden beaches seamless exist side by side. Many people in the above Xixi play. Ru Loh with a telescope viewing, pier, warships vivid, warships, missiles on the see clearly. Sitting on rock point of view the sea breeze Xi face, body and mind have been greatly relaxed. Unconsciously, nearly an hour in the past. 10:40, we came to known as "Changhong much cited" the reputation of the pier on. Pier Tickets 2 yuan / person, the elderly free of charge.
Trestle is a symbol of Qingdao. She is located in Qingdao Bay, with the city's most bustling Zhongshan Road into a straight line, from the coast, stretching from the sea. Guangxu trestle was built in the early eighteen years (AD 1892), the first port of Qingdao. Is 8 m wide, total length 440 meters. The southern end of the bridge built semi-circular breakwater, Tsutsumiuchi is a two-story octagonal pavilion with a national style, gold Ouajjou wall, helmet roof cornices, title "back to Lan Ge." Qiaobei coast turned into Pier Park, the park pine Bicao flowering trees, with winding corridors stone bench for the visitors open.
Trestle upstream human waves, rub elbows with each, we walk here from time to time stood watch around the beautiful scenery, blue sky and water, high-rises, a unique picture of the coastal city, impressively in the head. Here there are many vendors selling items Lien pearls, shells, starfish, etc. at low prices, subject to bargaining. Ru Loh right Xiaodong Konishi interested in buying a lot of small rewarding.
11:45, we have four-star "Oceanwide Elite Hotel" Lunch for a sense of Xie Xiaonong, Ding Xia meticulous care of the way, while welcoming the "small guests" Beibei's "return all the way", which I entertained everyone. Seated, tea, tea charged 10 yuan, tea rooms, vegetables gradually put, dishes beautifully produced, taste light, it is suited to our taste, service is also very thoughtful, is a paid service, according to 10% of the extracted meal. Meal complete, we satisfied the charges are more reasonable. Rest, left for Laoshan Scenic Area.
Soon the sea route west to east edge of Hong Kong traffic, vision suddenly open, displayed in front of a modern city, skyscrapers are going up, staggered order, ups and downs with law; spacious and tidy streets, busy and bustling. World Trade Center, Shangri-La Hotel, Qingdao Municipal Government, the International Press Center and other high-rise buildings, five-star hotel in turn passing from the eyes, people dizzying. Throughout the city green and luxuriant, it may see non-see, it may be knowledge of non-knowledge, like Los Angeles? Dallas? ... ... Felt a worldwide magnanimous style. As the car forward, the gradual withdrawal high-rise buildings, leisure and residential buildings, villas existence of discrete begun to appear, including a hillside villas attracted praise we tut.
13:35 arrived at Laoshan Scenic Area. Tickets are 50 yuan / person, vehicle up into the mountains costs 5 yuan.
Laoshan is known as the "Health Aura of heaven and earth," the first sea mountain in the country's mountains, the only Laoshan is pulling to the rise of the sea. Laoshan around 87 kilometers of coastline, 18 islands and islets along the coast, mountain and ocean connected, mountain light sea color. Main peak 1133 meters, is China's 18,000 km coastline on the peak, the total area of 446 square kilometers Laoshan Scenic Area. Set of mountains, sea, forest, springs, waterfalls in one, is a famous tourism, holiday and leisure resort.
Soon our car slowly into the mountain roads, highways mostly flat, slopes are more gentle, and some newly laid asphalt lots, small stones affixed to the wheel "beep pit" creaked. Driving on the Hill Road on the left is a rugged rocks, old trees springs; the right is the blue sea and sky, which glitters Yan-Lian; I can not help but think of the poet Li Bai in the Mount Laoshan left behind by the tour, "I Xi-East China Sea, the Laoshan Zijin meal." Poem. After meta-precious stones along the way, Tobe pillar of Huayan Monastery, temples and other attractions, there is a new attraction, "China-year-old world" has attracted us, Cijing not marked in the "Laoshan tour map", the whole building was a typical Indian style , wide stone steps, styling and unique lotus pond, more than 10 meters high archway, take the elephant goddess, white marble carving, Forest Hill, built in the Taoist cloth and the mountains conspicuously absent. Auto move on, straight off the beach before returning Yang mouth. The road, Xiaonong to spend 120 yuan to buy a Stonebull (asking price 400 yuan), with the Laoshan Harbor carved greenstone, weighing eight or nine kilograms. A lot of people living on the mountains as their own into the sea quarrying, their processing, and finished products placed for sale on the roadside and at home.
16:15, we came to the largest Taoist - Taiqing Gong, tickets 10 yuan / person.
Taiqing Gong, also known under the Qing, is surrounded by mountains, one facing the water. Was founded in 140 BC, the birthplace of the Laoshan Taoist, so far millennium of history. Entered the main gate, the layers of bamboo, surrounded a Youjing, loop twists and turns, direct Taiqing Gong. Tai Qinggong all buildings, from "sanguandian", "Three Emperors Palace," "San Qingdian" composition, showing asymmetry of the architectural layout. Article stone laying of the tracks, schungite color wall tiles, a simple but elegant style of light, giving the impression of a primitive simplicity. The "sanguandian" the greatest, after three Jinyuan La, a camellia, 8.5 meters, 1.78 meters dry Wai, age about 700 years, the world's largest rare camellias, let me stay a long time. In the "Three Emperors Palace," the courtyard, there are two cypresses, to the Han Dynasty of the plant, showing the years of the vicissitudes of life, we have a photo with them and share the keys to longevity. In the "San Qingdian," we went to the legend of the West Guan Yue Pu Song-ling lived to see temple. PU resides in this year gave birth to write out the White Peony and Red Camellia into a beautiful, in love with a beautiful fairy tale scholar, "Xiangyu." His "Strange Stories" using Laoshan as the background, its Qijue imagination, bizarre plot to become China's Dengfeng of classical Chinese short stories for.
There are many attractions and the surrounding Taiqing Gong Stele, God springs, leading elm, LITHOGLYPHS so. In particular, a pair of huge stone peaches attracted much attention, attracted we are here pictured. Laoshan is a famous Taoist mountain in China, since ancient times known as "God Cave cents house, supernatural's House", legend of Emperor Han Wudi have come to this Qiu Xian. With the theme of the fable spread Laoshandaoshi dominated by well-known, Laoshandaoshi reputation thus the name. Walkers we see a young Taoist meditation while sitting in flower bed, he dressed in a black gown, long hair bun form, with a flowing antiquity. Ru Loh morning heard the name before its people, today, to see the real Laoshandaoshi, very happy, and quickly walk in the Taoist side, around the flower beds week, everything was Beibei lens with the camera loaded to the showground.
Name Quan-Sheng water is a major feature of Laoshan, Kyoho top of "Tianyi spring," Taiqing Gong's "God springs", Shangqing Gong's "holy water ocean", which are members of Laoshan spring.
Until the spots have to close when the leave.
Return to residence time, and the morning of the situation almost exactly the same, the Urban Atlas is not specified one-way street direction, Xiaonong know what to do, turn around the residence near the N ring, ultimately lead the way by taxi to arrive Beibei the Navy Guest House.
Fourth day
At 6:30 on July 20, Xiaonong knocked on the door came to me and Ru Loh camera, a new day has begun. Several days to run around to play, physical consumption increased significantly, but loved the journey, new life, so that a thorough physical and mental relaxation, did not feel tired and fatigue. In particular, Ru Loh, intractable insomnia for many years has improved, markedly improved quality of sleep, to sleep last night, slept until 4:00 minutes awake, really rare in recent years.
9:40, we drove to the right of the path from the road Shui Po, a verdant headline, two rows of pine trees extending straight, the air spills the fragrance of pine resin. "Ba Da Guan Scenic Area" to the.
Ba Da Guan Scenic Area is located in the northern corner Huiquan west Huiquan Bay, the south Pacific Bay, geographic location is extremely advantageous. Here the first street to the Great Wall passes eight well-known name, it is called "Ba Da Guan." Its characteristics are different from each street trees are planted, concentration of a Russian, English, French, German, American, Danish-style, Greek, Spanish, Swiss-style, Japanese-style buildings more than 20 countries style. And therefore, "10000 State Building Expo," said. Tourists gathered in twos and threes, walking tour; trees shade the street, stop the big and small cars. We sat in the car, traveling leisurely way along the trail, the sun's twilight through the trees to sew Phi sprinkled on the track, fresh, quiet, clean, beautiful, as luck would have government officials at this meeting, several let into, is bitterly away.
After "54 Square", we were impressed scenery: green lawn, colorful flowers, whirling sway; to a variety of sculpture, colors mining gorgeous, Graceful, a huge torch red flag, in the blue sea mapping, it may be a bright, if Hang bright lights, and natural beauty blend. It is said that tourists will come here has become a new attraction.
10:50, we left Qingdao, onto Qing-Yin Expressway, Luqiao Fei 15 yuan. And then transferred to 204 State Road, all the way north. Most highways in Shandong good, wide and flat, sitting in the car very little bumpy, driving about 50 minutes in Lacey in the onslaught of torrential rain, the rain poured down the column overwhelming hit the ground a white-splashed water, Tianhundian , nearly lost the role of wiper, auto lights on, groaning in the water, until the Laiyang near the urban areas only avoid the rain.
13:20, to Yantai City, a total of about 220 km, with time 2 hours 30 minutes Luqiao Fei a total of 15 yuan.
Busy road in the city center, there is a large fast-food restaurants, we are hungry, hastily Chibaohezu will sail Penglai. Away from urban areas into provincial highway, road narrows, bends increased, the speed had to slow down. Roadside trees, and block sun's exposure. Looking out at the vast expanse of farmland and pleasant hint of heart emerge.
Penglai, Yantai to about 80 km, we spent 1 hour and 10 minutes at 16:12 to reach Penglai.
Penglai City, is located in the most northern tip of Shandong Peninsula, the mountain beside the sea, beautiful scenery, known as "paradise on earth," said, the city's total area of 1201.8 square kilometers, has 86 kilometers of coastline. Population of 490,000. "Penglai" originated from the Han Emperor Liu Che to this one hope derived from the sea Spirit Mountain is a national key scenic spots.
In the "Baxianguohai mouth" scenic area, the construction of large white marble Zhaobi Baxianguohai Pat Sin Temple, Samsung Hall Gallery and other ring-step, step beams Gallery There are many pieces of color pictures depicting myths and legends of the Eight Immortals attained immortality, the park-li There are various sculptures, more than 20 honor, more than 100 trees immortal statue, scenic areas and Penglai Water City distant sea, fascinating. Tourists competing in the archway before the camera, a photo, we are also doing my part and thoroughly enjoyed themselves shooting..
Due to a lot of tourists, foreign cars to prevent access to Penglai, scenic areas, was forced to stop at the three entrance car park, charges 10 per hour. Walk to the area, tickets 70 yuan / person for the ticket, the elderly no different. Attractions include: Penglai Pavilion, Chi Chi hometown, navy House, the Old Ship Museum, Tian Yokoyama, shooting the city, full weeks cinemas and dengzhou Museum. Place large, multiple-attraction, all traveled about 5 hours. Due to time and physical underlying reason why we can only play part of the attraction.
First came to the "Penglai Water City," greeted the famous Chi Chi Kangwo majestic statue, he was born in Penglai, generations of hereditary business Dengzhou military preparations, since the Jiajing thirty-four years to fifteen years Longqing two years, the Qi Jiguang purges military forces, the construction of water and land fortifications, multiple rate "Qi army" in Zhejiang and Fujian coastal areas and to eliminate pain and destroy pirates, the sea pirates panic-stricken and now refuse to go ashore, the South East area of Japanese suffering from eliminated ... ... handwritten literary master Yu Da-fu The couplet "pull clouds fingers Tianxin months Bajian light cold pirates bold," summed up a lifetime meritorious Chi Chi.
16:30 climbed Watertown, Danya cliffs along the south wall notch build, like a beacon in the cliff among the disk queue, with tower, water village, bridge fused, about 3 li. Fort stood, I stroked one of the two meters long Cast Iron ancient cannons, recalls his childhood hometown of Earthen also display a similar gun to prepare for anti-theft and with the neighboring village gang fights with, when brother once in the gang fights survived, survived. Fort is situated next to "shine flat", also known as "Light House" for seven years before Tongzhi Jian Yuqing (1868), covers an area of 25 square meters for the three-story brick-wood structure, body hexagonal floor, roof brackets, are the door has been locked to prevent visitors enter. Is said to hover inside the escalator and on the boats that navigate at night with the beacon light for the Penglai Pavilion, one of the ancient buildings,.
"The Ancient Boat Museum" furnishings are all models, fine workmanship, there are ancient vessels, ships, boats, merchant ships, warships and so on, in order to save time, we glimpse by.
Through the "Dragon Palace," we turn from south to north to visit their layout, the main entrance, Front Hall, hatchback, main hall, rear, three Jinyuan La, temple architecture, the Hall of interlocking between the area of 2117 square m. The main hall east to west, 12.69 meters, 10.08 meters from north to south, with front porch, set up high-profile temple of God the constitution, and within the East China Sea Dragon King Ao Guang Jin-Shen plastic seated, there are patrolling the sea on both sides of plastic such as 8 points Yaksha officer, apse chambers for the Dragon King, let the high-profile shrines, inner plastic around the Dragon King and the other concubines金身seated.
Through the side door, then to the "Tin Hau Temple," that the "Palace", its name is not real, only one house only, the courtyard, ancient one, the trunk horizontal music, lush green foliage, called the "Tang Huai," Legend has it that Lu Tung-pin torrent! incurred when the sun used in chess.
"Penglai Pavilion" is located in "the temple" Northwest Danya in excellent shape and, for double-decker wooden pavilion building, built in Song Jiayou six years (1061), dating back over 900 years of history. And the "Pavilion of Prince Teng", "Yueyang Tower," "Yellow Crane Tower" with the four famous ancient times known as the National House.
17:30, we crossed the main gate, "human Penglai" in St. Paul, I saw pavilion temples, red walls Tsui tile, row upon row, "Penglai Pavilion," the highest in the summit, which faces south, the bottom 14.8 meters long, width 9.65 meters, ring out in 16 Red Ying-chu, east and west sides in front of the building concubine, penthouse, symmetrical distribution. Penthouse has also done the hall, there are roads connecting concubine and Tang Court Steps. Court room before the ears, under the north gable there are three parties in the Qing Dynasty stone inscription legislation, the Department of Jiaqing, Daoguang and the dynasty, set between the stone inscription. Western ears west wall of the room containing the Qing Dynasty, "Xiange volley" and Penglai Ten King Stele 10 side, the West concubine memory of "rehabilitation of Penglai Pavilion in mind" and other ancient inscriptions more than 10 pieces, all with high value and calligraphy history artistic value.
Embark on the second floor of Penglai Pavilion, the middle was placed, "Penglai Pavilion" a huge plaque, to the Qing Dynasty calligrapher iron security handwriting, the floor length 13.75 meters wide and 8.55 meters, Gemen south, and loop delicate Mucha Ming Gallery, north window for visitors to lean on a railing view of the sea. Indoor richly ornamented, painted on the "Top Ten Penglai King," "Eight Immortals", "bamboo wind map" and other patterns, colorful. Put a square table, chairs the Eight Immortals, the central plastic with the "Eight Immortals drunk," hung under the eaves, charmingly naive, lifelike, and I Ru Loh in this photo sessions. From the corridor to bypass the Penglai Pavilion, suddenly startled, the immediate Dayton is surging sea, mighty boundless, I stood around the House and repair the walls after the cliffs, the wind and rain to touch the walls that have gone through the Millennium prong, under which cliff cliff, it seems upside down in the Bibo above, people marvel, filled with deep feelings.
Stairs to shelter from the wind along the west pavilion, formerly known as Gimhae Citing Pavilion, Ming Zheng-eight years (1513) construction, Hin Pavilion building, winds blew from the sea, passing exactly above the eaves from the kiosks, pavilions and non-south window, the formation of dead air, so it is surprising effects of shelter from the wind is named. Embedded Stele Pavilion wall 25 side, there is concept of Gimhae Lap Ming Yuan poetry, Dong Qichang scrivener, warm jade Stele, bead joint wall together, integration embellishment. Another Run-Zhang Shi Qing, KONG Ji-Su manuscripts, the calligraphy is also very precious. Black mark on the monuments, inscriptions poem, quoted in I stopped to watch.
The west side of the door out from the Penglai Pavilion, straight Ueda Yokoyama, Danya is located in the west side of the mountain, two linked mountains, elevation 72 meters away from the Penglai City, 2.5 km, is located in the Bohai Strait Dengzhou its side, also known as " Dengzhou ness ", the ancient king of Qi Tian Heng Qin Mo stationed themselves at the east, north and west the steep cliffs on three sides, the situation is precarious, and easily defensible. Ming and Qing dynasties with forts, there are ruins. Are now built directly Tian Heng Mountain cableway across the sea. I am suffering from mild fear of heights to go into an open cable car ride to stay in the mountain walk around. At the moment is 17:25, cable outage for 18 hours, before and after the remaining 35 minutes, time is running out, Ru Loh 4 immediately by cross-sea cableway up the mountain, two-way fare 18 yuan / person. Ru Loh bold, 80-year-old would dare hang tens of meters of altitude, crossing the ocean, I feel shocked and distressed to see in the following. To pray for them silently bon voyage.
They look at cable car, along the stairs went straight to the "yellow demarcation coordinates of the Bohai Sea," 5:44 p.m. arrived, "coordinates" design novel sophisticated, originality. Two winding and the dragon on the title of a total of beads, two Long a symbol of Huang Hai Bo 2, a sub-sea point of bead system, the experts believe that the two dragon playing with a pearl, King has added flowers, it is also known as the "sub-sea dragon . " The Ministry of People's Liberation Army Navy to ensure accurate measurement of sailing, the Department of Yellow Sea and Bohai Penglai cape the southern end of the line starting point. This demarcation coordinates is based on the determination of the Department of Navy's marine navigation longitude 120 ° 44'33 .3 "and latitude 37 ° 49'50 .2" intersection built, and this north easterly confluence of 20 ° for the Yellow Sea and Bohai. According to tour guides speaking, and sometimes can see the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea between a white hose. 17:54 backtrack to the "co-Hai Ting", the Pavilion is located in Tian Heng Mountain, the Department of antique clock tower building, with a total area of 102.9 square meters. Built-in combined sea-bell, bell diameter of 2.001 meters, 3.47 meters high and weighs 6.6 tons, by the contemporary famous painter Zhong Fan Zeng wrote a book. They hurriedly camera pictures, Quickstep has been rushed to the cable car at 5:58 p.m. from the outage time will be only a difference of a minute or so, really mysterious.
Back to the Yantai is candlelight, board and lodging in the "Shengyuan guesthouse", recently opened a new room furniture, supplies and other facilities will satisfy us. No parking, the sidewalk outside the gate into the habitat at cars.
Fifth day
Shandong Peninsula, Yantai is located in the northeast, endangered central Bohai Sea, north of the Yellow Sea, and across the sea in Dalian, with a total area of 13.7 thousand square kilometers, with a total population of 6.41 million, of which 1.54 million urban population. Coastline of 909 kilometers, Yantai was zonal distribution, urban scenery along the Cape-Yi Ni things started stretching about 15 kilometers, is a beautiful and rich coastal city.
We arrived at 8:20 Binhai Avenue, Xiaonong the car parked near the door, Yantai, People's Hospital, save parking fees 5 yuan. He has many years of experience in self-driving tour to master a lot of money-saving tips.
(To be continued)
Author: gongbeibei
