Penglai

alternative P'eng-lai

1. A district of Yantai, in eastern Shandong, China (famous for its mirages out at sea), formerly known as Tengchow and since renamed for a mythical island.

   Should the enemy land in the Penglai area (northeastern part of Shantung Peninsula) part of the 12th Independent Garrison Unit will oppose it.

   1956 August, Army Operations in China January 1944 - August 1945, Eighth United States Army, page 210

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   Born in Penglai, on the coast of Shandong, in 1888, Miss Pruitt grew up in an inland village where for many years hers was the only Western family.

   1985 August 11, Robert D. McFadden, “IDA PRUITT, 96, WHO FOSTERED FRIENDSHIP WITH THE CHINESE”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015, Section 1, page 36

   In 1956 the government deprivatized all small businesses. The Penglai District collectivized the pig's head meat sellers into one production team.

   1996, Guanlong Cao, “Pigs' Heads”, in Guanlong Cao, Nancy Moskin, transl., The Attic: Memoir of a Chinese Landlord's Son, University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 59

   Synonyms: Tengchow, Teng-chou, Dengzhou, Penglai City, Penglai Island, Mount Penglai, Penglai Mountain

2. A mythical Chinese paradise located in the eastern seas and populated with Taoist immortals.

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   The paradise of Penglai is one of the mythological islands that are located in the ocean east of China and inhabited by Daoist deities and immortals. Full of towering peaks, mysterious caves, and gushing waterfalls--and closely associated with the quest for physical immortality--Penglai was the frequent subject of artistic fantasies, such as the painting seen here.

   n.d., “The Palaces and Gate Towers of Penglai”, in Smithsonian Institution, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2025