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After Russia leased Port Arthur (on the opposite coast) from China for 25 years during March, 1898, the United Kingdom obtained a lease for Wei Hai Wei which was to exist for as long as the Russians leased Port Arthur. During 1905, when the Japanese assumed ownership of the lease for Port Arthur, the British lease was made to exist as long as the Japanese occupied Port Arthur. Thus the city was part of a territory (c.285 sq mi/740 km²) called "Weihaiwei", which was leased by the United Kingdom from 1898 until October 1, 1930. It was a summer station for the British naval China Station and it was also used as a sanatorium. It became one of two major ports for ships of the Royal Navy in the Far East (the other being Hong Kong in the south). The nickname British sailors gave to this port was "Way High"; it was also sometimes referred to as Port Edward in English. Attractions Weihai has beautiful surroundings with mountain and sea, and many relics. Its cleanliness and pleasant weather attract a lot of tourists and is a famous tourist city. In 1997, this city has received tourists from home and abroad up to 4.48 million and 80,000 million person-time respectively, ranking first in Shandong province. There are over tens of scenic spots in the city, of which Liugong Island (liú gōng dǎo 刘公岛) with many State's protected relics in memory of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. Chengshantou (chéng shān tóu 成山头) named as "The end of the sky" has a beautiful landscape, where the emperors of Qin and Han Dynasties visited and is the scenic spot at the State level. The scenic spot of Tiechashan (tiě chá shān 铁槎山) is the birthplace of Quanzhenism (quán zhēn jiāo 全真教) branch of Taoism, and have many relics. Rongcheng Swan Lake (róng chéng tiān é hú 荣成天鹅湖) is the largest winter habitat of swans in northern China. There are rich underground spring and more than 70 of natural sea bathing places, and also built four province-class tourist resorts, including Huancui (huán cuì 环翠), Rushan Beach (rǔ shān hǎi tān 乳山海滩), Shidao Bay (shí dǎo wān 石岛湾) of Rongcheng and Swan Lake. There are 56 hotels (one four-star, eleven three-star and seven two-star) with over 9,000 beds. The three cities and one district under its jurisdiction all have star hotels and 18 travel agencies including three international agencies and 15 domestic agencies. Mt.Chashan Chashan Mountain is well known as the Wonderland of Dadong since ancient times for the natural and human cultural relics.It is also an important origin of Taoism. Location: Renhe Town (rén hé zhèn 人和镇), Rongcheng City Chengshantou Hailv island (hǎi lǘ dǎo 海驴岛)
Every year, from November to April, thousands of swans, wild ducks and wild goose from Siberia and Inner Mongolia come to spend the winter. It is well named as the Eastern Kingdom of Swans. A sand dam of 100 m wide isolates the lake and sea, forming thousands of sea and sand bathing places. The sea recreation company, large casino and horse race grounds have been built, which makes a modern holiday resort combining tourism, relaxing, vacation and recreation. According to the legend, the tears of the first emperor's wife of Qin Dynasty made the Swan Lake; the swan was the embodiment of the wife's soul. A long time ago, in order to seek immortal medicine of long life, Qin emperor recruited workmen to fill the sea and build a bridge, and ordered his wife to send meals when hearing the sound of gonging. One day, it was still early to send meals. However, due to the ramping of dung beetles, the gong sounded, the wife hurried to send meals. The emperor saw that his wife violated his order and was very angry, so he killed his wife. She felt injustice; her tears collected a river called Tears Lake. People could not forget her and wanted to bring her pure soul to the world. Therefore, countless big swans fell to the ground from sky. With completed facilities, 8 high-class hotels and restaurants are built in this area. There are 88 cultural recreation places, high grade bars, steam bathing center and bowling room, a water treatment company with daily water supply of 10,000 cubic meter, a transformer station of 110,000 volt, 20,000 gates of program-controlled telephones which can directly link with other places of China and foreign countries. In addition, mobile communication and wireless calls are already in service. It is easy to get to this area which is the center of the northeast part of Rongcheng City, 28 km from Weihai Airport, and 26 km from Weihai New Port, 28 km from Weihai Railway Station. In summer, tourists come here to escape hot summers and enjoy seafood, have sea bathing and watch sea; in winter, see swans and snow. Location: Longxudao town (lóng xū dǎo zhèn 龙须岛镇), Rongcheng city Mt. Shengjing (shèng jīng shān 圣经山) It is a continental climate of temperate zone. With an annual average temperature at 11.3℃ and clear seasons and no tough winter or summer, it is an ideal place for tourism and summer vacations. As the cradle of Quanzhen (quán zhēn 全真) branch of Taoism, Shengjing Mountain is also famous for its rich religion culture. According to the record in historic books a lot of temples and nunneries were founded here in Tang and Han Dynasties. And in Jin Dynasty, a Taoist priest named Wang Chongyang (wáng zhòng yang 王重阳) came from Xianyang (xián yang 咸阳) of Shanxi (shǎn xī 陕西) and sermonized in Shengjing Mountain, creating "Quanzhenism". One of his seven disciples—Qiou Chuji (qiū chù jī 丘处机), was awarded by Chengjisihan (chéng jí sī hàn 成吉思汗) and appointed to be in charge of national Taoism, which became the State's religion. The main peak of Shengjing Mountain has an attitude of 385 m. On mountaintop stands a giant stone 15.6m long, 6 m high with Taoist lection carved on it, about 5 thousands words, 146 lines, 10 cm long for each word. Many other Taoism relics such as Huenyuan Hall (hún yuán diàn 混元殿), Sanqing Hall (sān qīng diàn 三清殿), Sanguan Hall (sān guān diàn 三官殿), Zhongxian Tomb (zhòng xiān fén 众仙坟), Chaoyang Cave (cháo yáng dòng 朝阳洞), Liaojun Temple (lǎo jun miào 老君庙), Longwang Temple (lóng wáng miào 龙王庙), Shanshen Temple (shān shén miào 山神庙), Donghua Palace (dōng huá gōng 东华宫), Yuhuang Pavilion (yù huáng gé 玉皇阁), Tianmen (tiān mén 天门), Woxian Stone (wò xiān shí 卧仙石) are well preserved here. Every year, from May.20 to 22, a mountain festival is held here with folk art performances, calligraphy and stone inscription culture, economy and trade negotiation activities, attracting a lot of guests from Japan, South Korea, Hongkong Taiwan and Canada. Transportation: Bus shifts are provided each day from urban of Weihai to Shengjing Mountain. Liugong Island North alleviate the steep South, East and West of 4.08 km, 1.5 km north and south of the wide, the narrowest 0.06 km, 14.95 km long coastline, the area of 3.15 square kilometers, the highest mountain top flag 153.5 meters above sea level 10,000 are Island East blue sea, Yanbo Hao-miao. Island West and the urban areas across the sea. Island vegetation lush, green, black pine mainly up to more than 2,700 acres, was named the 1985 National Forest Park. Liugong Island in 1999 by the Ministry of Construction called "national scenic areas of civilization Address: NO.52, Xinwei Road (xīn wēi lù 新威路), Weihai City For more information please Click here to go China Travel Service
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