Penglai, Shandong

Penglai (simplified Chinese:蓬莱; traditional Chinese:蓬萊; pinyin:Pénglái), is a port, county-level city and an administrative subdivision of the prefecture-level city Yantai in Shandong Province, People's Republic of China, on the northeastern (Bohai Sea) coast of the province. The port was formerly called Dengzhou (Chinese:登州; pinyin:Dēngzhōu; Wade–Giles:Teng-chou). Penglai Water City or Water Fortress (Chinese:水城; pinyin:Shuíchéng), a fortified harbor hidden from the sea, is one of China's oldest military ports, built in 1376 under the Ming Dynasty and is a protected historical monument. It was "the harbor for the fleet of imperial war junks and town for the semi-imperial garrison." The Water City is currently being rebuilt at a cost of 500 million yuan (more than 60 million dollars). There is a plank walk along the cliffs nearby.