Yantai37°27′53″N121°26′52″E / 37.4646°N 121.4478°E / 37.4646; 121.4478Prefecture-level city in Shandong, People's Republic of ChinaYantai, formerlyChefoo, is a coastal prefecture-level city on the Shandong Peninsula in China.
Bohai SeaThe Bohai Sea (Chinese: 渤海; pinyin: Bó Hǎi; Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄅㄛˊ ㄏㄞˇ; lit. 'Bo Sea') is a gulf/inland sea approximately 77,000 km (30,000 sq mi) in area on the east coast of Mainland China. It is the northwestern and innermost extension of the Yellow Sea, to which it connects via the Bohai Strait. It has a mean depth of approximately 18 meters (59 ft), with a maximum depth of about 80 meters (260 ft) located in the northern part of the Bohai Strait.
Lai (state)Lai (simplified Chinese: 莱; traditional Chinese: 萊; pinyin: Lái), also known as Laiyi (萊夷; Láiyí), was an ancient Dongyi state located in what is now eastern Shandong Province, recorded in the Book of Xia. Tang Shanchun (唐善纯) believes lái means "mountain" in the Old Yue language, while the Yue Jue Shu (越絕書) says lai means "wilderness".
County-level cityTibetan nameTibetanརྫོང་རིམ་པ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།Mongolian nameMongolian scriptᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤᠨ ᠤ ᠡᠩ ᠲᠡᠢ ᠬᠣᠲᠠUyghur nameUyghurناھىيىسى دەرىجىلىك شەھەرA county-level city (Chinese: 县级市) is a county-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China.
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ShandongShandong is a coastal province in East China. It is China's second-most populous province, with 101.5 million people at the 2020 census. Jinan is the capital, while Linyi is the largest city by area and population. Shandong has played a major role in the development of the Chinese civilization and culture as it has served as a pivotal cultural and religious center for Taoism, Chinese Buddhism and Confucianism.
DongyiThe Dongyi or Eastern Yi (Chinese: ; pinyin: Dōngyí) was a collective term for ancient peoples found in Chinese records. The definition of Dongyi varied across the ages, but in most cases referred to inhabitants of eastern China, then later, the Korean peninsula and Japanese Archipelago. Dongyi refers to different group of people in different periods. As such, the name "Yí" () was something of a catch-all and was applied to different groups over time.Laizhou BayLaizhou Bay (simplified Chinese: 莱州湾; traditional Chinese: 萊州灣; pinyin: Láizhōu Wān) is a bay on the southern shore of the Bohai Sea (also known as the Bohai Gulf, or just Bo Hai, which is a large and relatively shallow westward extension of the northern Yellow Sea), bounded by the northwestern coastline of the Shandong Peninsula west of the Port of Longkou and the eastern coastline of Dongying south of the Yellow Riverestuary.
PinyinRomanization scheme for Standard ChineseScheme for the Chinese Phonetic AlphabetSimplified Chinese汉语拼音方案Traditional Chinese漢語拼音方案Literal meaningscheme of spelled Han language sounds This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see .
Prefecture-level cityA prefecture-level city (simplified Chinese: 地级市; traditional Chinese: 地級市; pinyin: Dìjíshì) or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. It usually consists of multiple sub-prefecture-level cities or towns and the surrounding countryside.
Tourist cityA tourist city is a place where a substantial share of economic activity is attributable to tourism-related consumption, and a large part of the city consists of areas dedicated to visitors. Some cities, such as New York City, Singapore, London, Paris are not exclusively tourist cities, but do have tourist districts or historical quarters and are well known for their reputation as having a lot of international tourists.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.