Leopard Sharks in Penglai Ocean Polar World

Seven leopard shark pups eggs hatched successfully in Shandong Penglai Ocean Polar World.

The female leopard shark lays eggs inside her body and the shark pups are born when the eggs hatch inside of her. A leopard shark can give birth to a litter of four to 30 pups at a time!


Leopard sharks grow slowly, taking ten years to reach maturity.

The small sharks are all the normal physical condition since their birth this month and show no adverse signs.

The breeders will pay close attention to the pups and study the marine animals to gain more experience.

Treasures to be found in Penglai

According to the Penglai city news, a few days ago, construction workers at a pipeline construction site found in the mud of the sea at 1.1 meters deep, a 7 meters long Ming Dynasty berm.

Specialised heritage workers then cleared the scene and found about 40 root wood piles and more than 56 Ming Dynasty blue and white tablets.

Those pictures do not represent ones that have been found, but only for purpose of information.

Some wood is supposed to be from the Huai, the rest are from the South. The cups and bowls are in blue and white, decorated with characters from the "Chenghua-reign" and also other words and animals. The specialised workers believe the porcalain is from the Ming Dynasty and the building materials from the South.

Some Historical facts about Penglai

The Penglai Water City is located in the east foot of Danya Mountain in the north of Penglai County, Shandong Province.
The Penglai Water City, also called Beiwo City, was a fortress of coastal defense and a hinge of sea transportation. Facing the sea and learning against the mountain, the water city has a precipitous cliff, which makes it a natural barrier itself. The city became a military stronghold in the Han Dynasty (206BC-220AD) and the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Establishments for coastal defenses were built in the second year (1042) of the Qingli reign of the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127). The water city was built in the ninth year (1376) of the Hongwu reign of the early Ming Dynasty (1368-1644); military headquarters against Japanese was established in the sixth year (1408) of the Yongle reign. Established in the twenty-fourth year (1596) of the Wanli reign, Chief Department of War Inspection (a governmental department in ancient China) governed the affairs about the fight and the coast defense of Shandong Province and concurrently managed the sea transportation. Qi Jiguang, a famous anti-Japanese general, used to lead the navy and prepare for the battle against Japan here. A large number of troops had been stationed here in the early Qing Dynasty.
Having a perimeter of 2,200 meters, the water city was built of mixed earth and stones, with a rectangle plane. The only two doors open are the south door and the north door. The former is a land door leading to a land route. The latter is a water door leading to the sea. Located in the center of the water city, Xiaohai (small sea) has a rectangular plane, with a length of 655 meters from south to north, and splits the city into two parts, east part and west part. Occupying half of water surface, it is a main construction in the city and is for berthing ships and training the navy. In its flourishing age in the Ming Dynasty, there are waterside pavilions dotting the bank, with music and songs all through the night. Several establishments for war were built inside and outside the water city, such as docks, anti-wave platforms, wave-preventing dams, navy encampments, lighthouses, emplacements, fight platforms, water gates and moats, etc, which form a precise sea defense system that holds an important place in the history of Chinese seaport architecture.

The Penglai Pavilion is located on the top of Danya Mountain in the north of Penglai County, east of Shandong Province.

The buildings of the Penglai Pavilion are high up in the air, with cloud and mist around, making it look like an Asgard or a jade pavilion. Stepping on and looking around the mountains and islands, one can see unbounded sea with water and sky in the same color, illusively; the wonder of mirage appears often. This is the famous Penglai fairyland in ancient stories. The Penglai Pavilion was first built in the Jiayou reign of the Northern Song Dynasty and latter expanded in the Ming Dynasty. It has a double-eave gable and hip roof and is 15 meters tall with cloister around. On its top hangs a stele with the name of the pavilion written in golden letters by Tie Bao, a calligrapher of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). There are several constructions in the south of the pavilion, such as the Sanqing Hall, the Luzu Hall, the Tianhou Palace, the Longwang Palace, the Guanlan Platform, etc. These buildings feature a compact layout.

Penglai Mountain is one of the three immortal mountains (Penglai, Fangzhang, Yingzhou) of Taoism. According to the historical record, when the Great Yu came here to control the floods, he worshipped the God in the cave and credited the water control to the empyrean. Later, Qin Emperor Shihuang, Han Emperor Wudi also sought gods here for pills of immortal. Assigned by Qin Emperor Shihuang, Xu Fu, an alchemist in the Qin Dynasty (221-206BC), set sail here to seek gods but never returned. The Guanlan Pavilion is located in the southeast of the Penglai Pavilion. Viewing the sea scenery and the sunrise in the pavilion is full of sentiment. Below the cliff of the Guanlan Pavilion is the old water city, where Qi Jiguang, a national hero, used to direct the navy drilling for the fight against Japanese invasion. The Penglai Pavilion has been a conglomeration place for literators and scholars since long before. More than 200 inscriptions for sea viewing and notes in past dynasties were preserved there now.

Spectacular thick fog in July

Penglai, a coastal city in east China’s Shandong Province, is blanketed in thick fog.

The spectacular scenery should have appeared in the morning of July 14th, 2008, following youuchina blog.

600-year-old Ancient Warship Found in China

Archaeologists have recently found a well-preserved ancient warship dated back to some 600 years ago, at a relics site in the ancient Dengzhou Harbor in Penglai, east China's Shandong Province.

This is the first discovery of a large ancient ship in China in over two decades.

The wooden ancient vessel, more than 20 meters long, is believed to be a warship from the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), said You Shaoping, director of the Shandong Cultural Heritage Bureau, on Thursday.

The value of the ancient warship is yet to be determined by experts, said You, adding that it is similar to another ancient ship excavated not far away from the site about 20 years ago, but better preserved than that one.

In 1984, a warship of Yuan Dynasty was found in Penglai, and the ancient ship was the largest and best preserved ancient ship in China at that time.

The ancient ship, unearthed in 1984, is 28 meters long, 5.6 meters wide, and 1.2 meters high. The streamline warship was designed for fast navigation, said experts.

During the excavation of the ship some 20 years ago, a second ancient ship was found. But archaeologists buried it up again because half of the ship was covered by a local home.

Local government conducted a desilting project at the ancient harbor site this year. As residents of the site were relocated, archaeologists began to excavate the buried ship. To their surprise, the third, better preserved ship was discovered.

Experts said Chinese navigation in the Yuan and Ming (1368-1644) dynasties was relatively developed. The ancient Dengzhou harbor had been an important military harbor in north China 1,000 years ago.

The discovery of the ancient ships is of great importance to the research of China's history of warships and harbors, said experts.

Xinhua News Agency

Penglai

Penglai, originally uploaded by fish sea.

Penglai Pavilion, @ Penglai / Yantai Shandong

Penglai Pavilion, @ Penglai / Yantai Shandong, originally uploaded by NeoChaser.