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少年儿童用歌声表达对世界和平的祈愿
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蓬莱这座古老的海滨小城，以其依崖临海、清丽奥妙的地貌名闻遐尔，素有“人间仙境”之称。中国最著名的神话传说之一，八仙过海中的那八位仙人，就是选择蓬莱出发的。提起蓬莱，人们便自然而然地想到仙人和仙境。
海市蜃楼被宣染上的许多神奇的色彩，更增添了这个“人间仙境”的魅力。人们来这里旅游、观光，希望能看到海市，既饱眼福，又沾点“仙气”。
蓬莱，不仅有以海市为本源的神仙文化，而且还有面向世界的海港文化和以民族英雄戚继光为代表的精武文化，境内有蓬莱水城、蓬莱阁、戚继光牌坊三处国家级重点文物保护单位。这里曾是古代海上丝绸之路的起点，特别是蓬莱与长山列岛隔海相望，一个是历史古迹名气大，一个是海岛风光特别美，二者有机结合，融历史、人文景观和海岛自然风光为一体，成为中国乃至整个亚太地区的一个黄金旅游区域。
近年蓬莱围绕发展旅游经济，确立了“规范化、集团化、产业化”的发展方向，积极培育市场，深度开发旅游资源，大力开拓旅游市场。目前，共开发新景点20多处，旅游面积扩大10平方公里，初步形成了以蓬莱阁为中心，山、海、阁等自然景观浑然一体的旅游新格局。2001年接待游客达200多万人次，旅游业综合收入占GDP的11%。
同时，蓬莱还选取“和平”主题，为旅游业注入先进的文化内涵。在联合国教科文组织的支持下，从2000年开始，每年举办中国蓬莱“和平颂”国际青少年文化节，上万名海内外青少年聚集这里，开展创作表演等一系列颂扬和平的文艺活动，进行和平理念教育，在国际上产生了广泛的影响，被联合国教科文组织誉为“人类迄今为止为呼唤和平具有重要意义的聚会”，树立了国际和平城的形象，已成为人们向往和平、追求和平的胜地。
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传说中的“八仙”群雕
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蓬莱海域及气候条件十分适宜开展
帆板运动，被国家体委确定为青
少年帆板比赛训练基地
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在10公里海滨观光大道上，10多个国家的万名儿童以和平为主题创作的万米书画长廊
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Penglai, an ancient seaside city called fairyland on earth, is of great fame with its seashore location and picturesque scenery. It is the legendary place where the eight immortals in the tale the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea, one of the most popular Chinese mythologies, started their journey. No wonder it is of close relationship with immortals and heaven.
Mirage, the natural phenomenon that has acquired an element of mystery and wonder, contributes greatly to the charm of the fairyland. Tourists have been coming in an endless stream with the hope of sightseeing and especially the occasionally appeared mirage. Their wishes of enjoying and sharing a bit fairy air are greatly satisfied.
In Penglai, one can appreciate not only the fairy culture based on mirage, but the seaport culture facing the world and the struggling culture. There are three national key cultural relics protection sites: Penglai Water City, Penglai Pavilion, and the Memorial Archway for Qi Jiguang (a national hero). In the ancient times, Penglai was the starting point of the silk sea road. Penglai and Changshan Islands face each other across the sea. One is famous for historical relics, the other is celebrated for scenic beauty. Their integration combining history, cultural sites and natural seaside scene forms a gold tourism area in China, even the whole Asia.
In recent years, a plan based on the development of tourism economy in Penglai has been determined aiming at standardization, integration and industrialization. The plan includes three facets: the building up of markets, the further developing of tourism resources and the opening up of new tourism markets.
At present, there are more than 20 newly opened places of interest, which with 10 square kilometers of tourism area has formed a new tourism pattern centered in integrating Penglai Pavilion and such natural scenes as mountains, sea shore and pavilions. The number of tourists in the year 2001 has reached 2,000,000, and the gross income added up to 11 percent of GDP.
Simultaneously, Penglai sets up a theme of peace so as to enrich the tourism culture with other instructive cultures. Cooperating with UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), Penglai government undertakes Ode to Peace International Youngsters Cultural Festival every year from 2001, which attracts thousands of teenagers, at home or abroad to hold celebrations on peace praise, and receive peace education. For its international influence, the festival is awarded by UNESCO An Assemble for Peace of the Greatest significant Up to Now. Penglai has turned out a sacred place of peace pursuiting.
