Lets visitors see what projects the Penglai Committee is working on
Chinese Holiday Calendar 2026
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Mark Your Calendar for Lunar New Year 2026
Lunar New Year falls on Tuesday, 17 February 2026. and will usher in the Year of the Horse.
Have You Heard of The Chinese Legacy Project?
The Chinese Legacy Project was established by the Sonoma-Penglai Sister City Committee to honor the significant (but often overlooked) contributions of the immigrant Chinese laborers who came to California and Sonoma, beginning in the mid- 1800s. Learn more about this aspect of our local history and find out how you can support Ting Sonoma by […]
Penglai – A Fairyland on Earth
Penglai, a city on the Bohai Sea, an extension of the Yellow Sea, in northeastern China
about 250 miles southeast of Beijing, has been a Sister City of Sonoma since 2011.
Known as “the fairyland on earth,” Penglai’s seaport is an important outlet connecting
China with Korea, Japan and the rest of the world.
Penglai also plays an important […]
New Documentary: “Voices: Chinese Women of the Delta”
A new documentary produced locally in the Bay Area focuses on the Chinese women’s sacrifice and contribution to local Bay Area communities through the recollection of their descendants. “Voices: Chinese Women of the Delta” is available to view on You Tube – click here.
For more information about the film, click here. […]
News from the Sonoma-Penglai Committee
New Sonoma-Penglai Committee Chair Howard Eisenstark reports “The Penglai Committee has been meeting with the architect of our Ting and with our contractor, hopefully making the final push to build our monument in Depot Park, celebrating and honoring the Chinese workers of the late 1800’s who help build our wine industry.” Click here for […]
Award-Winning Architecture at the Yantai Penglai International Airport
If you’re traveling to Sonoma’s Sister City of Penglai (China), you might consider booking your travel to include a walk through Terminal 2 of airport. Why? Because Terminal 2 has been included in the winner’s list of the 2025 Prix Versailles World’s Most Beautiful Airports.
The Prix Versailles is a series of juried awards focusing […]
The Year of the Rooster – What an Amazing Celebration!
The audience enjoys the auction while waiting for lunch to begin
To the Penglai Committee,
Congratulations to all of you for planning, organizing, staffing, coordinating and implementing the myriad activities which made this Chinese New Year event extraordinary by any measure. Several people told me […]
Help Support The Chinese Legacy Project
This year marks the beginning of the Sonoma-Penglai Sister City Committee’s (SPSSC) ambitious project to commemorate the significant contribution made by the many Chinese laborers who helped create the vineyards and wineries here in Sonoma Valley during the mid-19th century. Committee Chairperson Peggy Rubens wants to make our residents and visitors aware of the historic ties between […]
WHAT IS THE SONOMA CHINESE LEGACY PROJECT?
The Sonoma Penglai Sister City Committee (SPSCC) wants to let everyone know that the kick-off of the Wine Country Chinese Legacy Project Campaign has begun. What is the Wine Country Chinese Legacy Project? Simply stated, it is an acknowledgement of history and an expression of gratitude which exemplifies the mission of the Sonoma Sister Cities […]