Lets visitors see past project history for Penglai Committee
Consider visiting Penglai Pavilion which is a significant historical site known as the landing place of the Eight Immortals. Click here for more information.
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The biosymbols of China include the Giant Panda as well as the folkloric Chinese Dragon, which is an amalgam of many creatures. If you are interested in birds, there are two: the Red-crowned Crane and the Golden Pheasant. As for plant life, the national fruit is the fuzzy kiwi and the national tree is the […]
The Dengzhou Ancient Ship Museum is located east of Penglai Pavilion in the Penglai Tourist Area of Shandong Province. It specializes in exhibiting ancient ships salvaged from the Penglai area. The museum displays over 100 artifacts and is the second specialized museum in China dedicated to displaying ancient ships.
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Lunar New Year falls on Tuesday, 17 February 2026. and will usher in the Year of the Horse.
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 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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
