Beidaihe peripheral travels

>>The First pass in the world
¡°The First pass in the world¡± is Shanhaiguan that the historic wall famous in the world. The pass is close to the strategic pass, and it is the communications center of North China to northeast China.
The ancient called it the first pass of the Great Wall, and deserves firmly. The position here is superior, and has many strategic terrains, multitudinous cultural, a pleasant weather, and a gorgeous scenery; also it is the tour paradise where the tourist yearned for.
The reason that Shanhaiguan got the reputation of "The First pass in the world", one is from the geographical position, it starts the east and to be the first barrier of the Great Wall; another is from the geography situation, it located at the foot of a hill beside the sea, and the strategic pass locks the pass, so it is easy to guard but hard to attack. Started from the east of the Great Wall, Shanhaiguan won the representative title of ¡°the pass¡± since Ming and Qing Dynasties, especially in modern history.
The distanced between the mountain and the sea is 7.5 kilometers, and the Great Wall impenetrate north to south, the Shanhaiguan town is tightly clutches the pass mouth. Meanwhile, in the east has a high mountain that is the natural blockade in the west, and becomes a natural trenches, thus constitutes the strategic point which is worthy of the name.
The First barrier in the world is the east door of the Shanhaiguan, another name of it is ¡°east town pavilion¡±. According to "Linyu County Log¡±, the east gate constructs the building, high three ten feet, has two tiers, the upper tier is height five ten feet, the lower one is six ten feet, and the depth is half of the building.
The first pass town pavilion actually is a form of battlement. After measure, the tower on a city wall height 12 meters, tower over a city gate height 13 meters, the width of east and west of the building is 10.1 meters, and the north and south length is 19.7 meters. The building divides to two floors, the first building store height 5.7 meters, the second building store height 8 meters. Over the tower is a construction of double-evade roof to goes against the keel pair of lips symmetry, and the below is the post and panel structure, on the four horns upturned eaves has decorated with kinds of keel beasts, the modeling is artistic and lifelike. There were three inscribed horizontal tablet around the tower hanged that the black characters in the white lignin of "The First Pass in the world", the plaque in the first floor is original plaque, and in the second building the plaque is chisel again in the 5th Qing Dynasty, inside the second building the plaque is chisel again in Republic of China nine years when Yangbaoqing made another engraves.
The length of "The first pass in the world" plaque is more than 5 meters, and the height is 1.5 meters, each character are all more than one meter. The character is the kaishu, and writes with firm strokes, the style of it with the gate tower make one integrated mass, therefore it might be called grandness article since ancient and now.
Mounting the first pass tower over a city gate, and take a look of south of Bohai Sea, a vast enpanse of misty is appear, and take a look of the north of the Great Wall, the defended is strongly and make you a greatly feeling of in the ancient battlefield. The surrounding buildings of the gate town of "First Pass of the world" has Jinbian pavilion, Muying pavilion, Linlv pavilion and Weiyuan pavilion.

>>The Beginning of Great Wall¡ªOld Head of Dragon
The Old Head of Dragon is the west beginning of the Great Wall in Ming Dynasty. The reason that called here "the old Head of Dragon¡± is the people compared with the Great Wall a big dragon, this dragon passes through the desert, climbs Helan Mountain and cross the Taihang mountain in Shansi province. Through the Mt. yan and flashes to Bohai Sea, it has pulled a knot on the liaoxi corridor and has risen up the space defence, then into the sea. The part of entered the sea then is called the old head of dragon. Old head of dragon is the important part of the Great Wall, it with the Hornberg Great Wall of the north end of town and the weiyuan city in east end of the town formed a potential of defence and it is surrounding and protecting the Shanhaiguan city. From beginning of Ming dynasty to the end of the Ming dynasty more than 260 years, the old head of dragon constructed unceasingly and consummated gradually. Until inside and outside the Great Wall in the Qing Dynasty becomes unification, the old head of dragon has lost the military defense function, and became the happiest extent which the king military and political leader, the writer literati goes sightseeing visits scenic sites. After the Qing dynasty found a country, the emperor Kanghsi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Jiaqing and Daoguang all have been to this place for many times. Emperor Qianlong 4 time comes here to take a looking of sea, then has left massive proses and paintings. The tablet wrote¡± the day opens the sea mountain" is in the old head of dragon, it reported that the tablet left for the Tang Dynasty, the four characters shows the charm of the excellent landscape as "took a broad view to the horizon, all boundless is blue, the day suitably supposed". The old head of dragon is one of ¡°the 40 best tourist attractions in China ".
When mounts it, you will face the worth sea to enjoy the view of "Great Wall has crossed the head of dragon, when you looks as far as the eye you can see more, and when the gale blows, the cloud and the sun to rush gathers, the very rough sea waves evacuate the snow anger floats". Then and you will have an infinite daydream.

>>Hornberg Great Wall
It is belong to the Mt. Yan, and is the highest peak in the north end of town mountain range barrier, the elevation of it is 519 meters. Its peak is the big flat top, and if expanded as a level ground can sits several hundred people, there has the megalith to be lofty seems like the head of the dragon and the angle of it, therefore it got the name. The mainly scenic spot include the Hornberg Great Wall, the enemy tower, the Hornberg temple and the auspicious lotus holds the sun. Hornberg is the Great Wall from the old head of dragon, jumps over Shanhaiguan, and the first mountain peak surmounts to the north, therefore the people called it "the Great Wall first mountain". The Hornberg long urban constructed in the Ming Dynasty Hongwu first year, from the foot of hill Hanmenguan to big Pingding altogether with 1,536 lengthens. The majority materials of the city wall made use of local materials, used the hewn stone masonry and for building, partial built with the rampart and the long narrow stones for the city wall brick, the altitude and the width of the Hornberg Great Wall has obviously characteristic that takes advantage of a situation along with the mountain. Here Great Wall is 7 to 10 meters highly generally, and the width of it is 4 to 5 meters. In the steep hill, also use the cliff masonry to built, and its width at least of 2.7 meters. The flank of these wall sections is extremely precipitous and difficulty to attack; the inside is extremely lower, so it is advantageous for ascending the wall combat. The strategic in Hornberg is terrain; the Hornberg Great Wall is also precipitous exceptionally. Here Great Wall, either low and drawn out winds, or either straight enters the cloud, and far looks like the belt to hang upside down the mountain range, therefore actually magnificent sight. Ancient poetry cloud: "everyone said the Guancheng is swift to cross, and the important approaches are in Hornberg; the Great Wall hung upside down on the peak, then you have a bird's eye view Guan Cheng at present.¡±

>>The Nandaihe International Recreation Center
The Nandaihe international recreation center is covered area of 5.5 square kilometers, is a coast traveling scenic area that fully use the natural resource such as seawater, sand beach, massif, and forest and so on. It is collection leisure of the entertainment, go sightseeing and the fitness in a body, and has a enrich connotation. This scenic area beginning constructed at October in 1996. After development for five years, its connotation even more enrich and consummate, it has completed more than 20 kinds of projects. Among them, the leisure fitness projects include the slippery grass, the slippery sand, the hydroplane (slippery ship, slippery circle), the card Ding vehicle race, the seawater-bathing place and the water goes boating and so on. The mechanical entertainment project includes roams through the outer space, the chromospheres flutters, the luxurious extension horse, the Tri-Star circles in flight, the glide flying wing, the slides the dragon, the bumper car, and the UFO treason bicycle and so on. The tour sightseeing projects include the forest train, the sightseeing cable car, the luxurious yacht, the boundless forest ropeway, the bird¡¯s performance; the lion views the sea, the rockery waterfall, the square eruptive fountain and so on. Multitudinous recreational projects not only highlighted the characteristic of "newly, specially, wonderfully", but also fully unfolded the spontaneous combustibility, the enthusiastic participation and arouses the irritating quality. The tourist experiences personally. When they understand the vast sea, they also bathe in the Chinese scholar tree in the fragrant forest, glances over the path in the green glass, the bridge, the running water, the lotus pond, you may burgeon a feeling of leisurely and carefree about the dust, and you will increase inexhaustibly appeals of happiness.

>>The place of the first Qin emperor asked for immortality and the influx of the river into the sea.
A recordation in the First Qin Emperor of the Historical Records has recorded that the emperor east patrolled Jieshi to Qinhuangdao in B.C.215, and made obeisance to the sea. He dispatch two groups of alchemists such as Lusheng, Hougong, Hanzhong successively to take the youth to make obeisance to the sea for being supernatural being, and looked for the secular drug. In 13th of Ming Dynasty, they raised a memorial named ¡°The place of the first Qin emperor asked for immortality and the influx of the river into the sea¡± to honor the wonderful scenery. Qinhuangdao, in the history, was belonged to the Jieshi area and famous of the emperor came here for east patrol.
The old trees are very tall and the scenes are charming and gentle here, meanwhile, there have a profound culture commutation. This spot constituted of Qinfeng watchtower, the first Qin emperor statuary, the flavor of the Warring States Period, the spirit shrine, the park of requiring for celestial, the peacock park and the emperor amusement park.
It concentrated the history events and fames of the Warring States Period, and gave prominence to the pageantry spectacle of the emperor made obeisance to the sea for being supernatural being. The statuary of the emperor incarnate his graciousness of ¡°union the Chinese and to be the first emperor¡±. The palace for seeking gods has a Qin Dynasty military arts gallery for showing the advanced military thought and the science arts and so on, and showing the bright ancient civilization. On the altar for seeking gods is the first Qin emperor¡¯s three-dimensional statuary that is height 6 meters and weight 80 ton. The best in North is the peacock park, the rare birds are wandering in the forest, and this scene makes people an enjoyable of returning to the nature.

>>The celestial spiral island of the Nandaihe
The celestial spiral island of the Nandaihe amusement center is taken the immortal spiral island as the main body, it content entertainment, sightseeing, fitness, the leisure, the dining and other functions of comprehensive marine amusement place. The entire island¡¯s total area is 10,000 square meters.
The immortal spiral island constructed at October in 1998, through out the repeatedly arguments of some state-level expert who is in the multi- positions aspect such as sea, geology, environmental protection, the specialized sea built port construction was to be constructed. This island according to the folklore idea creativity to imitate the myth story modeling for built the sceneries, and the sceneries were plain and elegant, and have a flavor. The spots on the island are all fill with the mysterious color, such as the conch fairy maiden, three passes, the Big Dipper stone, the stone monkey viewing the sea, the wind cluster of vehicles, the huge dragon go to sea and so on. The immortal spiral pavilion in the island and the immortal pavilion in the shore are formed a nice contrast, when the tourist ascending the pavilion to look out into the distance, they will have a sense of the sea is expansive and the sky is low, and you will be relax completely. The light wave, sail shade, white clouds, gulls are all in your eyes. Between the tow pavilions, a kilometer marine ropeway seems like a rainbow tight them to be a body, make the "the natural moat" to be a thoroughfare. The island¡¯s west is a sightseeing tower of 70 meters high and for entertainment. The tower shoot up to the sky, is majestic and vigorous. Take the tower as the carrier, there are equipped with jumps, the parachuting, the drift, sightseeing and other marine amusement fitness projects, they are novel, stimulates, and shocked but not dangerous. The southwest island after filled with sands by hand, has built a sea bathing place in 7,000 square meters for the resolute man to enjoy themselves.
The celestial spiral island of the Nandaihe is not less than the abode in the sea and the fairyland in the waves. It is fortunately to mount this island and understand the appeal of viewing the sea, it is a happy time in one¡¯s life.

>>The Xin¡¯ao seabed world
The Qinhuangdao Xin¡¯ao seabed world biology popular science limited company and the porpoise performance hall established by Chinese-foreign joint venture, it is mainly lay out marine life and it is a modernized large-scale museum engaged in popular science education, watches and entertainment, dining and shopping. The Xin¡¯ao seabed world has several hundred kinds of over thousands beautiful marine life, when you stroll in submarine tunnel of 100 meter long, 270 acrylic glass surrounding, the prismy corals and schools of fish surround you in all around, and the enchanting seabed scenery fell under your eyes. You may enjoy the Eastern Hawaii elegant feature heartily here, and it will make your dream of wandering seabed come true.
The dolphin performance embassy located in the east of seabed world, its poundage is over 2,000 ton. The lively dolphin and the humoristic sea lion played kinds of performance together here.

>>The Mt.Zu
Mt.Zu situated in Qinglong Man nationality autonomous region, it is 20 kilometers far away from northeast Qinhuangdao in Hebei province, and the total area of it is 118 square kilometers. Inside Mt.Zu, there are five scenic spots of Beilong Pool, Wanghai Temple, Xiangshan Scenic Rsore, Beizhongding and the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit and other 100 nature scenic spots, so Mt.Zu is a nature scenic area with the type of mountain as the main character of the unusual dangerous mountains scenery and beautiful water scenery. Throughout the year, the scenery is all suitable. In spring, there flowers blooming like a piece of brocade and birds songs; in summer, there owned cool wind and a good temperature, and the rosy cloud are rising slowly; in fall, there full of the red leaves and many wild fruits; in winter, clad in white and presenting a typical scene, and the trees and flowers are covered with snow as if they are made of jade. Therefore, Mt.Zu has a name called ¡°the famous scenic sport of east Beijing, and the Huangshang Mountain in the north of the Great Wall¡±.