Qinhuangdao is a port city on the coast of China in northern Hebei. It is administratively a prefecture-level city, about 300 km east of Beijing, on the Bohai Sea, the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea
Qinhuangdao 秦皇岛
First Pass Under Heaven 天下第一关
Drachenkopf der chinesischen Mauer
The Shanhai Pass is a major fortified gateway at the eastern end of the Great Wall of China and one of its most crucial fortifications, as the pass commands the narrowest choke point in the strategic
Qinhuangdao
…Haigang: the harbor city. Qinhuangdao proper. Home of Yan Shan University, the leading university in NE Hebei province. Shanhaiguan: a popular tourist destination, featuring the eastern end of the Great Wall. Qinhuangdao's Olympic Sports Centre Stadium was used as an Olympic Competition…
Old Dragon's Head (老龙头), part of Shanhai Pass, is where the Great Wall meets the Bohai Sea
The "Greatest Pass Under Heaven" plaque on Shanhaiguan's main gate
Shanhaiguan, painted by a passing traveler in 1900
The Shanhai Pass is where the Great Wall of China meets the ocean (at the Bohai Sea).