In the only city in China that is named after the title of the emperor, there is a spectacular scene of the myth "Xihe bathing in the sun".

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bath day

There is an ancient myth in our country called "Xihe Bathing Sun", which comes from "Shan Hai Jing", in which "Da Huang Nan Jing" records: "Beyond the southeast sea, between Ganshui, there is the country of Xihe. There is a woman named It is called Xihe, and Fangri bathes in Ganyuan."

Legend has it that in a place called "Fusang" far away from the East, there lives a sun goddess named "Xihe". She has 10 children, that is, 10 suns. These ten children take turns to be on duty, rising from the east every day to illuminate China. Before each sun sets off, mother Xihe will bathe the child in a salty pond called "Ganyuan", so every rising sun is clean and bright.

"Xi He bathing in the sun" and another more well-known legend - "Nu Wa repairing the sky" form an idiom called "Mending the sky bathing in the sun", which is used to describe great achievements. In the ignorant ancient times, when people saw the regular sun rise and moon set and the majestic wonders of heaven, they always thought that there was a god behind it, so they used their imagination to give each natural phenomenon a story. So, what kind of scene made the ancients create the legend of the sun bathing in the sea?

At the seaside of Pigeon Nest Park in Qinhuangdao in the early autumn before 5 o'clock in the morning, I also saw this "bath day" that lasted for a thousand years.

At the beginning of September, before 4:00 in the morning, the Pigeon Nest Park can check in the tickets. Although it is still dark, there is already a long queue at the entrance. Needless to say, they are all here to watch the sunrise. After entering the park, we went straight to the beach, and there were already many tourists waiting to watch the sun bathing. Some stood on the beach, and some stood at the bathing sun pavilion and Yingjiao Pavilion on high places. They set up triangles, took out their mobile phones, and prepared to capture The fleeting sunrise.

After a while, the rays of the sun broke through the darkness at the junction of the sea and the sky, spreading on the sparkling sea, and the camera on the shore immediately held its head high and concentrated.

The sun showed its tip, followed by a short arc, then a semicircle, a big semicircle, and a full circle. The whole process spewed out without muddle along, just like Xihe's mother urging behind the horizon: wash and go to work, everything is safe. Waiting for the light!

However, there is still a "sun" in the water that is reluctant to let go, clinging to the upward momentum, as if unwilling to leave the warm "Gan Yuan", revealing childlike laziness and nostalgia: soak for a while, hug for a while... ..

Finally, the rising sun jumps out of the sea and splits into two parts with the "childish" reflection, shining light everywhere, and there is no escape from darkness. The white clouds are covered with red robes, the black sea is covered with golden brilliance, the ships sailing at night show their outlines, and the waterfowl that get up early are fishing and hunting, all of which are full of vigor and vitality.

In the beginning, the ground was empty and formless, and the face of the deep was dark. God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. God saw light as good, and when he separated light from darkness, there was night and day.

Light is good, because "all things grow by the sun", although it has been repeated for hundreds of millions of years, there are still countless light chasers waking up every dawn, people have to start a day's work, animals have to start a day of hunting, and plants have to start a day Photosynthesis until the next cycle after sunset.

Light is good, because the light that dispels darkness means rebirth and hope, and the light that brings morning glow paints beauty and romance, so many people like to watch and take pictures of the sunrise, which is the pursuit of sensory enjoyment and the pursuit of Spiritual bath.

Daydreams pass, the sun is getting higher and higher, the soft morning light gradually turns into a dazzling white light, and the spectacle of bathing in the sun ends here, let's go to see other beauties of the pigeon nest.

Pigeon Nest Park is located on the seashore in the northeast of Beidaihe, Qinhuangdao.

The best place to view the sea is the sea-viewing corridor, which is 70 meters long. It imitates the design of the Beijing Summer Palace and Chengde Outer Eight Temples corridor. There are beautiful Soviet-style paintings in the corridor. Visitors can overlook the blue waves of the Bohai Sea and the white clouds in the corridor. Sand gulls, a close view of the clear shallow water, with clear microwaves, makes people linger and forget to return.

Not far from the Wanghai Corridor is the Yuri Pavilion, whose plaque is written by the physicist Mr. Yan Jici. The reason why it is called "Yan Jici" is because it is the best place to watch the "Red Sea Yuri".

There is a seaside cliff below the Yuri Pavilion. On the cliff, there is a huge rock like an eagle standing on the seashore. This stone is called "Eagle Corner Stone", and it is a landmark scenic spot of Pigeon Nest Park (Pigeon Nest Park is also called "Eagle Point Park") , There used to be many wild pigeons inhabited here, and the park got its name from this.

On the top of the cliff standing side by side with Yingjiao Stone, there is a pavilion with national characteristics - Yingjiao Pavilion, which was built in 1937, earlier than the time when Pigeon Nest Park was built. The opportunity for the construction of Pigeon Nest Park was that Mao Zedong wrote "Langtaosha · Beidaihe" when he was enjoying the scenery here in the autumn of 1954. This poem is engraved on the marble lying tablet in the south of the pavilion. This pavilion looks simple and vigorous in the garden, showing the architectural style of the Chinese nation.

Today, there are no wild pigeons perched on Yingjiaoshi, but there are many domestic pigeons in the pigeon square in the garden, where tourists can feed and take pictures.

In addition to pigeons, tens of thousands of rare migratory birds stay and forage here every spring and autumn. It was designated as a national bird nature reserve in the late 1990s, making it a world-class bird watching sanctuary.

Pigeon Nest has reefs, wetlands, overgrown trees and luxuriant grass. It is an ideal habitat for birds. The place where all kinds of birds are most concentrated is Pigeon Nest Dachaoping. The ebb and flow of the tide has created good coastal sediments, and you can see sedimentary structures such as wave marks, rain marks, cracks, and biological caves. Countless tiny organisms live in them, providing a rich source of food for birds.

Seagulls are the most common seabirds, small and very cute:

It is not uncommon to see egrets on Dachaoping. They are very focused when foraging, and they can often take some unimaginable steps:

(Like a great football player?)

There is a mandarin duck lake in the center of the park on the Dachaoping side, which is another pleasing scenic spot.

It used to be an abandoned tidal flat with a low-lying terrain. When the sea-blocking dam was built in 1985, the high tide was used to open the gate to inject seawater, and this small calm lake was formed when the gate fell. There is a lover's island in the lake. On holidays, young men and women in love take a walk on the island, which is quite romantic.

There are exotic sculptures and buildings along the lake, full of marine culture, romantic and interesting.

(Many tourists like to take pictures under the Dutch windmill)

(A family who staged "Titanic" on a tidal boat)

(Sculpture of fishing father and daughter on the shore)

(Sculpture "Luggage" in the flower pond)

(There are heart-shaped corridors and sailboats composed of flowers and shrubs on the lawn)

Speaking of sculpture, there is a man breaking through the wall of a building in the garden. Is he running for his life or running? There is no explanation around it, but it is the most unique sculpture.

There is a Qinhuangdao Bird Museum near the park. Some scientists believe that birds evolved from dinosaurs. There are sculptures of dinosaurs and dinosaur eggs outside the museum.

Among the many sculptures, the most commemorative one is Chairman Mao's sculpture, which was respected by the Beidaihe District Government in 1992 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Chairman Mao's birth.

In the summer of 1954, Mao Zedong came to Beidaihe for the second time to prepare for the first National People's Congress. During this period, he once came here to look far into the distance, full of emotions, and happily wrote "Langtaosha · Beidaihe". Later, poetry monuments, sea-viewing corridors, artificial lakes, etc. were built here one after another, and today's Pigeon Nest Park was gradually formed.

"Heavy rain falls on the swallows, white waves roar to the sky, fishing boats outside Qinhuangdao, the vast ocean is gone, who knows where to go? The past has passed for thousands of years, Wei Wu swung his whip, and there is a posthumous chapter on Jieshi in the east. The bleak autumn wind is here again, and the world has changed. .”

The country has not changed, but personnel have changed.

More than a thousand years ago, Cao Cao once faced Jieshi in the east and wrote "Guan Canghai" "The water is so smooth, the mountains and islands are standing straight...the autumn wind is bleak, and the waves are surging".

More than 2,000 years ago, Qin Shihuang also visited Jieshi in the east, patrolled the sea, and sent people here to seek immortality. This is the origin of Qinhuangdao's name - the only city in China named after the emperor's name.

Emperor Qin built a large number of palaces during his east tour of the Bohai Sea, one of which is 3 kilometers south of Pigeon Nest Park, and now the Qin Palace Site Museum is built here, and we will go to the museum at the next stop.

Great Wall

Qin Huang swept Liuhe, the tiger looked at He Xiongzai, swung his sword to break the floating clouds, and all the princes came to the west.

More than 2,000 years ago, Qin Shihuang wiped out the six kingdoms with a destructive momentum and unified China. The first unified centralized dynasty in Chinese history was born. In order to "demonstrate prestige in the frontiers and subdue the sea", Qin Shihuang inspected the territory five times successively, and for the fourth time, he came to the shore of the Bohai Sea, which was called "the Canghai" in ancient times, and built a majestic and magnificent building stretching for 60 li. The ruins of the Qin Palace in Beidaihe occupy an important position among them.

Today's Qinxing Palace Ruins Museum is built on the Qinxing Palace ruins, which exhibits the culture and rise and fall of the Great Qin Empire.

In 771 BC, Qin State became a vassal state of Zhou Dynasty, and since then laid the "foundation of kingship". When Duke Mu of Qin recruited talents, with the help of Yu Yu, Bailixi and others, he sat in Guanzhong, opened up the country for more than a thousand miles, and became one of the five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period. In 356 BC, Qin Xiaogong appointed Shang Yang to reform the law, reward farming wars, establish the legal system, reform the nobility system, and change customs. It lasted ten years and laid the foundation for Qin to become a powerful country. Heart". In 256 B.C., King Zhaoxiang of Qin destroyed Zhou Dynasty and took Jiuding back to Xianyang. After that, other countries competed to "challenge" Qin first. So far, after several generations of careful planning and strategy, Qin State has an absolute advantage over the six countries in politics, economy and military, and finally unified China in 221 BC.

(Tile tiles with phoenix and bird patterns and tiles with tiger and geese patterns in the Warring States Qin Dynasty)

(Painted pottery francium from the Qin Dynasty)

(Bronze jar of the Qin Dynasty)

Although Qin Shihuang's achievements in politics and military affairs have been brilliant through the ages, his desire for immortality and superstitious belief in seeking immortality led to the activity of alchemists in the Qin Dynasty. They took the Jieshi area by the Bohai Sea as their center of activity and claimed that there were Penglai, Yingzhou and Fangzhang San in the Bohai Sea. There is a fairy mountain, and there are immortals and medicines of immortality on the mountain. One of the important purposes of Emperor Qin's east tour of the Bohai Sea is to seek immortals and medicines. It's a pity that immortality is a mirage. Qin Shihuang passed away during his sixth parade. The activity of alchemists continued until the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. At that time, "alchemists" from all walks of life sought personal prosperity and wealth in the name of seeking immortality and medicine. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty punished alchemists angrily, and the activities of seeking immortals fell silent.

During the reign of Qin Shihuang, he attacked the Xiongnu in the north, conquered Baiyue in the south, repaired the Lingqu, wrote the same texts, and the same track as the cars. The Great Wall of Qin, that is the veritable Great Wall.

However, the Qin Great Wall is too old, and many places have become relics. When we talk about the "Great Wall" now, we refer more to the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty. And Shanhaiguan, one of the three wonders of the Great Wall and known as "the first pass in the world", is also in Qinhuangdao.

Next, we will move to the Shanhaiguan District to appreciate the style of "the unparalleled lock and key of the two capitals, the first pass of the Great Wall".

In the early Ming Dynasty, in order to resist the invasion of the northern border by the remnants of the Mongolian and Yuan forces, the famous general Xu Da built Shanhaiguan in the 14th year of Hongwu (1381) and set up Shanhaiwei. In the second year of Longqing (1568), Prime Minister Qi Jiguang's military training in Jizhou, Changping and Baoding, and the construction of the Great Wall in Jizhen were in full swing. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, with the rise of Jurchen and the deterioration of Liaodong, Shanhaiguan became the gateway to defend the capital of the Ming Dynasty and the fortress that related the fate of the Ming Dynasty and the Jurchen tribe.

The reason why it is called "Shanhaiguan" is because it is adjacent to Yanshan Mountain in the north, Bohai Sea in the south, and the Great Wall runs through the mountains and seas. Shanhaiguan is the only complete military city defense system preserved so far on the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty. It is an ancient city full of cultural characteristics of Ming and Qing Dynasties.

On the way from the ticket office to the Shanhaiguan Scenic Area, you will pass a small lake surrounded by green trees, connected by pavilions and corridors, and the scenery is beautiful.

At the entrance is the "No. 1 Gate in the World" tower, which is the east gate of Shanhaiguan, also known as "Zhendong Tower". The style of "Tiger Town East" embodies the majestic momentum of "one man guards the gate, and ten thousand men cannot open it".

Linlu Building: Built in the 12th year of Wanli (1584), it is a defensive building guarding Shanhaiguan.

Muying Building: Built in the 12th year of Wanli, it is the auxiliary building of Zhendong Building together with Linlu Building.

Jingbian Building: Built by Xu Da in the early Ming Dynasty when he built the pass, it is the southeast corner building of Shanhaiguan City.

Ascend to the city wall of the East Tower of Zhendong, the plaque of "No. 1 Pass in the World" and the restoration map of the Shanhaiguan Historic Site of the Great Wall are hung indoors. According to reports, these two cultural relics are very precious. The plaque of "No. 1 Pass in the World" is said to be written by Xiao Xian, a Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty and a native of Shanhaiguan, with five powerful characters.

Overlooking from the outside, you can see the houses and archways in Guancheng.

Sculptures of soldiers fighting can be seen from time to time on the walls between the towers, with various weapons and positions, highlighting the characteristics of an important ancient military town.

In addition to the first gate in the world in the east, there are also Weiyuan Tower in the north, Wangyang Tower in the south and Yingen Tower in the west. If you are physically fit, you can walk around the city wall, about 5 kilometers, and more The best way is to go downstairs and take a battery car, and visit the nearby towers when roaming in the city.

Yingen Tower: The west gate tower of Shanhaiguan City, named because it is the gateway to Kyoto.

Next, we walked down the gate tower and went for a stroll in Guancheng.

Not far from the north side of the building of the first pass in the world is the Department of Military Affairs. Shanhaiguan occupies the key point of the Jieshi Ancient Road and strangles the Liaoxi Corridor. It is a strategic location. In the early Ming Dynasty, customs were built and guards were built, forming a military town. In the ninth year of Xuande (1434), part of the military department was set up here, which was the only local branch of the Ming Ministry of War. , with unique military and political value, served 90 directors and was destroyed in the Republic of China. The reconstructed Department of Military Affairs Office includes Yimen, cloister, main hall, hallway, nave, dormitory, study and other buildings.

Hall:

Not far from the south side of the Ministry of Military Affairs is the Shanhaiguan Great Wall Museum. There is also an ancient city history museum in the city, which shows the history of the Great Wall and Shanhaiguan from different angles.

(Qi Jiguang's formation model exhibited in the Great Wall Museum)

The center of the ancient city is the Zhonggu Tower, which was originally built in the north of the ancient city. Because the ancient city of Shanhaiguan is shaped like a flying phoenix, it is closely connected with the "Chinese Dragon" Great Wall. In the early Ming Dynasty, Xu Da built the Bell and Drum Tower on the Phoenix Ridge. Year) moved to the center of the city, also known as the "central building".

The bell and drum towers have four holes piercing the heart, intersecting with crosses, and connecting four gates. On the platform of the city, there are bells, drum towers and Wenchang hall. The three bodies are integrated into one, which is unique. Standing upstairs, you can see the square towers from a distance, the most majestic of which is "the first pass in the world" - Zhendong Tower.

There is a Zhenyuan Escort Bureau on the West Street of the ancient city.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with the development of society and economy, transactions in various regions became more frequent. In order to safely deliver various materials to their destinations, bodyguard bureaus in various regions came into being. Shanhaiguan has been the only way to enter and exit since ancient times. The Zhenyuan Escort Bureau and Tianxing Escort Bureau here were well-known at that time.

The Wang Family Courtyard is located in an alley on South Street, and is known as "the first house on the Great Wall".

The compound was first built in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, and flourished in the Xianfeng period. The owner of the Wang family was honored as "Wang Sanfo". He was a wealthy businessman in the Guangxu period, and his family business occupied half of Shanhaiguan.

Now it is a folk museum. In the courtyard, there are carriages, furniture, gold and silver jewelry, pearls and jade cultural objects from the Ming and Qing Dynasties on display. It is a historical picture engraved with the cultural imprint of the ancient city.

Shanhaiguan is the first pass of the Great Wall. For a long time, people thought it was the east starting point of the Great Wall. In fact, the academic circles have now concluded that the east end of the Great Wall is located at Hushan Great Wall on the banks of the Yalu River in Dandong, Liaoning. Whether it is the brochure of the scenic spot or the ticket, it is impressively printed that "the old dragon head is the eastern starting point of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty". So I want to emphasize here that the old dragon head in the southeast of Shanhaiguan is not the starting point of the eastern end of the Ming Great Wall, but it is indeed the only section of the Great Wall in the sea.

In the seventh year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1579), Qi Jiguang built an additional seven feet into the sea stone city at the coast of the Great Wall, just like a dragon's head poking into the sea and dancing with waves, so it was named "Old Dragon Head". Laolongtou is located on the seaside highland in the south of Shanhaiguan City. heroic. There is a poem praising: "The Great Wall connects the sea to the sky, and people fly to the top of the hundred-foot tower."

As an important place of ancient coastal defense, Laolongtou also includes military and living buildings such as Ninghai City, Nanhaikou Pass, Longwu Camp, Sea God Temple, Dragon Garden, and Jinglu Terrace, from which you can get a glimpse of the life of ancient coastal defense officers and soldiers.

Entering Laotoulong Scenic Area, the first thing you come to is the gate of Ninghai City. Ninghai City is the only sea castle with complete functions on the Great Wall. In the city, there are military command organization garrison office, Longwu camp where troops are stationed, general office of Qipin military officer in Ming Dynasty, and Longwang Temple and Guandi Temple, which are protected by gods. .

After entering the city gate, we arrived at Longwu Camp. Longwuying is the naval battalion of the old leading house in the Ming Dynasty. In the late Ming Dynasty, when the Houjin (Qing Dynasty) approached westward step by step, Shanhaiguan became the last barrier to defend the capital. The supervisor, set up the Longwu Camp in Laolongtou, trained the navy, strengthened land and sea defenses, defended the port of military supplies transfer and escorted them. In 1900, the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded Laolongtou, and the Longwu Camp was destroyed. What we are seeing now is the building rebuilt in 1992, which restored the officer's house, soldier's house, mill house, granary, prison, stables, etc., and reproduced the original appearance of the military camp in the Ming Dynasty.

(granary)

Here you can also experience the feeling of the ancient soldiers whipping and leaping. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know how to ride. The staff will help you lead the horse and take pictures.

On the south side of Longwu Camp is the Garrison Department.

The Garrison Department is the headquarters of the Coastal Defense Force. The name of the Garrison began in the Ming Dynasty. There are Zhaobi, Shumen, Yimen, main hall, meeting hall, back house and other buildings in the office. It is a four-entry closed courtyard.

The main hall is the place where the military is deployed and the generals are dispatched:

The meeting hall is the place where the garrison studies military situation and decides military affairs:

The back house is located in the backyard of the garrison office. It is the room where the garrison family members live, commonly known as the "lady's room":

Going out of the Garrison Office and further south is the Dragon King Temple, which is dedicated to King Guangde, the Dragon King of the East China Sea. It is said that he can control the wind, rain and tide, and protect the safety of soldiers and common people.

On the east side of the Garrison Office is an Eight Diagrams Array, which is said to have been built by Qi Jiguang when he was on the Great Wall of Ji Town. no.

On the opposite side of the gossip formation is General Qi Jiguang's platform, where Qi Jiguang stood here to direct training, deploy formations and fight.

There is also Xu Da's platform near the beach in the east of the Eight Diagrams Array, where Xu Da, a general in the early Ming Dynasty, once practiced his army.

In addition to Qi Jiguang and Xu Da, this strategically important place in Shanhaiguan has also produced famous generals such as Xiong Tingbi and Yuan Chonghuan. In order to commemorate the important ministers and famous generals who made contributions to the construction and defense of Shanhaiguan City, a temple of meritorious service was built here. There are Xu Da, Qi Jiguang, and Xiong Tingbi in the temple. , Sun Chengzong, Yuan Chonghuan, Zhu Mei, Ge Shouli seven sculptures of Ming Dynasty generals.

Qi Jiguang:

Xu Da:

There is also the General Administration in the old dragon head, which is also an official position that began in the Ming Dynasty. It was the commander or trainer of the troops below the battalion.

On the east side of the General Administration is the Chenghai Building mentioned above, which is the commanding height of Laolongtou. Here you can overlook the vast sea and watch the waves crashing on the shore. The building is majestic and the scenery is majestic.

The south side of the old dragon head is the beach, and the building in the distance is the Temple of the Sea God.

Looking at the natural viewing frame formed by the city wall, it is very interesting.

There is a stone tablet downstairs in Chenghai, where many tourists take photos. On the tablet is engraved "Tiankai Haiyue". The date and inscription of the tablet are untestable. Experts have identified that it is probably the tablet of the Tang Dynasty. "Tiankai Haiyue" has made a high-level summary of the geographical situation of Shanhaiguan, and the beautiful scenery of mountains and seas is as amazing as heaven and earth.

There is also an imperial stele pavilion downstairs in Chenghai, which was first built in the 19th year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1754). The poems inscribed on the imperial stele in the pavilion are three long poems inscribed in the eighth and nineteenth years of Qianlong.

There is another stele on the side of the pavilion, engraved with "as much as a spoonful". These four characters come from the erudite chapter of "The Doctrine of the Mean", which means that the sea is unfathomable and immeasurable, but it is also formed by spoonfuls of water. Qianlong once wrote a poem based on this: "I have a spoonful of water, and it turns into Dongcangming", which is quite interesting.

Going further east from Chenghai Tower, you will come to the real "leading head" of the old dragon head - Jinglutai and Shicheng into the sea.

Jinglu Terrace was built by Sun Yingyuan in the 44th year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1565). It is the only enemy tower of the Great Wall standing in the sea. The city wall behind Jinglutai is the end part of the Great Wall extending into the sea, that is, the stone city into the sea. It was built in the seventh year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty (1579) by Wu Weizhong, a general sent by Qi Jiguang. Looking closely, I feel that the name "Old Dragon Head" is really vivid.

Get off the old dragon head and walk southwest along the beach to the last scenic spot in the scenic spot - the Sea God Temple.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, in order to pray for the safety of the sea, the coastal people successively built the Sea Temple, Tianhou Temple, Dragon Temple and Beihai Temple on the west side of Laolongtou. It was destroyed by the Eight-Power Allied Forces in 1900 and rebuilt in 1989. From north to south, there are archways, three-hole stone bridges, mountain gates, Poseidon Temple, Tianhou Temple and Guanhai Pavilion.

The Sea God Hall is the first hall in the Sea God Temple, which enshrines Wang Xuanming, the God of the North Sea, and the God of the North Sea, and the two sides of the Sea Yaksha, Shunfeng Er, Fengpo, Rain God, Patrol Yaksha, Clairvoyant, Dianmu, and Thunder God.

Tianhou Temple is dedicated to Mazu. She was originally a god of the sea in the southeast coast, but after being spread to the north, she also became a god worshiped by the people living by the sea.

Whether it is the Dragon King of the North Sea or the Mazu of the South, they all entrust the people's yearning for peace and peace. There are no such rhetoric such as powerful and powerful in the sea temple, but only the ordinary pursuit of "calm and calm".

There is a Great Wall of China Art Museum not far from the Old Dragon Head Scenic Area. The venue itself has a very traditional Chinese artistic atmosphere, and the Great Wall itself is also artistic. If it weren't for a great country, how could there be such a magnificent handwriting!

Haiyun

I have been to many coastal cities, but Qinhuangdao is the one that makes me feel most comfortable and comfortable. Especially when riding on the coastal road in Beidaihe, the sea breeze, temperature, and vegetation are just right, the air is fresh, and the scenery is charming. Many nursing homes.

Pleasant climate is a gift from the sea. If the imaginary charm of the sea is implemented into the architectural landscape through artificial embellishments on this basis, then the charm of the coastal city will be perfectly released.

Biluo Pagoda in Beidaihe is such a place, under the bright sky, filled with the color and romance of the ocean.

Santorini on the Aegean Sea is one of the world-famous seaside scenery. Its biggest feature is that the blue-roofed and white-walled buildings are scattered on the rocks by the sea, and the blue and white churches and dwellings are in harmony with the heart of the sea. , is a paradise for photographers and a holy place for honeymoon travel.

(The picture below is from the Internet)

There is a building imitating Santorini in Biluota Park. Although it is a cottage, it also has an elegant and romantic style, which attracts many couples to take wedding photos here.

The details of the building are also very particular. The blue windows and doors and white walls look fresh and elegant. The anchors, rudders and lifebuoys decorated between the doors and windows exude a sense of adventure. The bright flowers show a warm personality. The whole building is A well-placed work of art.

In addition to blue and white, the sea is also colorful.

Colorful surfboards on golden beaches are a symbol of vitality and adventure.

The brightly colored signage beside the grass pavilion is a symbol of diversity and tolerance.

Rows of colorful houses and rising hot air balloons are the annotations of freedom and unruly.

The palms reflected by the setting sun are romantic and warm decorations.

Upcoming bonfires and DJs, a raw and wild stage.

The color of the sea is far more than that. Colorful tables and chairs, lively cars, bright red houses...all make people immerse themselves in colorful dreams.

Here, you can join hands with your lover, listen to the wind chimes, and look at the sky.

Here, you can stand on the rocks, the waves are rolling, and the waves hit the rocks.

Here, you can walk alone, the sea and the sky are the same color, and your life is the same.

In such a romantic place, even a broken heart looks beautiful.

This is the Biluo Pagoda, a white pagoda shaped like a conch. There was a large-scale live-action performance "The Bright Moon on the Sea" was staged here. When I went, the performance was suspended, but I didn't have many regrets. The sea should have a romantic mood, and the end of the world is shared, but that's it.

epilogue

While visiting Shanhaiguan and Beidaihe, I also visited People's Square in the harbor area.

There is a red sculpture in the center of the People's Square, called "United Will Makes a City", like a soaring rocket.

Around the square, there is a group of "Di Zi Gui" story sculptures, showing the essence of traditional culture.

The buildings around the square have their own characteristics and novel designs.

The Olympic Park in Beidaihe District also has many shocking sculptures. Qinhuangdao has co-hosted the Beijing Olympic Games and the Beijing Asian Games. The Olympic Park has displayed the history of Olympic development and the progress and achievements of Chinese athletes in the Olympic Games through multiple sets of sculptures.

(Handprints and footprints of former table tennis player Liu Guoliang)

Qinhuangdao is a very rich city. Shanhaiguan has the Great Wall with a long history and rich culture; Beidaihe has the sea, the white pagoda is romantic, and the wonders of bathing in the sun; there are also fresh air, exquisite sculptures, well-behaved gulls, and magnificent mountains and seas... ....

Does Qinhuangdao like this arouse your desire to visit?