In 215 BC, Qin Shihuang, the first emperor in Chinese history, made his 4th eastward tour and stayed here. He also sent Lu Sheng from Yan and Han Zhong, an alchemist, to go to the sea to seek immortality and inscribe "Jieshimen Ci" , Qinhuangdao has its name.
More than 20 emperors including Emperor Wu of Han and Emperor Wu of Wei visited Qinhuangdao. In 1898, Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty approved the opening of a port and established Beidaihe as a tourist and summer resort. In November 1948, Linyu City was established and changed to Qinhuangdao City in March 1949. In 1984, it was approved by the State Council as a coastal port city for China to further open up to the outside world. ?
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Qinhuangdao is located in the northeast of Hebei Province, bordering the Bohai Sea to the south, Yanshan Mountain to the north, Liaoning to the east, Beijing and Tianjin to the west, and is located in the two major economies of North China and Northeast China It is at the junction of districts and located in the center of the Bohai Rim Economic Circle.
It is located between 39°24′~40°37′ north latitude and 118°33′~119°51′ east longitude. It is connected to Suizhong County, Jianchang County and Chaoyang City of Huludao City, Liaoning Province in the northeast. Lingyuan City borders Kuancheng Manchu Autonomous County, Chengde City, Hebei Province to the northwest, Luanxian, Qian'an, Qianxi and Luannan counties and cities in Tangshan City to the west, and the Bohai Sea to the south.
It is 387 kilometers away from Shenyang City in the north, 210 kilometers away from Dalian City in the east, 265 kilometers away from the capital Beijing City in the west, 218 kilometers away from Tianjin City, and 479 kilometers away from Shijiazhuang City.
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