Qinhuangdao Historical City and Becges Area Of China Tourism

Qinhuangdao meaning the island of Emperor Qin was named after the first emperor of Qin Dynasty when he
stationed here on his eastern inspection tour in 215BC, and sent Lu Sheng of Yan State to seek immortals off the sea. This beautiful city is located between 3854’ north latitude and 11936’ east longitude on the northwestern coast of Bohai Gulf and the northeast part of Hebei province. Its physical features of vast sea area and long coastline made the city even more beautiful. In 1898, the Qing government made Qinhuangdao a commercial port and began building an ocean shipping wharf. Since then the population had been increasing significantly.

Qinyu City was established in Dec. 1948, and then named changed to Qinhuangdao in March 1949. In May
1983, Qinhuangdao became a city under the direct jurisdiction of Hebei province. Three districts, Haigang,
Beidaihe and Shanhaiguan and four counties, Funing, Changli, Lulong and Qinlong Manchurian Autonomous
County are all under the jurisdiction of Qinhuangdao.

Qinhuangdao Island

It covers 7,523 km2, and is home to an estimated 2.7046 million residents. The urban population consists of 0.676 million people. Qinhuangdao also located at the conjunction area between North China Economic Zone and North- east China Economic Zone. It is also at the central part of economic zones around Bohai,
which is the important seaport for Northern, North- Eastern and North- Western China. The world famous port of Qinhuangdao is wide in harbour space and deep in water, neither frozen nor silted. The port for energy, sundry goods and containers is the second largest port in China and is the world’s largest port for energy export.

Climate
Qinhuangdao enjoys a mild continental monsoon climate, consisting of distinctive seasons and mild winters and summers. The average temperature year round is 10.1oC, the hottest weather occurs in July with the average temperature of 25oC. The coldest month is January with an average temperature of -6.5oC. The annual average rainfall is 698mm and relative humidity of 62%.

Qinhuangdao Island

 Natural Resources
Qinhuangdao is endowed with rich natural resources. The metal and nonmetallic reserves cover more than 40 different minerals, such as magnesium, gold, lead, copper, iron, coal, marble etc. The magnesium deposit, which has a reserve of approximately 400 million tons, has prosperous prospects for further exploration.
Qinhuangdao is also rich in products.

The grapes and dry red wine from Changli County, the chestnuts from Qinglong County and sweet potato
products from Lulong County enjoy good reputation. Altogether there is a 126.4km long coastline within its
boundary, teeming with prawn, sea cucumber, crabs and scallops, etc.

Qinhuangdao Beches Area :

Qinhuangdao Beach

Qinhuangdao Beach

 Huiquan Beach
 Huiquan Beach there are 6 main beaches lying in the coastal region of Qingdao. They are -- Huiquan, Taipingwan, Zhanshan, Zhanqiao, Sifang and Cangkou respectively.

 Huiquan Beach

Beihai Silver Beach
Beihai Silver Beach The beach gets its name from its soft and silvery sand glittering in the sun and moon rays, displaying its full splendor. The Beihai Silver Beach lies to the south of Beihai, extending 24 km west and varies in width from 30 to 300m. It is considered as one of the best beaches in China, maintaining its average seawater temperature of 23C through out the year.

Beihai Silver Beach

In the Beihai Silver Beach Park, you can find houses related to musical instruments, chess, books and pictures in the east part. In the middle part is on-sea ports and beach zone while in the west is a marine biology museum,a children's swimming pool and an open air dance floor. There are flourishing flowers and trees growing on the square and over 30 pavilions of various styles around the square. In addition, tourists can appreciate the excellent performances of rare foreign birds, folk customs, Russian customs, etc, and take part in the activities of parachute jumps over the sea or to just lie on the beach and enjoy the clear sky and pure white clouds.

Tianya Haijiao Beach
Tianya Haijiao Beach is a popular resort in the southern part of Hainan Province, People's Republic of China. It is located 24 km to the west of Sanya's Municipal Area. Tianya Haijiao Beach are the two well-known beaches of the province. Lying on the soft sand under beautiful sunshine or walking through the coconut plantation under the blue sky is just spell binding.

Tianya Haijiao Beach

The climatic conditions also facilitates it as the most desired beach resort, the weather is not very hot in summer nor very cold in winters, adorned with lot of greenery and fresh air. The venue is considered the south-most point of China's land area, therefore many tourists also come for sight-seeing. To the south of the Cape is the South China Seas and some islets are in the sight, providing a marvellous view to visitors when the weather is fine.
 
Qinhuangdao Tourism Map and Guide
 

Qinhuangdao Tourism Map