Shanhaiguan scenic spot is a world cultural heritage, a national keycultural relics protection unit, and an advanced unit in creating a nationalcivilized scenic spot. "In the boundless Jieshi East, this pass is made byheaven. "The first pass in the world" is the first pass at the eastern startingpoint of the Great Wall. It is the dividing line between the inside and outsideof the pass and an important barrier for Beijing, the capital of the MingDynasty. It's close to the mountain and the sea. It's easy to defend but hard toattack. Built in 1381 A.D., Guancheng is a scientific, complete and strictmilitary defense system composed of Guancheng, Wengcheng, Luocheng, Yicheng,Shaocheng, beacon towers and piers of Xingluo Qibu. Because of its uniqueconstruction, it stands out from many dangerous passes of the Great Wall in theMing Dynasty and is known as "the key of the two capitals and the first pass ofthe Great Wall".
Shanhaiguan, with its ancient life experience, has recorded thevicissitudes of more than 600 years and become a witness of history. Manyemperors and generals left their footprints here: Emperor Qinshihuang's questfor immortality, Emperor Weiwu's eastward expedition, Emperor Taizong'sexpedition to Korea, and the five emperors of the Qing Dynasty's stay There havealso been many major historical events here: Xu Dajian's establishment of agarrison, the Jiashen war in the late Ming Dynasty, the invasion of the EightAllied forces, the second Zhifeng war, and the first shot of the Great Wall AntiJapanese war. Laolongtou scenic spot is located on the coast of Bohai Sea, 5kmsouth of Shanhaiguan city. It is composed of Ninghai City, stone city into thesea, chenghailou, nanhaikouguan, longwuying, Haishen temple, etc.
Like a giant dragon, the Great Wall stretches across the land of China. Itseast end is 4 kilometers south of Shanhaiguan City, and it is inserted into thesea. Like the dragon head, it becomes the eastern starting point of the greatwall of Ming Dynasty, so it is called the old dragon head. Chenghai tower is thecommanding height of the old dragon head, and it is a resort to view the sea.Mengjiangnu temple is located in Fenghuang mountain, 6.5km east of Shanhaiguan,which is composed of zhennu temple and mengjiangnu garden. In front of thetemple, there are 108 steps leading to the mountain gate. Inside the red wall ofthe temple, there are two halls, bell tower, Zhenyi Pavilion, Wangfu stone, etc.In the back of the temple, there is a garden area of Jiangnan style, MengJiangnu yuan and the east west side hall, which reproduces the panoramic view of"Meng Jiangnu's story", the first of the four folklores in China.