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Morgan’s Essay 029: Qinhuangdao, Hebei — Shanhai Pass & Old Dragon’s Head


Admiralty Chart No 3378 Gulf of Chihli Rocky Point to Temple Head, Published 1903 — photo by United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, accompanying poem "Morgan's Essay 029: Qinhuangdao, Hebei — Shanhai Pass & Old Dragon's Head"
Photo: United Kingdom Hydrographic Office · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

The Great Wall has a starting point,
At the Old Dragon's Head by Bohai's shore,
A wonder spanning land and sea,
Fierce waves surge, mythical beasts guard.