In summer many Beijingers go to Beidaihe to escape the heat.
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history
The name means 'north of the Dai River', the small river that reaches the sea there. In 1898 the Qing court opened the beach as a summer resort for Chinese and foreign residents, and villas went up along the shore. The district is 北戴河区 of 秦皇岛.
culture
Mao's ci opens 大雨落幽燕 'heavy rain falls on Youyan' and then turns to 曹操, who rode east to 碣石 on this coast and wrote 《观沧海》.
