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Langyatai 琅琊台Lángyátái
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Qingdao, Shandong
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Qingdao
- Region
- Shandong
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Langyatai
A coastal hill in the south of the West Coast New Area where, according to the Records of the Grand Historian, Qin Shi Huang stayed for three months in 219 BC and had a terrace built. Excavations since 2019 have uncovered a T-shaped rammed-earth platform of about 45,000 m² on the 183 m summit, with a stair of hollow bricks decorated with dragon patterns, rooms below the platform and drainage pipes. It was listed as a national heritage unit in 2013 and named one of China's top ten archaeological discoveries of 2025.
How to get to Langyatai
On the coast near Langya town in the south of the West Coast New Area, about 59 km south-west of central Qingdao.
Nearby
- Qingdao Old Town & Seafront 青岛 60 km
Red roofs, German-era villas, sea breezes and the home of Tsingtao beer
Also within 20 km: Dazhu Mountain Scenic Area 大珠山 (20 km).
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