First documented visit to Zhifu
· Zhifu Island, Yantai, Shandong, China
Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International · file The emperor climbed Zhifu on the Shandong coast during his second inspection tour, beginning a series of visits connected with inscriptions and his search for immortality. The itinerary source indicates he had also visited Zhifu in 219 BC; the quoted Yantai article dates a documented visit to 218 BC, so this card relies on the tour chronology for the first visit.
