Qin Shi Huang's imperial tours

During the travels, the emperor climbed sacred mountains, performed sacrifices, and erected a total of seven stelas with texts about the new regime and his own exploits.

[1] Qin Shi Huang made his first inspection trip in 220 BC westward into eastern Gansu where he visited Longxi (by Mount Liupan[2]), Beidi (by the Jing River[2]) and Jitou Mountain (鷄頭山).

At Bolangsha (博狼沙) in Henan, Qin Shi Huang was the victim of a failed assassination attempt by a former Han loyalist, Zhang Liang.

At the fortified palace of Jiangnüshi (姜女石) (on the Bohai Coast just north of the Shanhai Pass),[6] the emperor erected a stele at the city gate.

They traveled further east on the Yangtze River to Kuaiji Mountains (會稽山) (at Shaoxing in Zhejiang)[1] where the ancient Yu the Great is buried.

There they met the magician Xu Shi, who for many years had unsuccessfully searched the seas for the elixir of immortality for the emperor, and he blamed his failures on large sharks.