An entry in the "Reflections on Mountains and Rivers, History in the Mirror" writing contest. The Qin Imperial Road connected the realm, crossing mountains and rivers. When the young King of Qin took power, he made the ten-thousand-li road the lifeline of his realm and forged the foundations of a united Huaxia. From the snowstorms of Yongcheng to the palaces of Xianyang, and from the fertile lands of Guanzhong to the shores of the East Sea, witness how a great ruler carved out a new world amid chaos, making all chariots share the same axle width and all writing use the same script, and reuniting the Huaxia lands after a thousand years of division. This is more than a road: it is a lifeline linking the civilization of Huaxia.
