Chengde Bailou Hotel

Mountain Resort - Wenyuan Lion Forest

by Willettsworld

This garden was built in 1774 and modelled on a garden in Suzhou after Emperor Qianlong made an inspection tour in the south of the country that included Suzhou. He then ordered this garden be built here.

Putuo Zongcheng Temple

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The Putuo Zongcheng Temple complex was built between 1767 and 1771, during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor (1735-1796). It is located to the north of the Mountain Resort. Along with the equally famed Puning Temple, it is one of the Eight Outer Temples of Chengde. The temple was modeled after the Potala Palace of Tibet, the old sanctuary of the Dalai Lama built a century earlier. Hence the Putuo Zongcheng has been nicknamed the "Little Potala Palace". Since it was modeled after the Potala palace, the temple represents a fusion of Chinese and Tibetan architectural styles. The temple complex covers a surface area of some 220,000 square meters, making it one of the largest in China.

The Putuo Zongcheng Temple was originally dedicated to Qianlong in order to commemorate his birthday, as well as provide Hebei with a temple of equal size and splendor as the Tibetan Potala Palace. It is a must-see-thing when in Chengde.

Open: 8am-5.30pm. Admission: RMB40.

Mountain Resort - Chengde

by snuggie

"The beauty of the lake"

Chengde is located between north latitude in the northeast of the Hebei provinceIt is about 435 kilometers away from its provincial capital, Shijiazhuang and about 256 kilometers away from Beijing.

Chengde is a famous cultural city with 300 years of history.It used to be the second political center in the Qing dynasty also the largest extant royal garden in China.This place was also known as "Rehe",famous of having the ever flowing and unfrozen spring here.

Yongyou Temple

by Willettsworld

This temple lies on the eastern side of the Mountain Resort with the resort walls. It was built in 1751 and means "Temple of Eternal Happiness and Blessing". The temple is dominated by a 9-storey, 67 metre-high octangonal pagoda which is modelled on the Liuhe Pagoda in Hangzhou and Baoen Temple in Nanjing. The Xiexin Hall on the temples western side was where the emperor used to rest and change his clothes when worshipping his ancestors.