The Mountain Resort of palaces and gardens at Chengde with its Outlying Temples is the largest existing imperial palace-garden and temple complex in China, covering a total area of 611.2ha. Built ...

The Chengde temporary dwelling palace is the largest ... larger than Beihai Park and larger even than the Yuanmingyuan Garden, which, incidentally, was constructed contemporaneously with the ...

1998 22COM VII.43 - Reports on the State of Conservation of Cultural Properties Noted by the Committee 1996 20COM VIID.61/62 - SOC noted by Committee: The Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, ...

The city of Chengde is well known for its Summer Palace, built by the Qing Dynasty Emperor Kangxi to escape the summer heat of Beijing. Equally famous are its Buddhist temples, where young lamas ...

Puning Temple, located 2.5 kilometers northeast of Chengde Mountain Resort, was built between 1755 and 1759. Because the temple houses a 22.28-metre statue of Avalokitesvara (Goddess of Mercy ...