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Bifeng Hotel Chengde

No.8 Huoshenmiao Chengde, Hebei, China

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Finally, Some Nature!

A travel blog entry by josiahinchina

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... yelling at me to come back. I think they were wondering if I was considering jumping or not. Well, so as not to cause anyone in our group to have a heart attack I acquiesced and returned to the safe zone. Deciding that we had had enough of looking at a rock we headed over to the nearby frog rock. This rock isn't quite as big but it is still large and does indeed resemble a frog. A friend and I decided to once again break the rules and scampered right ...

"Temple'ing" the Wai Ba Miao

A travel blog entry by czechone

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... Putuo Zongcheng temple, which was constructed as a small scale replica of the very famous Potala Palace in Tibet. Although, as you'll be able to see from my pics, the windows are only painted on and many of the buildings are actually hollow shells ie. no roof, nothing inside, just walls. Deceiving perhaps, but it looked mighty impressive nevertheless, particularly when viewed from a distance. Lots of interesting rooms ...

Bishushanzhuang - Emperor's playground

A travel blog entry by czechone

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... or the snow of Winter to look travel brochure spectacular) as the flora was getting on the brown "Winter around the corner" side. Nonetheless, it was a pretty nice place and regardless of the lotus leaves in the ponds being dried up brown and wilted, the intriguing historic element remained and grabbed my interest as always.

The only letdown being that the hilly, forested area of the compound was closed off ...

Travel day, onto Chengde I go ...

A travel blog entry by czechone

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... busride so far in terms of "out of the window scenery", passed by some Great Wall sections too but wasn't on the ball with the camera to catch it.

It's times like this I wish I had a car here so I could stop off along the way and take in some of these places ...
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UNESCO World Heritage in Chengde

A travel blog entry by trivia

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Previously known as Re He, situated northeast of Beijing. It is best known as the site of the Mountain Resort, a vast imperial garden and palace formerly used by the Qing emperors as summer residence.

In 1703, Chengde was chosen by the Kangxi Emperor as the location for his summer residence. Constructed throughout the eighteenth century, the Mountain Resort was used by both the Yongzheng and ...