Chengde Hotel
No.33 Nanyingzi Street, Shuangqiao District Chengde, Hebei, China
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"Temple'ing" the Wai Ba Miao
... what I could tell it is in a valley totally surrounded by mountains on three of the four compass directions, also had a big clean'ish river running through it as well - and the city was less dusty than many others I've been too in China as well. I always like cities like this with a mountain backdrop, looks spectacular (as much as modern blocks of concrete can look spectacular anyway).
Also, it's great on ...
Bishushanzhuang - Emperor's playground
... back burning for fire preventition (or something like that) which means I missed out on seeing approximately 50% of the place but what I did manage to see in the few hours strolling around in the accessible area was pretty impressive and the parkland was really too big to cover in one day on foot anyway.
Worth a mention too were the deer roaming freely about the place. They are apparently the descendants of ...
Travel day, onto Chengde I go ...
Today was a bit of a nothing day as it was basically a 4-5 hour bus journey from Qinhuangdao to my next destination, Chengde.
I did however take a few photos from the bus along the way as the mountainous countryside was of much appeal to me, probably the ...
UNESCO World Heritage in Chengde
... The site is currently an UNESCO World Heritage Site. Since the seat of government followed the emperor, Chengde was a political center of the Chinese empire during these times. The city of Jehol reached its height under the Qianlong Emperor 1735-1796 (died 1799). The great monastery temple of the Potala, loosely based on the Potala in Lhasa, was completed after just four years of work in 1771. It was ...
Hidden Gem - Guiness Book Of Records Rated.
... already been to Chengdu and there is a city Changdu and now we go to Chengde!
Our delightful guide Roy, met our train and took us to lunch first, then to the Summer Mountain Resort of the Chinese Emperors of the Manchurian era. This amazing complex of palaces, temples, lake and landscaped gardens, was for nearly 150 years (between 1703 and 1861) the most important place outside Beiijng for the Emperors to handle military and ...



