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Hui Long Tower Chengde

Chezhan Road, Xinjuzhai Chengde, Hebei, China

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Finally, Some Nature!

A travel blog entry by josiahinchina

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Hey there all! So this last weekend I spent some time in a wonderful city name of Chengde. This was a group trip that I did with all the people from Calvin and it was a blast! It was so nice to finally leave Beijing and experience some nature! I had been craving some physical exercise out in the natural world and my wish finally came true. We started off our trip with a relaxing three hour bus ride in a rather cramped bus, brought back some good ...

"Temple'ing" the Wai Ba Miao

A travel blog entry by czechone

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... 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

A travel blog entry by czechone

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... that were brought here for the Emperors "hunting pleasure" all those years ago ... I'm glad to see them free and alive as they are here now. Nice random, slightly weird sort of thing to see them wandering around here amongst temples and such.

Overall it was a pretty relaxing day, nice and quiet too being offseason which is really the best and most appropriate way to experience ancient Chinese gardens and temples.
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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 ...

Hidden Gem - Guiness Book Of Records Rated.

A travel blog entry by heatheravan

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... the top floor the guide had an interesting story for us. During the time China was occupied by Japan, Japanese soldiers were ordered to scrape all the gold off the roof. It was extremely hard to do, with a steep roof slope and so high up. The Japanese, being Buddhists themselves were not keep on the job of desecrating a sacred place and then one of them fell to their death. It was seen as a sign of displeasure by the gods and the ...

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This hotel was formerly known as: Huilong Hotel