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Labour Hotel Chengde

No.2 Zhongguluoxiaoqu Chengde, Hebei, China

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Finally, Some Nature!

A travel blog entry by josiahinchina

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... Anyway, after making my way through this exciting and inspiring section of Chinese history, I wandered off into the main part of the park with my friends. I won't go into all the details because I think I've already bored you half to death with my descriptions so I'll just say this, the park was absolutely gorgeous and we had ton's of fun prancing and frolicking around in it. See facebook for pictures. After the park we ate and spent the night in our ...

"Temple'ing" the Wai Ba Miao

A travel blog entry by czechone

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... areas within all of the temples too.

Bit disappointing that I ran out of time to see all the temples as the day took longer than I anticipated as some of these temples were bigger than I expected (particularly Putuo Zongcheng), however I made it to 5 or 6 in total I think which made for a complete, enthralling day.

A couple parting comments too regarding Chengde ... the city itself was really nice, in ...

Bishushanzhuang - Emperor's playground

A travel blog entry by czechone

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Today was spent in Chengde's Qing dynasty Mountain Resort : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chengde_Mo untain_Resort

Chengde was one of the more anticipated destinations for my journey so I was hoping it would live up to my hopes - and thankfully it didn't fall short.

Admittedly it wasn't the absolute picture perfect time of year to visit the gardens of the mountain resort (it either needs the green of ...

Travel day, onto Chengde I go ...

A travel blog entry by czechone

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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

A travel blog entry by trivia

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... 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 ...

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