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Xinhua Fandian Chengde

No.4 Xinhua Road Chengde, Hebei, China

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Finally, Some Nature!

A travel blog entry by josiahinchina

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... rock to the top. We definitely had a great view up there, breaking the rules can sometimes pay off. On heading back down I discovered why climbing was very much discouraged. It was slightly hazardous, especially with the stiff soled shoes I was wearing. I made it down safely though, with a slightly racing heart beat.By this time we needed to make the long hike back down to meet up with the bus and head back to Beijing. Thus ended my adventures in Chengde.

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"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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... 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 ...

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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