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Qi Wang Lou Hotel Chengde

No.1 Bifengmen East Road North Chengde, Hebei, China

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Finally, Some Nature!

A travel blog entry by josiahinchina

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... immediately obvious upon arriving though that this was not the case, it was a fifteen minute walk just to get to the nearest restaurant. We weren't planning on spending too much time at our hotel though so this wasn't really an issue. After checking in and eating at the aforementioned fifteen minute walk away restaurant, we returned and jumped on the bus to head over to the Mountain Resort. The Mountain Resort earned this name because it was the ...

"Temple'ing" the Wai Ba Miao

A travel blog entry by czechone

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After visiting the Mountain Resort yesterday, today was all about serious temple hopping ie. going to the temples around the perimeter of the Mountain Resort, ie. the Wai Ba Miao, Eight Outer Temples : http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attract ion/hebei/chengde/eight_temple.htm

Today was a combination of jumping off and on city buses and long'ish walks between/to the temples.

Really enjoyed today as the ...

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 ...

UNESCO World Heritage in Chengde

A travel blog entry by trivia

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... with gold and the emperor worshipped in the Golden Pavilion. In the temple itself was a bronze-gilt statue of Tsongkhapa, the Reformer of the Gelugpa sect.

Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples were made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. There are total 8 outlying temples, the ones we visited are Puning Temple, Puyou Temple, Putuo Zongcheng Temple (also known as the Little Potala), Xumi Fushou ...

Biking, Shopping & A Waterfall

A travel blog entry by baphometdemon

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... the last time I had done it was last summer in China - before that was many, many years. But, lucky me, I didn't get killed by a truck, just rode, eyes plastered on the road ten feet in front of me, and my skin pale and clenching tightly to the lifeline of the handlebars.

We biked for about an hour, far off the main highway through small farming and factory villages, past a field full of goats and along a meandering river. The destination, ...

This hotel was formerly known as: Yi Wang Lou Hotel