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Yiyuan Hotel Chengde

Lizhengmen Street,Wumiao Road Chengde, Hebei, China

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Finally, Some Nature!

A travel blog entry by josiahinchina

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... three hundred feet above the ground on a strip of rock about 15 feet wide, ahead of me was the phallic rock. After getting some pictures with me and the rock, I decided I had to do something else to entertain me for a bit. Since the Chinese aren't much for enforcing the rules, I decided I would jump the chain and scoot out on a ledge next the the rock that overlooked a rather large drop. Apparently this worried some other members of the group though as ...

"Temple'ing" the Wai Ba Miao

A travel blog entry by czechone

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... were, for the most part, quite different to the numerous temples I'd seen in China before as they were created to mimic temples of other areas such as a Tibet and not the typical Han Chinese style temples which often follow strict layout guidelines and architecture based on religious/confucian/dynastic guidelines and traditions).

Actually, each temple I visited was better than the last, peaking with the ...

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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... 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 ...

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