Chengde

Hebei-chengde01 : 2 Days Chengde

Day 01: Chengde
Upon arrival, visit the Summer Resort. First built in 1703, and after 89 years of painstaking efforts through the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong reigns, Summer Resort had grown into the world's largest classical imperial garden that occupied a total area of 5.64 million square meters. It is twice as big as the Summer Palace of Beijing and eight times as big as the Beihai Park.

Day 02: Chengde
Visit the Temple of Potaraka Doctrine. Construction of the temple was begun in 1767 and completed almost four years later. It is modeled on the great Potala Monastery in Lhasa and is thus also known as the Little Potala. The buildings are a synthesis of Han and Tibetan styles. Move on to visit the Temple of Universal Peace. Covering an area of 23,000 square meters, the Temple of Universal Peace (Puning si) is the furthest north of the eight remaining outer temples of Chengde. The temple has also in its time been known as the Big Buddha Temple (Dafo si). Like many other temples in Chengde, it is also designed mainly in Tibetan and Han styles. Departure from Chengde.