In addition to its aesthetic interest, the Mountain Resort is a rare historic vestige of the final development of feudal society in China. Description is available under license CC-BY-SA IGO 3.0 ...

Puning Temple, located 2.5 kilometers northeast of Chengde Mountain Resort, was built between 1755 and 1759. Because the temple houses a 22.28-metre statue of Avalokitesvara (Goddess of Mercy ...

Now the journey of 225 kilometres takes me just 59 minutes on China's incredible high-speed rail network. The slow procession ...

61/62 - SOC noted by Committee: The Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde (People's Republic of China) 1995 19COM XIIIB - Requests for International Assistance: Cultural Heritage 1995 ...