Chengde Mountain Resort
A summer retreat also served as a place of government. Lakes and wooded hills soften the scale of an imperial landscape.
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Chengde
Lakes, gardens and hillside temples reveal Chengde’s imperial past.
Lakes, gardens and hillside temples reveal Chengde’s imperial past. Notice how buildings borrow their shapes and settings from different traditions.
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Putuo Zongcheng Temple
A hillside temple brings another architectural voice to Chengde. Look at the relationship between its broad walls and layered roofs.
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Dingsheng Yuanbao Street
Food, craft shops and an evening performance setting meet below Yuanbao Mountain.
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