Chengde Mountain Resort

Chengde Mountain Resort (Chinese: 承德避暑山庄; Manchu: Halhūn be jailara gurung) is a large complex of imperial palaces and gardens situated in the Shuangqiao District of Chengde in northeastern Hebei province, northern China, about 225 kilometres (140 mi) northeast of China's capital Beijing.

[1] Because of its vast and rich collection of Chinese landscapes and architecture, Chengde Mountain Resort in many ways is a culmination of all the variety of gardens, pagodas, temples and palaces from various regions of China.

Temples of various architectural styles and imperial gardens blend harmoniously into a landscape of lakes, pastureland and forests.

Many of the scenic spots around the resort's lake area were copied from famous landscaped gardens in southern China.

This includes a 70-meter (230 ft)-tall stone Chinese pagoda, one of the tallest in China, built in 1751 during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor.

Qing dynasty map of the resort