Puning Temple (Hebei)

After the conquest, the Qianlong Emperor personally inscribed his writing on a tablet that is in the stele pavilion of the Puning Temple.

This stele of 1755, called the Puning Sibei, commemorated the founding of the temple and the victory over the Dzungars.

[5] Since the Dzungars were followers of Tibetan Buddhism, the temple was built in imitation of Samye monastery in Tibet.

[4] The large wooden Buddhist statue of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara in the main hall of the Puning Temple is one of its most renowned features.

The statue itself is made from five kinds of wood, including pine, cypress, elm, fir, and linden.

The Qianlong Emperor (r. 1735–1796) touring Chengde .
The giant wooden bodhisattva of Puning Temple; click here for a closer look .