Chengde Travel

Chengde, a small country town 250km northeast of Beijing, is surrounded by the Yunshan mountain range. It is adjacent to Beijing and Tianjin, 224 kilometers from Beijing. Chengde covers an area of nearly 40,000 square kilometers and has a population of over 3.55 million.

Chengde tours product will bring you to experience the life of ancient emperor. Chengde consisted of two types of landforms: plateau and hilly area; with the specified three-dimensional land resource; being surrounded by mountains, with the area of 40,000 sq km and a Population 3.53 million. The climatic features continental monsoon and hilly area climate; four seasons clearly; cold winters without cold current; cool summers without hot period; with enough sunshine of 2000 hours annually and frost-free period of 110-220 days. So the emperors in Qing dynasty made here as summer vacation mountain village

Chengde has a long history and abundant multi-ethnic historical and cultural connotations. It used to be the second political center in the Qing dynasty, with the largest extant royal garden in China. Chengde used to be called as "Rehe", for the sake of having the ever flowing and unfrozen spring here. The city used to be the provincial capital of Rehe province in 1928. It was discovered by the early Qing emperor Kangxi in the late 17th century, who found the cool summer climate and natural scenery appealing as a summer retreat. Kangxi and his successors built some 72 palaces there by the end of the 18th century, along with replicas of the Potala Palace of the Tibetan Buddhist lamas.

As one of the first famous historic and cultural cities of the nation, Chengde has plenty of sceneries, with some of them being renowned both at home and abroad. The Mountain Resort and Eight Outer Temples are listed as the world cultural heritage sites, which have contributed towards Chengde being one of famous cities in the world.

Besides, it has the world's largest royal hunting- the Mulan Paddock; the biggest wooden Buddha statue -the Kwan-yin Bodhisattva with a thousand hands and a thousand eyes, and the shortest river- the Hot River.

Chengde Summer Resort occupies a large area, incorporating countless buildings into natural setting of plains, mountains, lakes and islands to create an impressive scene which was praised by the emperor Kangxi, who reckoned its natural scenery more beautiful than the West Lake in Hangzhou Zhejiang province.

The Eight Temples in the north of the Great Wall around the Summer Resort is resplendent and magnificent. It fuses the architecture styles of the various nationalities in China such as Man nationality, Han nationality and Mongolian nationality to create buildings of multi-features.

The Mulan Paddock, familiar to many people, has been rated as a National Forest Park owning to its magic charm of great grassland whose beauty was once described in a Chinese poem, like a peaceful and harmonious picture with a vast sky above, boundless grassland below and wind blowing the low grass then flocks and herds coming into view.

In the north of Chengde is Wulingshan Mountain Natural Reserve; in the west lies the No.1 Grassland for the purpose of spending one's holiday and in the east are Yuquanxing Palace and Liaohe River Holiday Zone.

While enjoying Chengde travel, you will have the opportunity to taste the unique local dishes and snacks, both of royal and folk flavors due to its historical links. Various hotels, rest houses and leisure places will also provide you with comfort and pleasure during your travels in this wondrous city.

Both the internal and the external transportation of Chengde are very well developed and although there is only a small-scale airport, chartered flights flying between Beijing and Chengde will provide you more choices for your journey. In addition, railway and road links can connect you to many cities, such as Tianjin, Shenyang, Baotou, Ulanhot, Liaoning, and Inner Mongolia, etc. City buses provide a fine and integrated transport service; taxis are also a good choice due to their convenience and inexpensiveness.

If you can do only one overnight side trip from Beijing, make it Chengde -- the summer camp of the Qing emperors.

Day 1 Beijing / Chengde

Transfer to the railway station and board the soft-seat train to Chengde. Arrive in Chengde railway station, meet your guide and transfer to the four-star Yunshan Hotel. After lunch at nice local restaurant, you will visit the Imperial Temples Outside the walls of the Chengde Imperial Dwelling Palace. Enjoy your rest of the day explore the temples around there.

Day 2 Chengde / Beijing

After breakfast at hotel, you will visit the Chengde Summer Resort, the largest imperial garden and the second political center of the Qing Dynasty. After have a lunch at hotel, transfer to the railway station and board the train back to Beijing. Meet your guide at the railway station and transfer to the Holiday Inn Downtown Hotel.

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