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Chengde itself looks, at first glance, like any other northern Chinese industrial town, but the dreariness is interspersed with beautifully sited old temples and an imperial pleasure-ground big enough to be protected by a wall 10 km (6 miles) long.
Chengde’s other main attractions are the temples in the hills outside the park Many of these “Eight Outer Temples” have a strong Tibetan flavor.
The palaces and gardens of Chengde provided summertime escape for the imperial courts of the Qing Dynasty, beginning with Emperor Kangxi, who created the halls, lakes, and hunting grounds here as a second summer palace in 1703.
The plain wooden corridors connecting the buildings contrast with the illustrated passageways of Beijing’s Summer Palace, which occupies but half the space of the Chengde retreat.
The Mount Sumera Longevity and Happiness Temple (Xumifushou Miao) commemorates the Panchen Lama’s visit to Chengde in 1779.