Chengde Tourism

Chengde City was included as one of the first China Excellent Tourism Cities by the National Tourism Administration in the end of 1998. Chengde owns unique and tourism resources. There are many "Top of The World" in the city. for example, it has the world's largest imperial garden – Chengde Mountain Resort; the world's largest royal temple complex - Eight Outer Temples; the world's largest wooden Buddha – Thousand-hand and Thousand-eye Kwan-yin ( in Puning Temple) ; the world's shortest river - Rehe; the Great Wall essence - Jinshanling Great Wall ; a unique pillar in the world – Qingchui Peak ; special pine of the world – Nine Dragon Pine (Jiulong Pine), etc. Royal-style architecture combines with rustic natural paradise. Chengde Mountain Resort is the largest imperial garden in China, covering 5.64 million square meters. The perimeter of its wall is 10 km long and it is divided into two parts: the palace area and the imperial park. Magnificent architecture of Eight Outer Temple mix the different temple architecture styles of Manchu, Han, Mongolian, Tibetan and other nationalities of China, magnificent and elegant. It is a symbol of resisting external enemy and protects the national unity at that time.

In addition, the famous royal hunting in Qing Dynasty, "Mulan Paddock", is located in the most northern part of Chengde City, Hebei province, bordering Inner Mongolia by about 120 km. The paddock has always been a place with abundant plants and animals. In AD 1681, Emperor Kangxi established here a radius of ten thousand square kilometers for hunting, including 72 hunting grounds. This is how Mulan Paddock became. It is a natural resort for avoiding summer heat and hunting or ski in winter.

Chengde is suitable of tourist al year around, but considering its beautiful natural scenery, the best time to travel there is from April to October. While traveling in Chengde, tourists may want to buy some special local products, such as Chengde woodcarving products, folk paper-cut, Tengshi cloth paste painting, etc.

As for the festivals or activities in Chengde, Mulan Paddock Forest Grassland Festival is a famous one. Mulan Paddock is the nearest natural paddock to Beijing. Many people are attracted to a place by its reputation as a scenic spot every year. It is held from the late June to the next February. During the festival, the scenery is the most beautiful. In summer, visitors can avoid summer heat in China; in winter, visitors can ski or hunting in this place.

In a word, Chengde offer a lot of tourist resource for travelers. You should not miss it if you get a chance to come to China. Spending a short time in this city will offer you an impressive experience. 

►Recommended Chengde tour: 6 Days Tour from Beijing to Chengde
(Attractions: Tian'anmen Square, the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Jinshanling Great Wall, Chengde Summer Resort, Putuo Zongcheng Temple, Puning Temple)