The Mountain Resort and Outlying Temples

Situated in Chengde City, Hebei Province, the Mountain Resort consists of imperial palaces, imperial gardens and outlying temples of magnificence. With an area of 5.64 sq.km., the Mountain Resort, created by absorbing the characteristics of places of historic interest of the country, is the imperial resort of the Qing emperors and the largest imperial garden of China. Modeled after lamaseries of Tibet and Xinjiang and popularly known as Outlying Eight Temples, a half circle of 20 or so temple complexes covers 52 ha., symbolizing national unity of different ethnic groups around the centralized government in China. Having met the criteria Nos.2, 4 for inclusion of cultural properties on the World Heritage List, the Mountain Resort and Outlying Temples were inscribed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO in 1994.

Xiaojinshan

The Felicity and longevity Sumeru Temple of Chengde