Introduction to Chengde, Hebei Province

Chengde City Chengde is located in the mountainous area of ??northern Hebei, adjacent to Beijing and Tianjin, and only more than 200 kilometers away from Beijing.

With Zhangjiakou to the west, Liaoning to the east, Inner Mongolia to the north, and Qinhuangdao and Tangshan to the south, it is known as the "Pearl of the Purple Sea".

The city has 8 counties and 3 districts, with a total area of ??nearly 40,000 square kilometers and a total population of more than 3.5 million, of which 1.3 million are Manchu, Mongolian, Hui, Korean and other ethnic minorities.

The four main railway lines of Jingcheng, Jingtong, Chengshi, and Chengshen run through the entire territory of Chengde. Three national highways 101, 111, and 112 intersect in a criss-cross direction, making transportation very convenient.

In particular, the opening of the Beijing-Chengdu tourist highway has greatly shortened the time and space distance between Beijing and Chengdu.

Chengde has a long history and rich historical and cultural connotations.

According to research, there are signs of human activities here as early as the Longshan Culture period in the Central Plains.

During the Warring States Period, the State of Yan established a county-level local government here.

From the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Yuan and Ming dynasties, the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Khitan, Jurchen, Mongolian and other ethnic minorities once nomadic here.

Until the early Qing Dynasty, the current urban area of ??Chengde was still a small village with only a few dozen households, called Rehe Shangying.

In the 42nd year of Kangxi (1703), the Qing government built a summer resort here.

In the first year of Yongzheng (1723), the Rehe Hall was established.

In the eleventh year of Yongzheng (1733), it was renamed Chengdezhou, which means "inheriting the kindness of ancestors".

Chengde is endowed with unique tourism resources and unique style.

In this beautiful and magical land, there are many "best in the world": the world's largest royal garden - the Summer Resort; the world's largest royal temple complex - the Eight Outer Temples; the world's largest The wooden Buddha - Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva with Thousand Arms and Thousand Eyes; the shortest river in the world - Rehe; the essence of the Great Wall - Jinshanling Great Wall; the stone pillar known as the world's unique - Qingchui Peak; the world's largest royal hunting ground - Mulan Paddock ...These landscapes are centered on the summer resort and its surrounding temples and radiate to the periphery.

To the north is the Chengde Royal Hunting Garden - Mulan Paddock; to the south is the former royal garden - Wulingshan National Nature Reserve; to the west is the No. 1 grassland in northern Beijing and Baiyun Ancient Cave; to the east are Chaoyang Cave and Liaoheyuan National Forest Park and Panlong Lake outside the Great Wall; between the Jingcheng Tourist Highway and the majestic Jinshanling Great Wall.

These unique cultural landscapes and beautiful natural landscapes make Chengde a famous royal style tourist belt in northern Beijing.