Puning Temple

Puning Temple🔸The first imperial temple of the Qing Dynasty! Puning Temple, commonly known as the Big Buddha Temple. 'Puning' means universal peace and well-being, reflecting the Qing government's wish for eternal peace, unity, and the happiness and prosperity of the people. It is the largest venue for Tibetan Buddhist activities in northern China, with typical Tibetan Buddhist architectural features. The mandala of Puning Temple is currently the most completely preserved in our country's temples. 🔸The main shrine features a gilded wood carving of the Thousand-Handed and Thousand-Eyed Guanyin Bodhisattva, which is the largest and heaviest wooden Buddha statue in the world. In 1994, Puning Temple was approved by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage site. 📍Detailed address: No. 1 Puning Road, Shuangqiao District, Chengde City. Transportation: Take bus No. 6 or 26 in Chengde City to the 'Puning Temple' stop. Ticket🎫: 60 yuan during peak season, 45 yuan during off-season Opening hours: From October 10th to March 31st of the following year. The temple opens from 8:30 to 17:00 on important Buddhist festivals and during dharma activities. Tour duration⌚️Reference: About 2-3 hours ‼️Temple Introduction: ✅Heng Ha Er Jiang: Located on both sides of the mountain gate, distinguish by the shape of the mouth ✅Mahayana Pavilion: Houses the statue of Guanyin ✅Four pavilions in the southeast and northwest: Represent the four great continents, the most complete mandala architectural group in China, even more complete than the Summer Palace ✅Four-colored Lama Pagodas: At the four corners of the Mahayana Pavilion ✅ 'Hongxiu Puyin' plaque: Written by Emperor Qianlong ✅East and West Side Halls: House Tibetan Buddhist statues ✅Good Wealth and Dragon Girl beside the Big Buddha: Surprisingly, the Good Wealth Boy has grown a white beard... 📝Note tips: Puning Temple is the only one among the Outer Eight Temples where lamas reside. During the Lamp Festival, the square outside the mountain gate will be filled with butter lamps, and the prayer wheels inside the temple should be turned clockwise. Don't do anything absurd just for the sake of taking photos... 🚲Surrounding Tour: Actually, the Outer Eight Temples of Chengde are not far away, a taxi ride costs less than 10 yuan. Chengde's Outer Eight Temples: Include Puren Temple, Pushan Temple (no longer exists), Puning Temple, Anyuan Temple, Putuo Zongcheng Temple, Shuxiang Temple, Xumi Fushou Temple, and Guangyuan Temple Accommodation🏨: Puning Hotel, where you can see the Xumi Fushou Temple from the guest rooms, and it's just a short walk to the door – less than two kilometers from Puning Temple. Eat🍲: Chengde's specialty lamb soup (Pingquan Erzi Lamb Soup, Old Three Lamb Soup)

Puning Temple, located in the northeast corner of the Mountain Resort of Chengde, Hebei Province, is a large temple built by Emperor Qianlong to pray for national peace. This temple not only integrates the traditional Han-style seven-hall layout but also cleverly imitates the form of the Samye Monastery in Tibet, presenting a unique beauty. The Mahavira Hall is the core building of Puning Temple, with a facade of seven bays wide and five bays deep, a double-eaved hipped-gable roof, and a roof of yellow tiles with green edges that glitters in the sunlight. Inside the hall, the Three Buddhas and the Eighteen Arhats are enshrined, and the colorful Buddhist story murals on the walls make one feel as if they are in a mysterious Buddhist world. Even more spectacular is the Mahayana Pavilion, a building that stands 36.75 meters tall and is the center of Puning Temple. At its four corners are four differently colored Lama pagodas, like four guardian deities, protecting the peace of the temple. Inside the pavilion, there is a 22.28-meter-tall standing statue of the Thousand-Handed and Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara, meticulously carved from various types of hard and anti-corrosive wood. The exquisite craftsmanship and vivid representation are breathtaking. At Puning Temple, you can feel the profoundness of history and the magnificence of culture, and appreciate the solemnity and mystery of Buddhism. Here, there is not only the beauty of ancient architecture but also the profound cultural heritage of Buddhism. When you come to Chengde, consider visiting Puning Temple to experience the tranquility and solemnity, and let your soul be purified and elevated.

✅ Chengde. The Summer Resort built during the 'Kangxi and Qianlong Golden Age' of the Qing Dynasty, and the 'Jizhen Great Wall', which was responsible for the important task of guarding the capital in the 'Nine Border Towns' of the Ming Dynasty. These two dynasties, which once attacked and defended each other, have left exquisite relics here, together building this city of world cultural heritage. A hurried visit leaves much to be desired. 📍Route map: Day1, arrive in the afternoon. Qing Hammer Peak, Pule Temple, Anyuan Temple, the golden top under the sunset, extremely beautiful. Day2, get up early to see the temple, Puning Temple (Puyou Temple)—Putuo Zongcheng Temple—Xumi Fushou Temple; in the afternoon, measure the Summer Resort on foot. Day3, go to Jinshanling, climb the Great Wall. ✅Day2. Get up early, pay homage to 'Puning Temple'. Among the Outer Eight Temples, it is the only temple with monks and Buddhist activities. 📍Locals call it 'Big Buddha Temple', which comes from the 'Great Compassionate and Merciful Thousand-Handed Guanyin Bodhisattva' enshrined in the Tibetan-style main hall 'Mahayana Pavilion' in the temple. The Guanyin statue is 27.12 meters high and 15 meters waist, and there is a 1.52-meter-tall Amitabha Buddha carved on the top of the head, which is currently the largest wooden Buddha statue in the world. 📍The entire temple is a combination of Han and Tibetan. The front half is the Han-style 'Garan Seven Halls', with a double-layered Xieshan gold-rimmed green-edged glazed tile roof in the main hall, 'Nine Ridges and Ten Dragons', and the main 'Vertical Three World Buddhas'. The 'Shakyamuni Buddha' representing the present is in the middle, with the statues of the three generations of Panchen Lama in front of the Buddha, and the 'Ancient Buddha of Burning Lamp' and 'Maitreya Buddha' on both sides, symbols of the past and future. The latter half is the Tibetan-style 'Mandala', or 'Altar City', which is a 'world' built according to the first Buddhist temple in Tibet, 'Samye Temple', which directly reflects the cosmology of Mahayana Buddhism. ✅Stepping into the mountain gate, I can't help but sigh: the rules of the royal temple are really not a model for all beings to be equal! The arch-shaped gate hole like a city gate is tall and deep, the Han white jade door frame is exquisitely carved, the red mountain wall is hidden by the green pines, and each building overlooks the passers-by under its feet with a high posture, making me and other ants who are struggling to survive in the world suddenly feel awe, and the division of heaven, earth, gods and people is drawn in my heart, and a sense of being a protected weak arises. 📍The 'Mahayana Pavilion' is located in the center of the altar city, symbolizing the center of the world 'Mount Sumeru', a five-pointed spire-style wooden building, tall and magnificent and intricately constructed, is recognized as a masterpiece of ancient architecture. 📍The 'Thousand-Handed Guanyin Statue' carved in the pavilion, with a height of more than ten floors, is adorned with pearl rings and fluttering robes, vivid expressions, showing a compassionate attitude, with drooping eyes, and a soft gaze looking up at humans. 📍On both sides of the pavilion are the Sun and Moon Halls, and there are four Han-style glazed tile-roofed halls symbolizing the 'Four Great Continents' in the four directions of southeast, northwest, and eight Tibetan-style white platforms symbolizing the 'Eight Small Continents', and there are red, white, blue, and black four glazed pagodas distributed at the four corners of the pavilion to deter all demons. All beings live in the major continents, surrounded by vast oceans, with the sun and the moon alternating, illuminating the mountains, seas, earth, and all beings. This is a microcosm of a world. Thousands, tens of thousands, countless worlds make up the 'Saha World' in the Buddhist universe, and the light of Buddha's compassion and wisdom illuminates the world. ✅In the morning at Puning Temple, tourists and pilgrims are endless, and the vast and magnificent gardens and temples seem to absorb the bustling voices, shielding the hustle and bustle of the world, and the surroundings seem to be quiet. ✅The smoke is curling. The Great Buddha is compassionate and protects a world, 'secure in their dwellings, happy in their occupations, forever universal peace'.

Why go to Harbin for ice sculptures, Chengde welcomes you for free! This winter, Chengde has launched the Ice and Snow Hot Spring Tourism Season, especially in the World Cultural Heritage-Summer Resort and outside the Puning Temple icon, many new ice and snow entertainment projects and viewing landscapes have been built. The ice sculpture appreciation is mainly on the square outside Puning Temple, showing Chengde's natural landscape and representative ancient buildings through ice sculptures, and it is free to visit and park. So close, so beautiful, hurry up and appreciate the beauty of Chengde in winter!

Puning Temple was built in 1755 (the 20th year of Qianlong), it is a typical temple combining Han and Tibetan styles, and it is currently the only royal temple in Chengde with resident monks. Puning Temple is a 5A scenic spot and a World Heritage Site. The name 'Puning' means 'peace under the sky, protecting all beings', and it is the temple with the most incense in the Chengde area. The most worth seeing in the temple is the world's largest gilded wood carving Buddha statue - the Thousand-Handed and Thousand-Eyed Guanyin Bodhisattva, which is 28 meters high and weighs 110 tons, with 42 arms and 43 eyes, and can be called a treasure of world art.

Chengde has ice sculptures too, this year there are quite a few ice sculptures created on the square of the World Cultural Heritage - Puning Temple. The content is all about the famous scenic spots in Chengde. Although it can't compare with the grandeur of Harbin's ice sculptures, it also brings a lot of surprises and joy to everyone. There are also a few snow sculptures in Puning Temple, which should be the creativity of the staff. Although they are not professional, they are unique and bring a bit of relaxation and enjoyment to the temple. Despite the cold, you can appreciate the exquisite architecture and the beauty of light and shadow. Time is quiet, as warm as it began.

The Mahayana Pavilion Mahayana Pavilion is the center building of Puning Temple. There are four different color Lama towers in the four corners. The Mahayana Pavilion has a height of 36.75 meters and a 6-storey facade. The pavilion has a built-in thousand-handed Guanyin Bodhisattva statue, which is 22.28 meters high and is carved with hard anti-corrosion wood such as pine, eucalyptus, cedar, and eucalyptus. It weighs about 110 tons. Mahayana Pavilion, also known as Sanyang Tower. Because people want to get rich, take the meaning of Sanyang Kaitai, and call this building Sanyanglou. Puyou Temple is a school of lamas studying Buddhist theory books. The monks gather here and the incense is strong, making it the largest Buddhist shrine in the north. [Pule Temple] The whole temple building is a combination of Han and Tibetan styles. The western part is composed of Shanmen, Tianwang Hall, Bell and Drum Tower, Hall and the main hall according to the Han temple style. The eastern part is a Tibetan city building. The main building, Xuguang Pavilion, is a dome that resembles the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. The top of the pavilion houses a circular algae well, a dragon and phoenix pattern, and a dragon and phoenix well center carved golden dragon play beads. The algae well adopts three layers of layers of shrinking and heavy weighting. The carvings are fine and golden, with high artistic value.

The Putuo Zongcheng Temple was built on the basis of traditional Han architecture and blended with the characteristics of Tibetan architecture. It is a model of Han and Tibetan architectural art. [Puning Temple] Take the peace under the heavens and bless the meaning of the world. The Puning Temple is home to the world's largest golden lacquered wood carving Buddha statue - Thousands of Thousand Eyes Guanyin Bodhisattva. Daxiong Hall Daxiong Hall, seven wide, deep into five, about 35 meters long, about 25 wide M, heavy squatting on the top of the mountain, covered with yellow-green glazed tiles. The top of the big ridge is set with a bronze gilt lama tower. In the middle of the temple, there are three Buddhas in the middle, and on both sides are the statues of the Eighteen Arhats. The walls of the temple are painted with colorful Buddhist story murals, with meticulous workmanship and vivid images. There are five rooms in the east and west, and three in the deep, and the top of the mountain.