There is a "Little Potala Palace" in Chengde, Hebei, which has been around for 252 years
Standing on the city wall on the small hill of Chengde Summer Resort, you can overlook a group of buildings similar to the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet - this is the Putuo Zongcheng Temple ("Putuo Zongcheng" is the Chinese translation of "Potala" in Tibetan), which is one of the famous "Eight Outer Temples" in Chengde, and also an important part of the World Cultural Heritage "Chengde Summer Resort and its surrounding temples".
The Putuo Zongcheng Temple was built during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty to celebrate the 60th birthday of Emperor Qianlong and the 80th birthday of Empress Dowager Chongqing. The blueprint for the construction was the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, so it is aptly called the "Little Potala Palace". The temple is built on the mountain, facing south, and covers a large area. The front part includes the mountain gate, the stele pavilion, and the Five Pagoda Gate; the middle part includes the glazed archway, the white platform, the monks' rooms, etc.; the rear part includes the main building, the Big Red Platform, and other buildings around it, totaling more than 60 places. The Tibetan-style red and white buildings are scattered among them, with the highest being the 43-meter-high main building, the Big Red Platform.
When you come to the Putuo Zongcheng Temple in late autumn, the sun is shining and the autumn wind is refreshing. You can see a series of flat-roofed white buildings with a strong Tibetan style, hidden among the colorful red leaves, and you really feel like you are in Tibet. As you climb up the steps, you can see the majestic Big Red Platform standing tall. Around the Red Platform are three layers of group buildings, and in the center of the skirt building is the "All Laws Return to One" hall with a double-eave spire and gilded copper tile items, and the big golden top is very dazzling.
As you continue to climb, you reach the top platform of the Big Red Platform, and the view suddenly opens up - to the south is the winding city wall on the mountains of the Summer Resort, to the east you can see another temple of the "Eight Outer Temples" - the Xumi Fushou Temple, and further away is the big "Mallet Stone" on the Qingshui Mountain. In late autumn in Chengde, the green, yellow and red colors in the mountains complement each other, and the Red Platform and White Platform are scattered and orderly, which is very majestic and spectacular.
In history, Emperor Qianlong visited the Putuo Zongcheng Temple many times. When the Tuerhute tribe returned to the east, Emperor Qianlong received the leader of the Tuerhute tribe, Wobaxi, and his entourage in the "All Laws Return to One" hall of the Putuo Zongcheng Temple. The two stone tablets in the temple, "Record of the Tuerhute Tribe's Return" and "Record of the Favorable Treatment of the Tuerhute Tribe", were erected to record this event.
Tips: The joint ticket price for the Putuo Zongcheng Temple and the Xumi Fushou Temple is 80 yuan per person, and there is a free battery car shuttle between the two places, and it only takes a few minutes to walk.
Very good, worthwhile trip. It’s a big one. You can go shopping for a long time. I also saw a cute squirrel jumping. This time I went to just right. It is estimated that there should be a lot of people on May Day. The travel experience is very good at this time.
So close, so beautiful, weekend to small vacation to Hebei is in place. The air in the mountains has become clean and it will pass by some time. The road is not very far and it takes three hours to drive there. A good place to recommend, and the noisy and slow pace of the city is very good.
Golden roof, wooden tower, longevity and endless Buddha. Walk 104 pole steps to the Dahongtai platform, the size of the Dahongtai is about one-third of the Potala Palace. The Tangka in the wall of the main hall is still well preserved, but the following part is very dry.
Haha, it is a must-go place to Chengde. If you can't go as far as Lhasa, you can come here. First experience the experience. We feel good and then go. I feel that girls have to come here at least three times, once as a child, once as a girl, and once as a mother, it should feel different.
Buy online, it is very convenient to use, you can swipe your ID card to enter the gate, you don't need to queue up to buy tickets, it seems to be a little discount? The attractions are divided into two places, and there are battery cars. Adult tickets and student tickets have to be placed separately. If the same order is placed, it will be more convenient together.