Chengde
Chengde, formerly known as Jehol and Rehe, is a prefecture-level city in Hebei province, situated about 225 kilometres (140 mi) northeast of Beijing.
Chengde, formerly known as Jehol and Rehe, is a prefecture-level city in Hebei province, situated about 225 kilometres (140 mi) northeast of Beijing. It is best known as the site of the Mountain Resort, a vast imperial garden and palace formerly used by the Qing emperors as summer residence. Its local dialect is also known for being the closest to Standard Chinese. The permanent resident population is approximately 3,473,200 in 2017. At the end of 2024, the total resident population of the city was 3,285,700, a decrease of 16,500 from the end of the previous year. The urbanization rate of the resident population is 59.77%.
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Worth seeing in and around Chengde
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Chengde Mountain Resort and its outlying temples
Chengde Mountain Resort is a large complex of imperial palaces and gardens situated in the Shuangqiao District of Chengde in northeastern Hebei province, northern China, about 225 kilometres northeast of China's capital Beijing. This resort was frequently used as a summer vacation place before the Kuomintang Republic of China.
4.4 km · UNESCO culture heritage of Chengde, Hebei Province, China · Wikipedia - 02Putuo Zongcheng Temple
The Putuo Zongcheng Temple of Chengde, Hebei, China is a Buddhist temple complex built between 1767 and 1771. It is located near the Chengde Mountain Resort, which is south of the Putuo Zongcheng.
7.2 km · Qing dynasty era Buddhist temple complex · Wikipedia - 03Puning Temple
The Puning Temple, commonly called the Big Buddha Temple, is a Buddhist temple complex in Chengde, Hebei province, China.
7 km · building in Chengde, China · Wikipedia - 04Xumi Fushou Temple
The Xumi Fushou Temple is one of the Eight Outer Temples in Chengde, Hebei, China. This Buddhist temple is in the north of the park complex of the Chengde Mountain Resort, to the east of Putuo Zongcheng Temple on the north side of a slightly upward slope hill.
6.6 km · building in People's Republic of China · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01The Summer Mountain Resort
A complex of gardens and palaces built by the Qing Dynasty as a summer retreat for the emperors from the heat of the lowlands.
- 02Putuo Zongcheng Temple
Admission includes entrance to neighboring temple (Temple of Sumeru, Happiness, and Longevity; 须弭福寿之庙).
- 03Puning Temple
This temple houses the awesome statue of Guanyin.
- 04Chengde Museum
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Things to do
LTL Mandarin School Chengde,. Offers Chinese Immersion Language Classes in Chengde with Home Stay Families. Ice Skating. During the winter there are ice skating rinks open on Wulie River. Skate rental is available, as are snacks and drinks. 1 磬锤峰星空观测 (Qingchui Peak Stargazing), Qingchui Peak National Forest Park. Selected clear nights, bookings essential.
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Where to eat
Donkey-Rolling Roll is a long roll with stuffing wrapped in yellow rice. The Roll is served on a bed of yellow beans. The act of turning the roll on the yellow beans is just like a donkey rolling on the ground. That is how the snack got its name. It could be found in Chengde more than 200 years ago.
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Getting to Chengde
- Airports
- Beijing Capital (PEK), 151 km · Beijing Daxing (PKX), 208 km · Tianjin Binhai (TSN), 210 km
- Stations
- Chengde South railway station, 7.8 km
- Beijing → Chengde176 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · ¥85–110
- Tianjin → Chengde212 km · quickest by road, 3h 46m · ¥105–135
- Dalian (Ganjingzi) → Chengde385 km · quickest by road, 10h 16m · ¥280–375
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Chengde
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Chengde. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere is a small airport in southern Chengde where occasional charter flights shuttle between Beijing and Chengde.
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Next door to Chengde
- Shuangqiao Districtdistrict of Chengde, Hebei, China3.1 km
- Dashimiao Towntown in Hebei, People's Republic of China4 km