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Chengde
Prefecture-level city in Hebei, China

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.

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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%.

Get in

Getting to Chengde

There is a small airport in southern Chengde where occasional charter flights shuttle between Beijing and Chengde. Chengde is 180 km away from the Beijing Capital International Airport. To travel by air, visitors can take a coach to Beijing and connect with their flights from there. A coach departs for Beijing every twenty minutes, making it very convenient.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    The 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.

  2. 02
    Putuo Zongcheng Temple

    Admission includes entrance to neighboring temple (Temple of Sumeru, Happiness, and Longevity; 须弭福寿之庙).

  3. 03
    Puning Temple

    This temple houses the awesome statue of Guanyin.

  4. 04
    Chengde Museum
Do

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.

Eat

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.

How locals move

Getting around Chengde the local way

  • Get inThere is a small airport in southern Chengde where occasional charter flights shuttle between Beijing and Chengde.

From Wikivoyage: Chengde, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2025-11.

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