Chengde mountain resort, one of the four ancient buildings in China.

Chengde mountain resort, also known as Chengde Palace or Rehe Palace, is located in Chengde City, Hebei Province. Built at the beginning of18th century, it consists of a palace, royal gardens and magnificent temples. During the reign of Kangxi and Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, he spent about half a year in Chengde, dealing with important political, military, ethnic and diplomatic affairs in the early Qing Dynasty. Therefore, the summer resort has become the second political center outside the capital and Beijing. It not only has rich cultural connotations, but also symbolizes the consolidation and development of China's unified multi-ethnic country. It is also a textbook for studying the history of China18th century and a museum of precious historical and cultural heritage.

Covering an area of 5.64 million square meters, the Summer Resort is the largest existing royal garden in China, with a winding palace wall of 10,000 meters. With the help of natural wild interest, the summer resort has formed the layout of southeast lake area, northwest mountain area and northeast grassland, which is isomorphic and becomes the epitome of Chinese territory. Built at the southern end, the Palace is the place where the emperor exercises power, lives, studies and entertains. So far, it has collected more than 20,000 pieces of furnishings and daily necessities of the emperor. The summer resort, the summer palace of the Qing emperor, has built more than 20 groups of buildings/kloc-0 by various traditional methods, integrating the characteristics of Jiangnan water town and northern grassland, and has become a model of China royal garden art.

The surrounding temples are composed of 12 magnificent Lama temples, such as Boren Temple, Boshan Temple, Pule Temple, Anyuan Temple, Puning Temple, Puyou Temple, Guangyuan Temple, Sumeru Fushou Temple, Putuo Zongcheng Temple, Guang 'an Temple, Luohantang Temple, Muxiang Temple, etc., surrounding the east and north foothills outside the villa, covering an area of 47 * *. Every temple is like a monument, recording the history of unity and unity in the Qing Dynasty. The architectural style of these temples combines Chinese and Tibetan culture and art. In temples, nearly 10,000 exquisite Buddha statues and utensils have been well preserved and enshrined, and their isomorphism has become the masterpiece of China's ancient architecture in the18th century.

The summer resort and its surrounding temples are a closely linked organic whole, and at the same time have a strong contrast of different styles. The summer resort is quaint and elegant, and the surrounding temples are magnificent. This was one of the important measures taken by the Qing emperors to deal with ethnic relations. Due to the historical and cultural heritage of many groups, the Summer Resort and its surrounding temples have become the national key cultural relics protection units, the top ten scenic spots in China, and one of the first batch of 24 historical and cultural cities and 44 scenic spots protection areas in China.

The summer resort, also known as Chengde Palace or Rehe Palace, is located in the north of Chengde city center in Hebei Province, where the Qing emperor used to escape the summer and handle government affairs. Summer resort is located in the north of Chengde city, on the narrow valley on the west bank of Wulie River, 230 kilometers away from Beijing. Founded in 1703, it took about 90 years to complete after the emperors Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong in Qing Dynasty. Compared with the Forbidden City in Beijing, the Summer Resort is the largest existing ancient imperial palace in China, with its quaint and elegant mountain village style, taking the true colors of natural landscapes and absorbing the scenery in the north of the Yangtze River.