Tour Features: Visit the largest imperial garden in China-Chengde Mountain Summer Resort, to get the idea of how the Emperors of Qing Dynasty spend their summer time. And laso take a look at the "Little Potala Palace" in Eight Outer Temples and world's tallest wooden sculpture in Puning Temple, to enjoy magnificent Chinese architecture. You can also climb the Jinshanling Great Wall, which is considered the most interesting sections of the wall.

Day by Day Itinerary:

Day 1: Chengde Mountain Resort (-, L, D)

In the morning, your tour guide will take you to Chengde Mountain Resort from Beijing, about 4 hours drive. The rest of the day is for visiting the Chengde Mountain Resort. It is the largest imperial garden in China with numerous palaces, wonderful scenery and a pleasant climate. Emperors of the Qing Dynasty lived here with their concubines and ministers during the summer time. Temples of various architectural styles and imperial gardens blend harmoniously into a landscape of lakes, pastureland and forests.

Day 2 : Eight Outer Temples, Temple of Potaraka Doctrine, Puning Temple (B, L, D)

Today your trip starts with visiting the Eight Outer Temples, which is a collective name given to 12 brilliant and golden temples built in succession.

Firstly you will visit the Temple of Potaraka Doctrine that is the largest and the most magnificent temple of the Eight Outer Temples and it also enjoys the name of "Little Potala Palace" since it imitated the Potala Palace built a century ago in Tibet.

Next, visit the the Puning Temple (Temple of Universal Peace) which was built in 1755 to commemorate the Qing Dynasty victory over a troublesome Mongolian force and was modeled after the Samye Monastery, the sacred Lamaist site in Tibet. It houses the world's tallest wooden sculpture of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (22.28-meter-high and 110-ton).

Day 3 : Jinshanling Great Wall (B, L, -)

After breakfast, drive to Jinshanling Great Wall which is about 120 km from Chengde. The Jinshanling Great Wall is famous as its diversity, like "obstacle-walls", "branch-walls" and "horse-blocking walls". Moreover, it has much more watchtowers and beacon towers than any of the other sections of the wall. This part is about 13 km long and it takes 3 hours to walk till at noon.

After lunch, the guide will transfer you back to Beijing.

Itinerary: B: Breakfast  AB: American Breakfast   L: Lunch   D: Dinner   SD: Special Dinner

Chengde Yunshan Hotel, 4 Star
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