Tour Features: This the best tour for you in the summer. Go there to avoid the heat and enjoy the temples of various architectural styles and imperial gardens which blend harmoniously into a landscape of lakes, pastureland and forests. Immerse yourself in China's temple cultures when you visit the Eight Outer Temples and Little Potala Palace and other famous temples.
Day by Day Itinerary:
Day 1: Chengde Mountain Resort (-, L, D)
Today, you will enjoy the full day excursion to 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, -)
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.
Then visit 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).
Our tour guide will say good-bye to you when finish all the trips.
Itinerary: B: Breakfast AB: American Breakfast L: Lunch D: Dinner SD: Special Dinner
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