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Date with 20 cultural heritage sites at Cultural and Natural Heritage Day
Updated: Jun 11, 2018
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Mountain Resort and its outlying temples, Chengde [Photo/IC]
14. Mountain Resort and its outlying temples, Chengde
In terms of the general layout, architectural styles, construction techniques, decoration details and garden landscape, the Mountain Resort, a vast complex of palaces and administrative and ceremonial buildings built between 1703 and 1792, represents the broad exchange and convergence between Han culture and the ethnic cultures - Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism - and the architectural styles between China's north and south.
Covering a total area of 611.2 hectares, the Mountain Resort has temples of many architectural styles and imperial gardens blend effortlessly into a landscape of lakes, pastureland and forests.
The Mountain Resort was added to the list on December 15, 1994.
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