Chengde Summer Residence , known also as Chengde Temporary Palace or Rehe Temporary Palace , is located to the north of Chengde city proper . It was where the emperors in the Qing Dynasty spent their summer days and administers state affairs in summer . The construction of it commenced in the 42nd year of the reign of Kangxi (1703) and was completed in the 57th year of the reign of (1792) . It covers a total area of 5,640,000 square meters , and a building area of about 100,000 square meters , with more than 110 buildings . It has altogether 184 scenic spots , including 36 scenic spots the titles of which were inscribed y Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong . Its zigzag wall is 16 kilometers long . It is the largest imperial palace now existent in China .
The Summer Residence adopted a simple , rural style , taking advantage of natural landscape , combining the scenery South of the Yangtze River and the scenery in the northern borderland . Its wall was piled up with natural stone blocks from the locality and was not painted red . The palace buildings were constructed in the form of the northern civic residences with a quadrangle in the center and with white lime plaster in the seams , in contrast with the pompos
Chengde Summer Residence was divided into two sections ; the palace section and the scenic section . The palace section consisted of four clusters of buildings : the Main Hall , the "Pine Crane Building" , the "Pine Wind valleys" , and the Eastern Hall . The scenic section was divided into the lake islet area , the plain area and the hilly area . In the lake islet area were scattered islets and sand bars , with scenery belonging to the South of the Yangtze River . In the northeast corner of this area is a spring , the famous Rehe Spring . In the plain area , the western part of it is a patch of Mongolia-style prairie and the eastern part is full of ancient trees , like a tract of the forests in the Greater-Xing'an-Range . The entire Summer residence embodies the natural features and the garden features of different parts of China .
At the feet of the hills east and north of the Summer Residence , a number of imposing temples are scattered , known as the Eight Outer Temples , which were erected successively between 1713 and 1780 during the reigns of Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong . The main temples are the General-Happiness Temple , the General-Serenity Temple and the Maitreya Happiness-Longevity Temple . The chief architecture in the General-Happiness Temple is the Dawn-Ling Hall with multi-eaves and a vault , resembling the Bumper-Harvest-Praying Hall in Beijing . The Mahayana Hall in the General-Serenity Temple features the statue of the Thousand-Hand-Thousand-Eye Bodhisattva (Goddess of Mercy) , which is 23.51 meters high and weighs 110 tons , being the largest and highest wooden Buddha statue in the world . The Maitreya-Happiness-Longevity Temple was where the sixth Banchan Lama lectured on scriptures . Its main architecture is Wisdom Solemn Hall . On each of the four roof ridges of the hall are two vivid sculpted golden dragons . Besides , there is the Samantabhadra Temple that imitated the Potala Palace in Lhasa , known as the Lesser Potala Palace . The artistic features of the building of the Eight Outer Temples represent the Chinese temple architectural style that combines the palatial style with diversities .
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