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Putuo Zongcheng Temple 普陀宗乘之庙Pǔtuó Zōngchéng Zhī Miào
National heritage site · Chengde, Hebei
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Chengde
- Region
- Hebei
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Putuo Zongcheng Temple
A vast Qing imperial temple built in 1767–71 on a mountain slope and modelled on the Potala Palace in Lhasa, which earned it the nickname Little Potala; it is the largest of the Eight Outer Temples. Its core is the Great Red Terrace, a red block about 25 m high, with the Wanfa Guiyi Hall, roofed in gilded copper tiles, at its centre. The stele pavilion near the entrance carries inscriptions recording the return of the Torghut Mongols and their submission to the Qing.
How to get to Putuo Zongcheng Temple
On the northern edge of Chengde, about 2.7 km north of the Chengde Mountain Resort and about 7 km north of central Chengde, with Xumi Fushou Temple about 750 m to the south-east.
Nearby
- Chengde Mountain Resort 承德避暑山庄 under 10 km
The Qing emperors' summer capital, ringed by temples, some modelled on Tibet's
Also within 20 km: Shuxiang Temple, Chengde 殊像寺 (under 10 km), Xumi Fushou Temple 须弥福寿之庙 (under 10 km), Puning Temple 普宁寺 (under 10 km), Anyuan Temple 安远庙 (under 10 km), Pule Temple 普乐寺 (under 10 km), City God Temple, Chengde 承德城隍庙 (under 10 km).
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