It’s been said of Chengde that it has something of an unreal atmosphere attributable to the fact that 90% of what visitors see are hasty reconstructions of what were once marvels. The real Chengde has long since sunk back into the anonymity of backwater Hebei towns but the ruins of Imperial palaces and temples have brought it awkwardly back into the spotlight and made it an imperative to dig out those fallen bricks of the old temple walls and try ...
Chengde belongs to warm temperate zone, with distinct four seasons and big temperature difference between day and night. Average annual temperature is 8.9 centigrade.
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It’s been said of Chengde that it has something of an unreal atmosphere attributable to the fact that 90% of what visitors see are hasty reconstructions of what were once marvels. The real Chengde has long since sunk back into the anonymity of backwater Hebei towns but the ruins of Imperial palaces and temples have brought it awkwardly back into the spotlight and made it an imperative to dig out those fallen bricks of the old temple walls and try ...
