Chengde, a series of books on historical and cultural cities in China

Author: Du Jiang Du Hongyu Compiler
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Publishing Date: 2001-01-01
Features: Chengde, a magical land favored by heaven. The craftsmanship of nature has gathered the southern elegance and northern grandeur of the Chinese landscape, as well as the eastern seclusion and western marvels, converging in this pearl of the Yan Mountains, forming a natural miniature of the Chinese map. Here, nature and human effort have jointly created masterpieces of world landscaping—The Mountain Resort and the Eight Outer Temples. Chengde is a natural palace of ethnic culture and a museum of ancient Chinese culture. It is also a gathering place for natural and cultural marvels. Chengde embodies the of "harmony between heaven and man" and "forgetting oneself in nature." Chengde reflects the brilliance of culture and the splendor of history.