Chengde Tour from Beijing and with Great Wall Hiking

Chengde Summer Resort is an ancient Chinese imperial palace, the Qing emperors to escape the summer heat and deal with government affairs, located in the north of Chengde City, Hebei Province. It was built in 1703 and took eighty-nine years to complete after the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties of the Qing Dynasty. The Summer Palace, the Humble Administrator's Garden and the Liuyuan Garden are also known as the Four Great Gardens of China.

　　In 1681, in order to strengthen the administration of the Mongolian area and consolidate the northern border defense, the Qing government established the Summer Palace at a distance of 350 km from Beijing. The Mulan Paddock was established on more than 1 km of Mongolian grassland. Every autumn, the emperor led tens of thousands of people, including princes, ministers, the army of the eight banners, concubines, and descendants of the imperial family, to the Mulan Paddock. Hunting, in order to achieve the purpose of training the army, solid border defense. In order to solve the emperor's food and accommodation along the way, between Beijing and Mulan Enclosures, 21 palaces were built one after another, the summer palace of Jehol - summer resort. is one of them.

Distribution of attractions

　　The summer resort is located in a narrow valley on the west bank of the Wulie River, north of the city center of Chengde, and its architecture can be roughly divided into palaces. District and two large parts of the Yuan scenic area, Yuan scenic area can be divided into three parts of the lake, plain and mountainous areas. 72 scenes within the Kangxi and Qianlong admiralty.  It is one of the three major ancient architectural complexes in China, and its most distinctive feature is that there is a garden within a mountain.

Going from Jinshanling Great Wall to Chengde

Chengde is close to Jinshanling Great Wall. It's convenient to extend your day hike to Jinshanling to overnight at Chengde, and then have a full day tour of the Summer Resort. Chengde is also included in our 3-day Great Wall Trek.