China · 18th century
Chengde Mountain Resort ranks #447 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #13 of the 103 mapped in China. Founded 1703, it is older than 21% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 685 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 6,622 times in the last 60 days, more than 90% of the atlas. See how China compares in the castle statistics.
Chengde Mountain Resort (Chinese: 承德避暑山庄; Manchu: ᡥᠠᠯᡥᡡᠨ ᠪᡝ ᠵᠠᡳ᠌ᠯᠠᡵᠠ ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠩ Halhūn be jailara gurung) is a large complex of imperial palaces and gardens situated in the Shuangqiao District of Chengde in northeastern Hebei province, northern China, about 225 kilometres (140 mi) northeast of China's capital Beijing. This resort was frequently used as a summer vacation place before the Kuomintang Republic of China. Because of its vast and rich collection of Chinese landscapes and architecture, Chengde Mountain Resort in many ways is a culmination of all the variety of gardens, pagodas, temples and palaces from various regions of China. In 1994, The Mountain Resort was awarded World Heritage Site status.
Chengde is one of China's four famous gardens, national relic protection unit and Class 5A Tourist Attractions in China.
Text adapted from “Chengde Mountain Resort” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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