Due tot it's most detailed display of Beijing, Chengde, Datong, & Xian Cities ever to be seen on the Internet, it's excellent and improving Photography of Major Tourist Sites , it's very promising coverage of Prime Beijing & China Hotels , their surroundings and local off-site facilities and for it's growing In-Depth report on all Major Landmarks , Hotspots and odd-spots of The City of Beijing , China Report has been elected Model Partner Website of the Year 2004 by Hotelguide.com.
Now, in cooperation with HotelGuide.com , the largest direct online Hotel-booking on the World Wide Web , The China Report proudly presents to you it's 3rd "Virtual City"-Project , The Virtual City of Chengde , a small provincial mountain city in North-China. Etc Etc.
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Welcome to Chengde Report, the growing Online Digital Report on Chengde (Jehol) , Hebei Province, P.R.C. or The home of the Fleeing the Heat Mountain Villa, the Summer Hunting Resort of the Ching Dynasty . The Chengde Report brings you un-precendented photo-series (6000+ photos ) on a growing number of Landmarks in the small City of Chengde, plus some hot-spots and odd-spots. Combined with Maps of all Districts and a pleasant, but true and well-informed text,
Chengde , ...... Once a ....., an increasingly modern and rapidly developing Province. In this City .....
Introduction to the Chengde Report
The Chengde Report and Chengde in General
Chengde Report Sources
Short how to Use of the Chengde Public Transport System including Taxi and Bus & Trains. Usefull in getting you on your way. Digital photograps to go with each story and explanation, Chengde City Maps. Do's and Don'ts of Chengde Taxi hiring.
Short Introductionaries and Extensive digital photographic Tours + researched backgrounds or history of All major Chengde City Monuments , Landmarks, Museums and other places of interests. Hot-spots of Culture, Art and history. A Small selection of recommended Hotels.
A growing number of Short Introductionaries and Extensive digital photographic Tours of Monuments from China's history and other Excursions outside the City of Chengde (proper). Text and historical backgrounds to the
landmarks of ....
All sources used in the Creation of this Website. Sometimes with short or extensive description.
All Online sources used in the Creation of this Website. Bibliography of links to Information Sites on Chengde and Chengde City Monuments and Hot-spots.
Offline sources used in the Creation of The Chengde Report & Chengde Virtual City. Bibliography of Books, articles , films and other material usefull in the Discovery of China and Chengde's fleeing the Heat Mountain Resort. Background readings and sources.
A Map depicting All Sites in Downtown Chengde
All Maps used in this Website : Downtown Chengde, etc etc etc .
A Short Introduction to Chengde City Today
Chengde Report - Chengde City Maps
The Chengde Reports - All
Visit the splendid gardens of the Imperial Mountain Retreat, the best preserved in all of China.
Xian's Magnificient Bell Tower at it's Central City Square.
Learn about what is new on this Site. News from the SiteMaster on the Latest Updates on- and Additions to- this Site.
Quick Menu to All Districts of Chengde.
Short descriptions, Maps, Reports on Landmarks, Monuments and Hotspots.
All Best Photos of Chengde City in One Great Gallery !
Chengde's Large GuanYin Lady-Buddha Statue depicted on commemorative Stamp celebrating Chengde as a United Nations World Heritage Site.
Ticket to the Putuo-
zhongcheng or the Mini-Potala Temple in Chengde.
Ticket to the Summer Mountain Resort at Chengde. A United Nations World Heritage Site.
Adjacent Map gives direct access to the City of Beijing Map by Google Earth.
History of Chengde:
During the Ching Dynasty Era (1644 AD - 1911 AD) Chengde or Jehol as it was known then became the official site of an Imperial Summer Palace. There was another Summer Palace just outside of the walled city of Beijing, the Imperial Capital but the Chengde Palace had a special and unique function and background. The main reason for this special function lies in the fact that the Ching were in essence a foreign Dynasty. They were Manchus i.e. people from the North-Eastern Regions and the great thing about Chengde was that it lay just between Beijing and Manchuria. In fact, the city and Palace are located just outside of the Great Wall of China, which during the later years of the Ming Dynasty had all been part of Manchuria, their native country. After the Manchu invasion of China beyond the Great Wall and the establishment of their Rule, the Chengde Palace quite literally became pivotal in the relations of the two countries within a larger Empire. Thus, the chosen location of the Palace was very much symbolical in nature. It had to have great Feng Shui, but be of practical use as well. It was just the right location within the right surroundings.
Chengde, which had been in Japanese hands since 1937 AD, when a new limted Japanase advance came from Manchuria and across the Great Wall into Hebei Province.
During the year 1945 AD when the Japanese Empire was struggling for survival the Soviet Union invaded North China and on their way to capture the important mineral riches and heavy industries of Manchuria reached the City of Chengde. In their wake followed the troops of the Chinese Communist Party, who under Leadership of Mao Zedong, did their very best to gain as much Chinese Territory as possible in preparation for the next war. The war of the communist against the nationalist Party, Kuomintang. This particlur move was strategically very important as it would prove later that the opening battles of the second Chinese civil war would take place in the North and North-East.
