The entire temple encompasses 220,000 square meters. It was built by Qianlong to celebrate his 60th anniversary and the Empress’s 80th anniversary and to host the upper strata personages of the minority peoples from Mongolia, Qinghai and Xinjiang who came to join his birthday celebrations. The temple has a special artistic value.
A crystallization of the style and characteristics of ancient Tibetan architecture, the temple is made up of 50 Buddhist halls, scripture-reciting halls, monks’ living quarters, red terraces, white terraces topped with one or five pagodas and glazed ceremonial arches which rise and fall with the mountain slopes in a variable rectangular disposition. The red terrace is 42.5 meters in height and 59.7 meters in width. It is the main structure within the temple and looks imposing.
Name:Chengde Lesser Potala Palace
City:Chengde
Address:North of Chengde
Admission:CNY20