The seventh stop of travel in 2019--Chengde, Qing Dongling

Chengde Mountain Resort

Puning Temple

Putuo Zongcheng Temple

Eastern Tombs of Qing Dynasty

Chengde Mountain Resort

After finishing the tour in North Korea and Liaoning, we took the train to Chengde and Zunhua in Hebei, and visited the world cultural heritages such as the Summer Resort, the Outer Eight Temples and the Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty. We had a great time.

Day 1: Dandong - Chengde

Continue to wander around Dandong in the morning, and take the soft sleeper train to Chengde at 13:00 at noon.

Chengde

After finishing the tour in Dandong, we left Dandong by train in the afternoon and went to Chengde, Hebei to continue our journey.

Chengde

We took the train from Dandong to Beijing via Shenyang, bought a soft sleeper car, and slept to Chengde.

The scenery along the way is also good

Day 2: Chengde

The train arrived in Chengde at 4 o'clock in the morning. At 6 o'clock, I checked into the Hanting Hotel across the road from the railway station. I fell asleep on a soft sleeper, and my physical strength was not bad. I put down my luggage and took a bus directly at the hotel entrance to the famous Chengde Mountain Resort. After visiting the villa for nearly 4 hours, I went to Puning Temple and Putuo Zongcheng Temple (Little Potala Palace) in the Outer Eight Temples. I had a really good time.
Accommodation: Hanting Hotel

Chengde

The train arrived at Chengde Railway Station at 4:30 in the morning.

Chengde

Stay at the Hanting Hotel across the road opposite the reserved train station. This hotel is good, rooms are allowed at six o'clock in the morning.

Chengde Mountain Resort

Put down your luggage, after breakfast, take the bus for four stops to the famous Chengde Mountain Resort.

Chengde Mountain Resort

Chengde Mountain Resort is the place where the emperors of the Qing Dynasty escaped the summer heat and dealt with government affairs. Now it is a world cultural heritage, a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction, a national key cultural relic protection unit, and one of China's four famous gardens. Chengde Summer Resort, also known as "Chengde Li Palace" or "Rehe Palace", is a famous tourist attraction. Elderly people over 60 years old can enjoy half price for admission to the park.

Chengde Mountain Resort

The Summer Resort was first built in 1703, and it took 89 years to complete after the Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong dynasties of the Qing Dynasty. With the style of simple and elegant mountain villages, the Summer Resort takes the true colors of natural mountains and rivers and absorbs the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River and the north of the Great Wall. It has become the largest ancient imperial palace in China. The summer resort is divided into four parts: the palace area, the lake area, the plain area, and the mountain area. The entire mountain resort is rich in water in the southeast and mountainous in the northwest. A masterpiece, it is the highest example of Chinese classical gardens.

Chengde Mountain Resort

During the Kangxi and Qianlong emperors of the Qing Dynasty, about half a year was spent in Chengde every year. Important political, military, ethnic and diplomatic events in the early Qing Dynasty were handled here. Therefore, Chengde Mountain Resort has become the accompanying capital and the second political center outside Beijing. This is the main hall "Danbo Jingcheng" in the palace area of the villa. It is built with precious nanmu, so it is also called Nanmu hall. It is the place where the emperor governs the government, and various grand ceremonies are held here.

Chengde Mountain Resort

After the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, there are not many tourists in the courtyard and it is relatively quiet. Strolling through the mountains is comfortable.

Chengde Mountain Resort

The lake area of the Summer Resort is 496,000 square meters. There are eight large and small lakes, namely West Lake, Cheng Lake, Ruyiyu, Upper Lake, Lower Lake, Silver Lake, Mirror Lake and Banyue Lake, which are collectively called Saihu Lake. Most of the landscape buildings in the lake area are modeled after the scenic spots in the south of the Yangtze River.

Chengde Mountain Resort

The overall structure of the lake area is surrounded by mountains and water, and the island is surrounded by water. The layout uses traditional Chinese gardening techniques to form the composition of the fairy world in Chinese myths and legends. Multiple groups of buildings are subtly arranged among islands, embankments and water surfaces, presenting a scene of a water town.

Chengde Mountain Resort

The blue sky and white clouds, the reflection of the lake, the autumn is refreshing and intoxicating.

Chengde Mountain Resort

The "Yanyu Building" by the lake was built in imitation of the shape of the Yanyu Building in Nanhu, Jiaxing, Zhejiang.

Chengde Mountain Resort

There are rockery, pavilions, halls, temples, pools and other buildings on "Ruyizhou". The layout is ingenious and it is the center of the scenic spot.

Chengde Mountain Resort

Sika Deer Park

Chengde Mountain Resort

Rehe, this is also the origin of the establishment of Rehe Province.

Chengde Mountain Resort

Puning Temple

Puning Temple. Chengde Outer Eight Temples is the general name of the Tibetan Buddhist temples outside the Summer Resort. Puning Temple is one of the outstanding representatives.

Puning Temple

Puning Temple covers an area of 57,800 square meters. The scenic spot is composed of Puning Temple and Puyou Temple in the royal temple group. The two temples were built in 1755 (the 20th year of Qianlong) and 1760 (the 25th year of Qianlong). Take the meaning of peace in the world and bless all living beings in the world. Monks gather here, incense is strong, and it is the largest Buddhist holy place in the north. Puning Temple enshrines the world's largest golden lacquer wood carving Buddha statue - Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva with thousands of hands and eyes. Puyou Temple is a Buddhist scriptures academy for lamas to study Buddhist theoretical classics. Now Puyou Temple has been destroyed. .

Puning Temple

In 1961, Puning Temple was approved by the State Council as a national key cultural relic protection unit. In 1994, Mogao Caves were included in the "List of World Cultural Heritage". In 2007, it was rated as one of the first batch of 5A-level Buddhist holy places in China.

Puning Temple

Puning Temple was built in the 20th year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1755). The army of the Qing Dynasty quelled the rebellion of Jeddah Wazi in the Mongol Taiwan of Junggar. In winter and October, the four tribes of Elut Mongolia came to the Summer Resort to pay homage to Emperor Qianlong. To commemorate this meeting, Qianlong followed the precedent of the Kangxi and Khalkha Mongolian meeting and established the Duolun Huizong Temple. The Qing government followed the form of the Tibetan Samaya Temple , built this Lama Temple.

Puning Temple

Puning Temple is a typical Chinese-Tibetan temple. The layout of the entire temple is rigorous, with the Daxiong Hall as the boundary. There are bell towers, drum towers, and east and west side halls symmetrically built on the left and right). The second half is in Tibetan style, a mandala built in the form of a Tibetan Samaya temple, and the thousand-armed and thousand-eyed Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva is enshrined in the Mahayana Pavilion of the main building.

Puning Temple

The Mahayana Pavilion The Mahayana Pavilion is the central building of Puning Temple, with four Lama pagodas of different colors at the four corners. The Mahayana Pavilion is 36.75 meters high, with 6 floors of double eaves on the front. There is a standing statue of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva with thousands of hands and eyes built in the pavilion, which is 22.28 meters high and is carved from hard anti-corrosion wood such as pine, elm, fir and linden, and weighs about 110 tons.

Puning Temple

The world's largest gold-lacquered woodcarved Buddha statue - Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva with Thousand Hands and Thousand Eyes

Puning Temple

Putuo Zongcheng Temple

Putuo Zongcheng Temple covers an area of 220,000 square meters and is the largest among the eight outer temples in Chengde. Built in the thirty-sixth year of Qianlong (1771), it was built by Qianlong to celebrate his 60th birthday and the 80th birthday of his mother, the Empress Dowager. Based on the mountain, the layout is natural and full of changes, which is basically the architectural style of Tibetan Buddhism.

Putuo Zongcheng Temple

The Putuo Zongcheng Temple was built in imitation of the Potala Palace in Lhasa and the Tashilhunpo Monastery in Shigatse, commonly known as the Little Potala Palace and the Panchen Lama Palace. It is a Han-Tibetan combined temple with a large-scale building, majestic and solemn.

Putuo Zongcheng Temple

The Putuo Zongcheng Temple was built in imitation of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. The Putuo Zongcheng is a Chinese translation of the Tibetan Potala. The temple is built on the mountain, facing south from the north. Inside the mountain gate is the stele pavilion, and in the north is the five pagoda gate, more than ten meters high, with three arches. From east to west, there are five colors of black, white, yellow, green, and red, and each color represents a Tidhi sect. In the Qing Dynasty, yellow religion was respected as the state religion, so yellow was in the middle. There is a pair of stone statues in front of the five pagoda gates, which are symbols of the Mahayana sect.

Putuo Zongcheng Temple

The mountain gate faces south and is composed of a Tibetan-style city platform and a Han-style verandah. The city platform is of masonry structure, with a three-hole arch in front, a row of blind windows above the arch, and pheasants on it. There are verandahs on the city platform, and corridors are set up at the front and back. The corridors have built-in sill windows and solid walls on both sides. They are five couplets wide and two rooms deep. They have single-eave glazed tile roofs and green glazed tiles on the edges. In turn, they are the four-faced Dharma protector, Zhang Gulupeng Dharma protector, and Mahakala Dharma protector. There is a pair of stone lions in front of the mountain gate.

Putuo Zongcheng Temple

Putuo Zongcheng Temple is basically the architectural style of Tibetan Buddhism. The main building is located on the top of the mountain, and there are more than 60 (more than 40 existing) flat-roofed tower-style white terraces and Vatican tower white terraces that are freely arranged in depth along with the mountain, without obvious axes. The layout and momentum of the whole temple imitate the Potala Palace in Lhasa, commonly known as the Little Potala Palace. Emperor Qianlong once met Ubaxi, the leader of Turhu who had returned from thousands of miles east, and his party here, and held grand lectures, preaching, birthday celebrations and other activities.

Putuo Zongcheng Temple

The main building of the Putuo Zongcheng Temple is Dahongtai, which is 43 meters high. The Wanfa Guiyi Hall in the center of the platform is the main hall. The top of the hall is higher than the buildings. Extremely majestic. The bottom is surrounded by three-story buildings, the shadows are dark, and the light contrast is sharp, creating a solemn and solemn atmosphere of religion, which is a treasure of religious architecture.

Putuo Zongcheng Temple

The majestic and tall main building is Dahongtai. On the front of Dahong Terrace, below is the 18-meter-high Dabai Terrace, and above it stands the 25-meter-high Dahong Terrace. The red platform is surrounded by three-story buildings, and in the center is the Wanfa Guiyi Hall with double eaves and gold-plated copper tiles.

Putuo Zongcheng Temple

Bai Taidong is Yaba Courtyard, which is the place where monks avoided when the emperor went to the temple to offer incense. Above the white platform rises the red platform, which is 25 meters high, 58 meters wide at the top, and 59 meters wide at the bottom. It has seven floors, the first to fourth floors are solid, and all have blind windows.

Putuo Zongcheng Temple

The fifth to seventh floors of the Red Terrace are three-story attics, with 44 rooms on each floor, surrounded by four sides, also known as group buildings.

Putuo Zongcheng Temple

The Cihang Pudu Hall is located in the northwest corner of the top of the group buildings, with gold-plated copper tiles and a hexagonal pavilion with double eaves. The second-floor plaque is universally victorious over the three realms. What does it mean to be together.

Putuo Zongcheng Temple

Wanfa Guiyi Hall is the main hall of Putuo Zongcheng Temple. It is hidden in the buildings of Dahongtai. The top of the hall is higher than the buildings, and the golden light is shining. The bottom is surrounded by three-story buildings, the shadows are dark, and the light contrast is sharp, creating a solemn and solemn atmosphere of religion. It is a treasure of religious buildings in the Mainland.

Putuo Zongcheng Temple

Wanfa Guiyi: It is the main hall of the Putuo Zongcheng Temple, located in the center of Dahongtai, with 7 square rooms, with double eaves and pointed roofs, covered with gold-plated fish scale copper tiles, and the roof ridge is decorated with corrugated gold-plated tiles. The top of the treasure is bell-shaped. More than 14,000 taels of first-class gold leaves are used on the top of the hall. The hall is surrounded by three-story buildings, with 44 rooms on each floor. The rebuilding of the existing exterior walls of the buildings is in full swing. The hall is a place where the Qing emperor and the upper-class figures of various ethnic minorities worship.

Putuo Zongcheng Temple

Puning Temple

Putuo Zongcheng Temple

Dahong Terrace is located at the end of the Putuo Zongcheng Temple and the highest position, with an area of 10,300 square meters. Because of the clever use of terrain to connect several groups of buildings into a whole, it is visually exaggerated and even more massive. The front base is the white platform, which is solid and 17 meters high. The lower part is built of granite strips, the upper part is built of bricks, and the upper part is covered with white lime. There are three layers of trapezoidal blind windows on the wall. In the southeast corner of Baitai, there is the Manjusri Holy Land Hall with five couplets in width and three rooms in depth. In the west is the Thousand Buddha Pavilion, surrounded by corridors (now collapsed), in which there are thousands of Buddha statues presented by Mongolian princes to the empress dowager.

Putuo Zongcheng Temple

In the distance is Qingchui Peak, which is called Bangchui Peak by local people. Qingchui Peak Scenic Spot is located in the east of the Summer Resort, on the east bank of the Wulie River, covering an area of 40.05 million square meters. The scenic spot is composed of Pule Temple, Anyuan Temple and Qingchuifeng National Forest Park among the royal temples. The two temples were built in 1766 (the 31st year of Qianlong) and 1764 (the 29th year of Qianlong); the Qingchui Peak was formed about 3 million years ago. In the scenic area, Pule Temple takes the meaning of universal joy, and the main building of Pule Temple, Xuguang Pavilion, is dedicated to the Huanxi Buddha-Shangle King Buddha. Qingchui Peak and Pule Temple constitute the realm of Tantric Buddhism in Tibetan Buddhism.

Chengde

Chengde urban landscape.

Chengde

Chengde East Bus Station. We bought a long-distance bus ticket to Hebei Zunhua the next day here in advance. There is no long-distance bus to Zunhua at Chengde East Station. There is only a passing car to Tangshan. We can only get off at the intersection of the expressway in Zunhua.

Chengde

Chengde urban landscape

Chengde

Chengde urban landscape

Day 3: Chengde - Qing Dongling

In the morning at Chengde East Bus Station, take the Chengde-Tangshan bus to the Qing Dongling. Since there is no bus from Chengde East Station to Zunhua Passenger Station, only passing cars to Tangshan, we can only get off at the intersection of the expressway in Zunhua, find a private car and then transfer to a taxi to Qingdong Mausoleum. RMB 40 per person.
10:30 Arrive at the Eastern Tomb of the Qing Dynasty, check into the hotel, and visit the Mausoleum of Empress Dowager Cixi, Yuling Concubine’s Garden, Emperor Qianlong’s Yuling, and the large stone archway on Yuling Shenlu.
Accommodation: Dongling Tomb of Qing Dynasty, Qingfeng Hotel

Chengde

In the morning, take the bus from Chengde East Station to leave Chengde, go to Zunhua, and target Qing Dongling.

Take the long-distance bus from Chengde to Tangshan, and arrive at the intersection of Zunhua Expressway after an hour and a half drive. We get off. There is no bus at this intersection, and it is about 10 kilometers away from the county seat. There are only a few private cars soliciting passengers at the intersection. After bargaining, the three of us, my wife and another passenger, negotiated with the owner of a private car, 40 yuan each, and took us to Qingdong Tomb. But not long after we drove out, this private car sold us to a taxi, which took us for nearly an hour and sent us to the Qingfeng Hotel at the entrance of the Qingdong Tomb Scenic Area. I don't understand what the government of Zunhua thinks. Why doesn't it solve the traffic problem for such a good tourist attraction as the Eastern Tomb of the Qing Dynasty?

Qingfeng Hotel is just outside the ticket office of the Eastern Qing Tombs Scenic Area. The location is very good. It is very convenient to go to the scenic area. It is also the only relatively formal hotel in the Eastern Qing Tombs Scenic Area. The restaurant in the hotel is not bad and the price is not high. There is a direct bus to Beijing at 6:00 every morning at the entrance of the hotel.

Eastern Tombs of Qing Dynasty

The small archway of the Empress Dowager Cixi's Putuoyu Dingdong Tomb.

Eastern Tombs of Qing Dynasty

In the small archway stands the "Tomb of Empress Xiaoqinxian" tablet. After Cixi's death, the emblem title was "Cixi Duanyou Kangyi Zhaoyu Zhuang Chengshou Gongqin Dedicated to the Empress Dowager Chongxi", and the posthumous title was "Xiaoqin Cixi Duanyou Kangyi Zhaoyu Zhuang Chengshou Gongqin Dedicated Chongxi and Tianxing Shengxian Queen", referred to as "Xiaoqin Empress Xian", the posthumous title has a total of 22 characters, and the posthumous title is longer than the two queens of the Qing Dynasty, Xiaoci, the founding queen of the Qing Dynasty, Xiaode, and Xiaozhen, and is the longest among queens in the Qing Dynasty and all Chinese dynasties.

Eastern Tombs of Qing Dynasty

Dismounting stele, officials of all sizes come here to dismount.

Eastern Tombs of Qing Dynasty

The Eastern Tomb of the Qing Dynasty is located 30 kilometers northwest of Zunhua City, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, 125 kilometers west of downtown Beijing, covering an area of 80 square kilometers. The Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty began to be built in 1661 (the eighteenth year of Shunzhi). It took 247 years to build 217 palace archways, forming 15 large and small cemeteries. The mausoleum area is 125 kilometers long from north to south and 20 kilometers wide. There are 161 people buried here including 5 emperors, 15 queens, 136 concubines, 3 elder brothers and 2 princesses. It is the largest, most complete system, and most appropriate layout of the imperial mausoleum complex in China. This is the Empress Dowager Cixi's Putuoyu Dingdong Tomb.

Eastern Tombs of Qing Dynasty

Putuoyu Dingdong Mausoleum is the mausoleum of Empress Dowager Cixi. The wooden structures of the Longen Hall and the East and West Side Halls are all made of precious huanghuali wood. Liang Fang's color paintings are not made of groundwork, and there is not enough paint. Instead, they are directly coated with powder and gold on wooden pieces. The patterns are the highest-grade golden dragon and seal color paintings. On the wall of the hall, there are brick carving patterns implying "longevity and longevity", all of which are sifted in red gold. The 64 Luming pillars in the three halls are all coiled with half-dimensional gold-plated copper dragons. The protective wall is dry placed to the top, and the pattern of "Wanfu Liuyun" is carved on the eaves bricks. The stone railings around the main hall, no matter on the railings, pillars or drum-holding stones, are all embossed with various patterns of dragons and phoenixes, sea water and river cliffs.

Eastern Tombs of Qing Dynasty

In 1873 (the twelfth year of Tongzhi), the Dingdong Mausoleum of Empress Dowager Ci'an and Empress Dowager Cixi broke ground at the same time in Puxiang Valley and Putuo Valley, two miles east of Dingling Mausoleum, and was completed at the same time in 1879 (the fifth year of Guangxu). Sixteen years later, when Ci'an passed away, Cixi took over the government and ordered her mausoleum to be rebuilt. The construction started in 1895 (the 21st year of Guangxu) and was completed in 1908 (the 34th year of Guangxu). It took 13 years. The entire mausoleum used the best materials and craftsmen, so it is more luxurious than the Puxiangyu Dingdong Tomb in Ci’an. too much.

Eastern Tombs of Qing Dynasty

The most famous "Phoenix is above" Han Baiyu Danbi stone in front of the Longen Hall of Cixi Dingdong Mausoleum.

Eastern Tombs of Qing Dynasty

The gilt bronze cranes in Danchi of Longen Hall, unfortunately, the gilt on the surface has been stolen long ago.

Eastern Tombs of Qing Dynasty

The Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty were included in the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units in 1961, and included in the "World Heritage List" in November 2000. In January 2001, they were rated as the first batch of AAAA-level tourist attractions in the country by the National Tourism Administration. In October 2015, it was rated as a national 5A-level tourist attraction by the National Tourism Administration.

Eastern Tombs of Qing Dynasty

Ding Dongling's stone five offerings and Fangcheng Minglou.

Eastern Tombs of Qing Dynasty

Ding Dongling's underground palace. In July 1928, the Twelfth Army of the National Revolutionary Army, under the leadership of its commander Sun Dianying, robbed Cixi's Dingdong Tomb and Qianlong's Yuling Mausoleum in the name of military exercises, looting all the buried treasures.

Eastern Tombs of Qing Dynasty

Between Cixi's Putuo Valley Dingdong Tomb and Qianlong's Yuling is the Yuling Concubine's Garden. The dormitory of this garden is similar to the imperial concubine's dormitory in Jingling, the difference is that there is no Danbi stone in front of the hall of enjoyment, and the gates of the dormitory are on the wide walls on both sides of the hall of enjoyment. All green tiles are used.

Eastern Tombs of Qing Dynasty

There are 34 small treasure roofs built in the backyard of Fangcheng Minglou in the Concubine Garden, and all the concubines of Qianlong were buried inside, including the famous "fragrant concubine" of Qianlong, that is, Concubine Rong.

Eastern Tombs of Qing Dynasty

Emperor Qianlong's Yuling

Eastern Tombs of Qing Dynasty

There is a wide Yudai River in Yuling, and there is a three-way three-hole Yudai Bridge on the river.

Eastern Tombs of Qing Dynasty

The Qianlong Dynasty coincided with the heyday of the Qing Dynasty, and the country was prosperous and powerful, so Qianlong's Yuling was built on a grand scale.

Eastern Tombs of Qing Dynasty

The Yuling Yudai Bridge is on the Yudai River behind the Longen Hall and in front of the mausoleum. Single-hole arch coupon, three bridges side by side. White stone railings and dragon and phoenix column heads are installed on both sides of the bridge deck. This kind of regulated stone bridge is the only example in Qingling.

Eastern Tombs of Qing Dynasty

Long En Hall in Yuling

Eastern Tombs of Qing Dynasty

The dragon and phoenix of Yuling, white jade and Danbi stone, the right dragon and the left phoenix, it can be seen that although one is on the left and the other is on the right, the head of the dragon is still on top.

Eastern Tombs of Qing Dynasty

Yuling is the mausoleum of Emperor Qianlong. Its underground palace consists of nine coupons and four gates, with a depth of 54 meters. Starting from the first stone gate, all the flat water walls, moonlight walls, coupon tops and gate towers are covered with sculptures of Buddhist themes, such as four heavenly kings, eight bodhisattvas, five Buddhas, twenty-four Buddhas, five desire offerings, Lions, Eight Treasures, magic tools and more than 30,000 words of Tibetan and Sanskrit mantras are known as "the treasure house of stone carving art" and "the solemn and solemn underground Buddhist hall". In addition to Qianlong's coffin in the underground palace, there are also the coffins of the two queens Xiaoxian and Xiaoyi, and the three imperial concubines Huixian, Zhemin and Shujia. The Yuling Underground Palace is the most luxurious and beautiful among all the underground palaces of the Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty. It's a pity that it was also stolen by Sun Dianying and 1928.

Eastern Tombs of Qing Dynasty

Baocheng and Baoding in Yuling.

Eastern Tombs of Qing Dynasty

The big stone archway on Yulingshen Road.

Eastern Tombs of Qing Dynasty

Qianlong Yuling's god road specification exceeds that of his grandfather Kangxi's Jingling, and the number of stone statues has increased to 8 pairs, 3 pairs more than Jingling.

Eastern Tombs of Qing Dynasty

The Dahongmen on Yulingshen Road, also known as the Stele Pavilion of Shengde and Shengong, is a Xieshan-style building with double eaves, covered with yellow glazed tiles, and there are gates on all sides of the thick pier.

Eastern Tombs of Qing Dynasty

In the pavilion, two series of stone steles with a height of 6.64 meters are erected on two huge stone dragon leaps respectively. The east stele is inscribed with Manchu and the west stele is inscribed with Chinese characters. The inscription was written by Emperor Renzong Jiaqing, and the text was written by Prince Cheng Yongxuan, a famous calligrapher in the Qing Dynasty and the eleventh son of Emperor Gaozong Qianlong. The stele has been preserved intact and the writing is clear.

Eastern Tombs of Qing Dynasty

Qing Gaozong Aixinjueluo Hongli (September 25, 1711-February 7, 1799), the sixth emperor of the Qing Dynasty and the fourth emperor after entering the customs. The year name "Qianlong" means "heavenly prosperity". He ascended the throne at the age of 25, reigned for 60 years, and served as the Supreme Emperor for another three years and four months after the Zen throne. He actually exercised the supreme power of the country for 63 years and four months, which is the longest time in Chinese history. The longest emperor is also the longest-lived emperor in Chinese history. He died in the fourth year of Jiaqing (1799) at the age of 89. The temple name is Gaozong, the posthumous name is Fatian, Longyun, Zhicheng, Xianjue, Tiyuan, Jifu, Wenfen, Wuqin, Ming, filial piety, holy and pure emperor. Buried in Yuling of the Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty.

Eastern Tombs of Qing Dynasty

Chengde Mountain Resort

A Chinese watch carved with white marble is erected at the four corners of the square outside the Shengde Shengong Stele Pavilion. Each Huabiao is composed of Xumizuo, column body, cloud plate, dew bearing plate and squatting dragon. A dragon flying through the clouds and fog is carved on the body of the column. The octagonal Xumi base and railings are also carved with Xinglong, Shenglong and Zhenglong. There are 98 dragons carved on a set of Chinese watches.

Eastern Tombs of Qing Dynasty

Yuling Shenlu under the setting sun.

Eastern Tombs of Qing Dynasty

The Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty is indeed a place of geomantic omen. The Taoyuan and chestnut gardens in the mausoleum area are full of fruits. It is the autumn harvest season. The peaches grow big, red and sweet, and you can enter the Taoyuan to pick them at will.

Eastern Tombs of Qing Dynasty

The harvest of chestnuts is being purchased.

Day 4: Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty - Beijing

At the entrance of Qingfeng Hotel, there is a direct bus from Qingdong Mausoleum to Beijing at 6:00 every morning. The bus fare is 50 yuan per person. It is very convenient. It picks up guests along the way and arrives at Beijing Sihui Bus Station at 9:30, and then the plane returns to Guangzhou. , end the trip.

Diling Zaoxia

The memorial archway of Yuling Dayuan Village in the early morning. The Qingfeng Hotel is separated from it by a wall.

We took the long-distance bus from Qingdong Mausoleum to Beijing Sihui Bus Station at six o'clock every morning to Beijing.