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Brief introduction of Chengde City, Hebei Province
Chengde City Chengde is located in the northern mountainous area of Hebei Province, adjacent to Beijing and Tianjin, only more than 200 kilometers away from Beijing. Zhangjiakou in the west, Liaoning in the east, Inner Mongolia in the north, Qinhuangdao and Tangshan in the south, and it is known as the "Pearl of Zisai". There are 8 counties and 3 districts in the city, with a total area of nearly 40,000 square kilometers and a total population of more than 3.5 million, including 6,543,800 people from Manchu, Mongolian, Hui and North Korea. Four major railway trunk lines, namely Jingcheng, Jingtong, Shicheng and Shen Cheng, run through Chengde, and three national highways, 10 11,1 1 2, are criss-crossed, so the traffic is very convenient. In particular, the opening of Jingcheng Tourist Highway has greatly shortened the time and space distance between Beijing and Chengde.

Chengde has a long history and rich historical and cultural connotations. According to textual research, there were signs of human activities here as early as the Longshan culture period in the Central Plains. During the Warring States period, Yan set up a county-level local government here. From the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Qidan, Nuzhen, Mongolia and other ethnic minorities once nomadic here. Until the early Qing Dynasty, Chengde City was still a small village with only a few dozen families, called Shangheying. In the 42nd year of Kangxi (1703), the Qing court built a summer resort here. In the first year of Yongzheng (1723), the Jehol Hall was established. In the 11th year of Yongzheng (1733), it was renamed Chengde House, which means "to inherit the kindness of ancestors".

Chengde has unique tourism resources and unique style. In this beautiful and magical land, there are many "best in the world": the world's largest royal garden-summer resort; Waiba Temple, the largest group of royal temples in the world; The largest wooden Buddha statue in the world-avalokitesvara with thousands of hands and eyes; Jehol, the shortest river in the world; The essence of Wan Li Great Wall-Jinshanling Great Wall; Hammer peak, a stone pillar known as the best in the world; The world's largest royal hunting ground-Mulan paddock ... these landscapes are centered on the summer resort and its surrounding temples and radiate to the periphery. Mingyuan-Mulan paddock in Royal Hunt, northern Chengde; In the south, there is the former royal garden-Wuling Mountain National Nature Reserve. There is the first grassland in Beijing in the north and Baiyun Ancient Cave in the west. There are Chaoyang Cave, Liaoheyuan National Forest Park and Beaulieu Lake Great Wall in the east; There is also the majestic Jinshanling Great Wall between Jingcheng Tourist Highway. These unique cultural landscapes and beautiful natural landscapes make Chengde a famous royal tourist belt in northern Beijing.