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The Putuo Zongcheng Temple of Chengde, Hebei province, China is a Qing Dynasty era Buddhist temple complex built between 1767 and 1771, during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor (1735-1796). It is located near the Chengde Mountain Resort. Along with the equally famed Puning Temple, it is one of the Eight Outer Temples of Chengde. The temple was modeled after the Potala Palace of Tibet, the old sanctuary of the Dalai Lama built a century earlier. Hence the Putuo Zongcheng has been nicknamed the "Little Potala Palace"
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Hebei located at Beijing, the Tianjin two city's periphery, was the national capital important place since old times. As the Qing Dynasty imperial family “the picnic” the place, northeast Hebei Province's Chengde is one which of historical cities our country names most early, here has the Qing Dynasty biggest imperial family historic garden Chengde summer resort, the Chinese biggest imperial family temple group - - “Waibamiao”, Qing Dynasty imperial family You Lie place - - Lily magnolia yard. Hebei is China's cultural relic big province, has country key Cultural relic preservation organ 58, is the national first place, famous also has Handan Zhao Wangcheng the ruins, the She County Wa imperial palace, the sound hall mountain rock cave, Baoding Chihli governor bureau, the ancient lotus pond, clear Xiling, Tangshan clear Dongling, the Cangzhou iron lion, the Dingzhou tower, Zhaozhou Bridge, the Zhengding Longxing Temple and so on. In the long historic monuments' behind, Hebei Province also many have the scenery beauty the natural landscape: Beidaihe, Qinhuangdao Nadaihe and the Tangshan coast's natural seashore scenery, on the vast sublime dam the prairie, the rural feeling day becomes the Laishui Yesanpo, precipitous does not lose elegant Zhangshiyan ......The mountain, the water, prairie each kind of view serve as contrast to become, was “Land of Yan and Zhao” has increased many colors. Some areas ancient are Jizhou, therefore is called Hebei. Hebei is situated at shore of North China, the Bohai Sea, around capital Beijing, suburb Tianjin. When Spring and Autumn Period Warring States for swallow, the Zhao place, when Chinese, Jin sets at Hebei, quiet two states, Tang Shuhe the Beidao, the Yuan is the secretariat, clearly is the national capital, clear is Chihli, in 1928 the beginning called Hebei Province. Presently governs 11 locally administered levels, 22 county-level cities, 109 counties, 6 autonomous counties. more than 60 city county opening to the outside world. Entire province area 187693 square kilometers. Has nationalities and so on Han Nationality, Hui tribe, Manchu nationality.
