Chengde
is called the "Pearl Outside the Great Wall ".It
has been enlisted among the "24 Famous Historical
and Cultural Cities", the "44 Major Scenic Attractions
of China",the "10 Most Important Scenic Attractions
of China", the "40 Leading Scenic Spots of China",
the "First Group of the Best Tourist Cities of China".
The UNESCO enlisted Chengde Mountain Resort and its surrounding temples in
the Directory of World Heritage in 1994,which helped to
make Chengde one of the most famous cultural cities in
the world.
Chengde lies in the northeast of Hebei
province. It Neighbors on Beijing, Tianjin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia,
and borders Tanshan, Qinhuangdao and Zhangjiakou. It is not far from
the Bohai Bay to the southeast. Shuangqiao District, where the
municipal government is situated, is 224 kilometers from Beijing, 200
kilometers from the Capital Airport, 320 kilometers from Tianjin, 360
kilometers from Tianjin, 360 kilometers from Qinhuangdao and 526
kilometers from Shijiazhuang, the capital of the province.
Tourist
resources in Chengde are the richest of the whole
province, including 8 state-level protected cultural relic
sites, 35 province-level protected cultural relic sites,
30 natural scenic spots, 20 forest parks, state-level
nature-protected zones and folk vacation zones. Chengde
Mountain Resort is the largest royal garden exiting in
the world, and the Eight Outer Temples is the Largest
temple group in the world.
With
the development of the opening to the outside world, tourist
industry has developed rapidly. Not only that the Mountain
Resort and the Eight Outer Temples and the other surrounding
natural scenic spots have been improved in many ways,
but also that the tourist places have been extended in
all directions into the counties. The Golden Line for
Tour and the Beijing-Chaoyang Line for Tour have been
perfected. Around the two lines, different tourist systems
have appeared, such as "Puningsi Temple Worship Tour"
, been installed."Panjiakou Park on Water",
etc. With the development of the tourist resources, the
tourist industries are also developing very fast. Now
there are 50 hotels for foreigners, 25 star-level hotels.
Links
http://cd.hebiic.gov.cn/English
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