Imperial Mountain Resort in Chengdu used to be the resort of emperors of Qing Dynasty. Situated in the city of Chengde in northeastern Hebei Province, about 200 kilometers from Beijing.Its constructions started in 1703and took 89 years to complete. It is regarded as one of China’s four famous gardens, and the other three are Summer Palace in Beijing, Humble Administrator’s Garden and Lingering Garden in Suzhou.
Surrounded by lakes, forest and mountains, it is China’s largest existing imperial garden and the former summer capital of the Qing dynasty, covering an area of 5.64 million square meters. The size of Chengde Summer resort is as big as the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace combined. The 10-km-long wall around it winds its way through plains and high mountains like the Great Wall.The imperial Resort was listed in the directory of the world’s cultural heritages in 1994.
