FIND CHINA introduces Chengde

Chengde  is a prefecture-level city in Hebei province, People's Republic of China, situated northeast of Beijing.

It is best known as the site of the Mountain Resort, a vast imperial garden formerly used by the emperors of the Qing Dynasty. Today the city is a popular tourist destination. The elaborate Mountain Resort features large parks with lakes, pagodas, and palaces ringed by a wall. Outside the wall are the Eight Outer Temples, built in varying architectural styles drawn from throughout China. The best-known of these is the Putuo Zongcheng Temple, built to resemble the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. The resort and outlying temples were made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. Chengde's older name of Rehe (or Jehol) came from the name for the local river which translates as "hot river." The river was so named because it did not freeze in the winter. Most sections of the river are currently dry because of a new damming project.

Another popular attraction of the Chengde area is Sledgehammer Peak , a large rock formation in the shape of an inverted sledgehammer. A variety of other mountains, valleys, and grasslands lie within the borders of the city. 

Both the internal and the external transportation of Chengde are very well developed and although there is only a small-scale airport, chartered flights flying between Beijing and Chengde will provide you more choices for your journey. In addition, railway and road links can connect you to many cities, such as Tianjin, Shenyang, Baotou, Ulanhot, Liaoning, and Inner Mongolia, etc. City buses provide a fine and integrated transport service; taxis are also a good choice due to their convenience and inexpensiveness.

Cuisine in Chengde, you will have the opportunity to taste the unique local dishes and snacks, both of royal and folk flavors due to its historical links.

The climate in Chengde changes from a cold temperate zone to warm temperate zone, from semiarid to semi-moist. It belongs to continental monsoon Yanshan mountainous region climate. It has distinct four seasons and the temperature is distinct especially between day and night. With plenty of sunshine all year round. It is cool in summer and cold in winter. the average number of no frost days in a year is 73-170 days. January is the coldest month of the year, the average month temperature is 9.4C below zero. The hottest month is July. The annual amount of rain declines gradually from the north to the south. There is little rain and snow in winter and spring. The amount of rain and snow in winter accounts to 1 to 3%, in spring 1 to 13%, in autumn 14 to 19%, in summer 65 to 73%. Because it is monsoon climate in Chengde, the direction of wind changes according to the season. There are 2576-3000 sunshine hours in a year and the annual percent rate of sunshine is 60 to 66%. In May the sunshine hours are the longest, however in November and December they are the shortest. .