Chengde Qian Yang Youth Hostel
Qian Yang Youth Hostel is a tourist hostel built according to the standard of the four-star Hostel. the construction of which is in style of countryard with
gardens, It Located in the famous tourist and cultural city Chengde. Facing the Mountain Resort which is a world cultural
heritage ...
Chengde (Chinese: 承德; pinyin: Chéngdé; Manchu: Erdemu be aliha fu) is a city approximately one hundred miles northeast of Beijing in northeastern Hebei province, situated near the Luan River. Its population is around 3.49 million. Chengde was formerly called Rehe (Jehol), and was the capital of the now defunct Rehe province. Chengde is best known as the summer residence of the early Qing Dynasty emperors. The elaborate Mountain Resort they constructed there in the 18th century features large parks with lakes, pagoda, and palaces ringed by a wall. Outside the wall are the Eight Outer Temples, built in varying architectural styles drawn from throughout China. The most impressive of these is the Putuo Zongcheng (普陀宗乘, Pinyin: Pǔtuó Zōngchéng) built to resemble Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. The mountain resort and the outlying temples were made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994.
Chengde's older name of Rehe came from the local river, Rehe or "热河", which translates to the English as "warm river." It was so named because it did not freeze in the winter, and is also known as the shortest river in the world. Tourists can purchase a necklace with a drop of Rehe water if they so choose near the sight. Before 1949, "Rehe" was also the name of the surrounding province, now incorporated into Beijing Municipality, Hebei, and Inner Mongolia.
