My first lunch at Chengde, not impressive, but very cheap.

View of KuiXing Lou, one of the most important Taoist temple in the country.

The compund consisted of Pavilions, Gates and prayer hall.

The incense burner is part of the 7 star formation.

The main pavilion.

The incense burner against the sky.

Taoist icon representing the constellation Zhuque.

The constellation Xuanwu.

The constellaion Qinglong.

The constellation Baihu.

View of the whole temple.

View from below the compound.

Signage of QuiXing Lou, written by one of the emperors. The words are written incorrectly.

View of the hills.

Messy hair shot.

Inside PuNing temple.

Dragon carvings on the stairs.

The majestic Thousand-hand Guanyin.

I find this to be one of the most moving religious image that I have experienced.

View of the back of the Guanyin Hall.

Guanyin Hall.

View of PuNing temple from outside.

Tablet at the entrance of the Small Potala temple.

The temple is built in the Tibetan style.

The small Potala temple is built as a replica of the original one in Tibet.

Tibetan style tower.

This looks almost like the real thing at a glance.

View from the foot of the red section.

Canopy covering the performance area.

Golden roof tiles.

Another view.

Me at the golden roof.

Details of the decorations.

View of the neighbouring temple from outside.

Dinner feast. Seafood combo.

Lotus at dusk.

Loutus and pavilion.

Night wanderers in the Summer Palace: Yong Jing and Zhang Bo.

The night view would have been better if not for the hideous lightings.

One of the pavilion.

Details of the buildings.

Shadow play. The 3 of us chatting at the pavilions.

My breakfast. All for 3 Yuan.

Taxi decorated as a wedding vehicle.

The bear hills.

Twin Towers hill.

From this angle, the rock formations seem to have human facial features.

Hill of the Sleeping Elephant.

Getting closer to the 2 towers.

Details of the rock surface.

The space between the 2 rocks.

Through the rocks.

Looking up.

Closer look.

Some one carved the words into the rock and calls it a tourist attraction.

Narrow but deep.

Another word-on-the-rock attraction.

Butterfly.

The lake covers quite a large area.

Lover rocks.

A close up of the old tower.

Cheng Wang temple. Guardian of the city.

Looking through the gates.

The old sign.

Yong Jing and Zhang Bo paddling in the Summer Palace lake.

Yong Jing.

Zhang Bo and me.

The Summer Palace lake. Looks better in the day.

The entrance to the Summer Palace.

View of the lake.

Zhang Bo and I.

Lotus lotus everywhere.

Close up of the Jin Shan tower.

This house sits on a small island in the lake.

The Emperor's Throne.

Yong Jing and Zhang Bo.

Lotus again.

Stepping stones.

Another look.

Qian Long, the guy who decided to build a Summer Palace here and thus created Chengde.

An old street but serves purposes.

Our parting lunch.

Huge serving of roast lamb, and very delicious!