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Heritage through lenses: Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde (7)

（Chinadaily.com.cn）  09:03, July 10, 2013  

Situated to the north of the Mountain Resort, Puning Temple was built in 1755 by Emperor Qianlong.The temple consists of many magnificent halls and laid out in apple-pie order, covering an area of 23,000 square meters. Its front hall follows the layout of the Buddhist monasteries of the Han people. The Grand Hall of the Buddha is characteristic of the ancient architecture of the Han people. Its rear half is based on the Buddhist concept of the world as manifested in sacred place of Tibetan Lamaism, the Sameye Monastery. (Photo by Jia Yue for Chinadaily.com.cn)

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（Editor：DuMingming、Ye Xin）

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