Mountain Resort and Outlying Temples in Chengde, Hebei Province, China

The Mountain Resort in Chengde is located in the city of Chengde in Hebei Province, China, some 250 kilometers to the north-east of Beijing. It is the world's largest existing imperial garden and was built between 1703 and 1792.

This vast complex of palaces and administrative and ceremonial buildings covers a total area of 5.6 km². The Kangxi, Qianlong and Jiaqing Emperors often spent several months a year here to escape the summer heat in the capital city of Beijing and the palace zone in the southern part of the resort was therefore designed to resemble the Forbidden City in Beijing. It consists of two parts: a court in front, where the emperor received high officials, nobles of various minority nationalities, and foreign envoys; and bed chambers in the rear, which were the imperial family's living quarters.

The Chengde Mountain Resort and its outlying temples was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1994.

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