It is also called "the Palace of Banchan". The "Xumi Mountain" is called ceremony in Tibetan and it means the auspicious living place. "Fushou" means "Lunbu" in Tibetan. The Xumifushou Temple means the temple is the place with a lot of blessedness and longevity.

When Qianlong knew the 6th Banchan Lama - the political and religion leader of Tibet went to Beijing himself in order to celebrate Qianlong's 70th birthday, he felt very happy. So he selected the foot of northern Mountain Summer Resort in Chengde to build a Lama temple for the 6th Banchan Lama. This is the origin of the Xumifushou Temple.

The Xumifushou Temple covers an area of 36,700 square meters. It is divided into three parts. In the front courtyard there are stone bridge, stone lion, mountain door, tablet pavilion, gilding memorial archways and etc.

In the middle there is the center of the red platform - the Gautama Palace and scripture palace.

In the rear is the living place of the 6th Banchan and his disciples and there is a Wanfazongyuan Palace enshrined Buddha. The rear courtyard is the Wanshou Tower.

The red platform is the center of the whole temple. "The Miaogaozhuangyan Palace" is in the middle of the platform and it is 29 meters high. The gold copper tile was built with 15,429 liang gold. There are eight flying dragons on the ridge of the palace and they were built with a ton copper, so it is quite precious

On the first floor of the palace the statues of the Gautama and Zongkaba who is the founder of Tibetan Yellow Communion are enshrined. In the eastern side it is the place where the 6th Banchan reads scripture. On the second floor the Gautama and his two disciples Jiaye and Ana are enshrined. On the third floor three statues of Daweidejingang, Mijijingang and Shenglejingang are enshrined.

The Wanshou Tower must be introduced to you. Its appearance has eaves corner of Xieshan style and is very elegant. Inside there are seven layers. Due to the 70th birthday of Qianlong at that time, the seven floors indicated to commemorate the 70th birthday. The tower body is built with green gilding bricks and the top is covered with yellow gilding tiles. It is the peak of the whole temple which is very magnificent.

The Xumifushou Temple was built as the palace of Banchan, so it has dense air and etiquette of Tibetan Buddhism. The construction design and the decoration are both quite precise. In Qing Dynasty it is the symbol of harmonious nation of Han and Tibet. It was listed into the Chinese emphatic preservation unit of cultural relics in 1961.

If you want to select a scene spot and want to appreciate Tibetan culture out of Tibet, you should come to the Xumifushou Temple. If you come here, you can comprehend the extensive Tibetan Buddhism and travel the Mountain Summer Resort at the same time compare the two palaces.

2.Small Potala Palace

The Temple  was built in 1767 and lasted for four and a half years. When the temple was completed, it was Qianlong's 60th birthday and empress dowager's 80th birthday. So the celebration of finishing of the Temple of Universal Love was also one of several celebration activities. It was a great event in the history of Qing Dynasty.

The God Mother Bodhisattva is mainly enshrined in it. There are about 40 constructions in the temple and the layers of the temple are very clear.

The Temple of Universal Love is divided into three parts. There are mountainous doors and tablet pavilions in the front. In the pavilion there is a tablet of Qianlong with precious historical value. There is an over-5-meter-high Wuta Door at the back of the pavilion.

In the middle door there is a colorful gilding tablet. At the front there are a couple of stone lions, which is a symbol of political power in Tibet. The rear is the main construction - "Red Platform". This platform is 43 meters high. Its base seat was built with granite.

The center is the main palace of the whole palace and called "Wanfaguizong Palace". The top of the palace is covered with gold tiles and used 14,000 liang of gold. There enshrined several copper Buddhist statues and they are very solemn and beautiful.

It is the largest of the eight temples outside of the Mountain Summer Resort. The construction and the decoration art outside and inside have characteristics of Han and Zang nationality. They are very harmonious and beautiful. It was listed in the Chinese emphatic preservation of cultural relics unit in 1961. Although the constructions have been over 200 years up to now, they are preserved very well and have mien of big temple.

3.Temple of General Peace
The Temple of General Peace (Puning Temple) lies at the riverside of the Wulie River in the Mountain Summer Resort in City of Chengde.

It was built in 1755 and imitated the form of the Sanmoye Temple in Tibet. The construction lasted for four years and was completed in 1759. It covers an area of 33,000 square meters and it is one of the eight most famous temples outside the Mountain Summer Resort.

In 1961, it was listed into Chinese emphatic preservation unit of cultural relics.

In 1755, the chief of Mongolia tribe in north of Xinjiang rebelled. Emperor Qianlong sent armed forces to put down the rebellion immediately. Soon the rebellion was calmed.

When the news came back to Beijing, Qianlong was so happy that he decided to build a temple named "Temple of General Peace" at the riverside of the Mountain Summer Resort in Chengde City to represent that the atmosphere of peace is full of the whole China and all over the world.

Qianlong invited four chieftains of the four tribes to the Mountain Summer Resort in winter of that year and declared to build a monument with text saying Mongolia tribes belonging to Qing Dynasty.

The Temple of General Peace is huge and there are Heaven Palace, Great Hero Precious Palace and Bell, Drum Towers and so on. The central construction of the temple is Hinayana Palace with 6-layer eaves cumulation and the standing statue of God Mother Bodhisattva with thousands of eyes and hands covered with gold enshrined in it. The statue is 22.23 meters high and its waistline is 15 meters and carved with 5 kinds of wood such as cypress. Its weight is 20 tons and spent more than 120 cubic meters wood.

The Wuliangshou Buddha with 1.53 meters high is enshrined in the Heaven Palace and it is one of the largest wood-carved statues in China. In the west of the Hinayana Palace, there are Sun Palace and Moon Palace indicating the sun and the moon.

Round the Sun and Moon Palace, their were Tibetan constructions such as towers indicating "Four Largest Continents" and "Eight Smallest Continents" in Buddhism. There are Miaoyan Temple and Scripture Halls on both sides of the palace. The whole construction melts the Buddhist artistic styles of Han, Tibet and India. The scene is very unsophisticated and graceful.

Temples with multi-layer layout were built along the slope. The temples in front have Han style and those in the rear have the characteristic of the Sanmoye Temple of Tibet, and they are the representatives of Chinese temple art.

No matter whether you are Buddhist, the Temple of General Peace is worth visiting. You are better off visit it after the Mountain of Summer Resort in Chengde, which can save a lot of time for you.

 4.Temple of Universal Joy
The Temple of Universal Joy (Pule Temple) lies on the hillside, two kilometers to the east of the Wulie River in Chengde City.

It is commonly called "round pavilion". The temple was built against the terrain and the door of the temple is facing west, meaning that Buddhist door is facing Western Ultimate World. The door faces west also because the Mountain Summer Resort of Qing Dynasty is in the west.

The monks read scripture facing the mountain every day. It also means that the tribes outside submit and obey themselves to the rule of imperial court, anyway the idea is everything facing west.

The Temple of Universal Joy was built in January in 1766. Legends say that in the last autumn, when Emperor Qianlong went hunting in the Mountain Summer Resort area, he saw a flat ground from there he can see the beautiful scenery of Qinghui Peak in the east. He decided to build a temple on this ground.

When the temple was completed, many tribes from the western region such as Menggu, Hasake, and Bulute ordered envoys to affiliate with imperial court, they came to meet with Emperor Qianlong and looked at this temple with reverence.

With this newly completed temple and all the envoys there the same time, makes Emperor Qianlong very happy. At once, he named this temple the "Temple of Universal Joy" and it means universal joy.

The Temple of Universal Joy covers an area of 24,000 square meters, and the layout is rectangle and it is divided into two parts front and back. From the front entrance, there is the bell and drum tower, Tianwang palace, and Zongyin palace.

There enshrined the statues of the Gautama, Yaoshi Buddha, and enshrined in Zongyin Palace is Emituo Buddha and eight Bodhisattvas on each side.

The rear of the Temple of Universal Joy is the place to collect and spread scriptures. There are tablet pavilion, series of Tibetan style pavilions and east-hill gate. A stone tablet is standing in the tablet pavilion and on it is the tablet record of the Temple of Universal Joy by Emperor Qianlong.

The series of pavilions are also called altars with three layers. There is a quadratic three-layer platform and on it, there is a round palace. It is the place where Lama can study Mizong and it is called "Xuguan Pavilion". The style of this pavilion was imitated the Qinian Palace of the Temple of Heaven in Beijing.

Its appearance is also round is 21 meters wide and it is 24 meters high. There are 12 eaves pillars and gold pillars respectively. The pillars are covered with yellow glazed tiles. The carving is very exquisite and beautiful.

The Temple of Universal Joy is one of the eight stylish temples out of the Mountain Summer Resort. It is famous for construction on its decorations and the Buddha enshrined in the temple. Either on the appearance or on the designs of this temple marks the finest workmanship in temple construction.

It made the list of the Chinese Emphatic Preservation Unit of Cultural Relics in 1961. The characteristic of different cultures on different tribes and their construction arts of temples, are attracting visitors mainly because many minorities tribes are gathered here in Chengde City during Qing Dynasty.