Chengde Putuozongcheng Temple/Little Potala Palace

Locating at Hebei province; it takes 4 hours driving from Beijing.

Chengde Putuozongcheng Temple is nicked name Little Potala Palace; built by the Qianlong emperor for the purpose to celebrate his mother’s 80^th birthday.

 Qianlong emperor’s Manchurian stone inscription

 Whereas at the back of the stone inscription is modern China version.  

At the bottom of the stone inscription has dragons sculptures, it is said that rubbing the dragons could make everyone wildly successful in their life. All the tour members believe and rub together.

Five Pagoda Gates represents five elements of Tibet Buddhism: fire, earth, water, woods and gold. Passing through Five Pagoda Gates symbolize the worshipping Buddha.

This is the good news for us as the Buddhists, a gesture of respect and admirations. 

The archway only allows emperors to walk through during ancient days.  On the other hand, everyone is equal and can walk the archway in the modern days. 

This temple lived up to its name, Little Potala Palace, replicate Potala Palace Tibet.  The buildings have Tibetan architecture styles.  

I can see the importance of red and white colors in Tibetan temple architectures. 

 Rosamond uses smiles to cover her sorrow for climbing to the top. ☺☺☺☺☺☺

Prayer flags in bright red, yellows, green, blues and whites. 

 There are some halls and staircases have dim lights. Torchlights should be prepared. 

 Don't know why Mickey in this picture like Korean lady ☺☺☺☺☺☺

The highlight of the Little Potala Palace is central pavilion’s gold tiled roof

Many halls and pavilions of Little Potala Palace adorn with coppers and gold tiled roofs. I climbed to the top by using stairs to get a glimpse of the central pavilion’s gold tiled roof.

But I tell you it worth the times, efforts and sweat. Gold tiled roof of a central pavilion seemly as the victory for the exhausted climbing.

As mentioned in the previous blog entry, lower rooftop’s gold tiles are scrapped away by the Japanese soldiers. 

There’s exception for the upper rooftops. Heights deterred them to misbehave. 

Naruto not feels exhausted as we're; she is very smart in finding the temple's short cuts. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

The temple is well-maintain; included the pave ways, roads and buildings. Can't believed it has thousand years of histories