Before Disney, China’s first amusement park was Chengde in Hebei province. Call it Qingland — in honor of the decadent Qing dynasty that walled off 5.6 sq km of rolling forest to create a summer ...

An aerial drone photo taken on early July 5, 2024 shows a view of the Saihanba National Forest Park in Chengde City, north China's Hebei Province. Photo: Xinhua An aerial drone photo taken on early ...

Stewed pear with lotus root [Photo by Zhang Xingjian/chinadaily.com.cn] You may consider Chengde a tourist city, but don't ignore the distinguished food culture here. In fact, Chengde has a fairly ...

CHENGDE, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 3 September 2024 – Last month, the “10th Anniversary Exhibition Season for Coordinated Development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region” jointly planned by ...

The author is an architect and professor emeritus at Korea National University of Arts. In 1703, Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty ordered the construction of a summer retreat in Chengde, ...

The ceremony took place despite the strong protest of the Holy See. There had been no illegal ordinations since 2006. Among the eight bishops who participated there is also Mgr. Francis An Shuxin of ...

The National Museum of China in Beijing is set to offer stirring reflections of China and the world at the peak of the central empire in the 18th century. The three-month exhibition, entitled "300 ...

Priests, nuns and faithful of the official and underground communities mourn over the demeaning illicit ordination on 20 November in Chengde (Hebei). It was attended by eight bishops in communion with ...

Outside the walls of the Chengde Imperial Dwelling Palace, temples in the Tibetan, Han and Mongolian styles are found scattered among the nearby hills. Built on a larger scale than any of the temples ...

Summer in Beijing can be miserable: hot, dusty and, even without the draw of the Olympics, crowded. A great time, then, to leave and head to the small city of Chengde, set among pine-scented hills 150 ...

BYD Co. signed an agreement on Monday with the government of north China's Hebei province to build electric buses and parts for the vehicles in Chengde city. BYD's investment in the assembly and parts ...