Architecture

Putuo Zongcheng Temple, Glazed Archway, south elevation

Chengde, Hebei, China

普陀宗乘之庙 (Pǔtuó zōngchéng zhī miào) [Chinese simplified]
གྲུ་འཛིན་་་བསྟན་པའི་རྩ་བའི་ལྷ་ཁང༌། (Chunzin Dainbaiza Pailhakang) [Tibetan]
普陀宗乘之廟 (Pǔtuó zōngchéng zhī miào) [Chinese traditional]
小布达拉宫 (xiǎo bù dá lā gōng) [Chinese simplified]
琉璃牌楼 (Liúlí páilóu) [Chinese]
Putuo Zongcheng Temple, Glazed Archway, south elevation

Architecture

structure overview
Putuo Zongcheng Temple » Glazed Archway

Architecture: Glazed Archway

style/period
Qing style
work type
gate structure, pailou

Architecture: Putuo Zongcheng Temple

full/alternative names
Little Potala Palace, Temple of the Potaraka doctrine
built
1767-1771
culture
Chinese, Tibetan
style/period
Tibetan style, Chinese style
work type
Tibetan Buddhist temple
patronage
Qianlong Emperor

Geography

Asia » Eastern Asia » China » Hebei » Chengde Shi » Chengde » Shuangqiao
local language location name
承德 (Chéngdé), 中國 (Zhōngguó) [Chinese]
historic location names
Rehe (Jehol)
热河 (Rèhé) [Chinese simplified]
熱河 (Rèhé) [Chinese traditional]
historical affiliations
1771-1912
Great Qing
1912-1933
Republic of China
1933-1945
Manchukuo
1945-1949
Republic of China

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde
type
cultural
criteria
II, IV
designation
reference
703

Image characteristics

maximum image resolution
5,060 × 3,643  pixel
42.8 × 30.8 cm (300 dpi)
capture date
image processing
merged image, perspective control, retouched
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