architecture

Putuo Zongcheng Temple

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]
普陀宗乘之庙 (Pǔtuózōngshèng zhī miào) [Chinese simplified]

Architecture

full/alternative names
Little Potala Palace, Temple of the Potaraka doctrine
built
1767-1771
culture
patronage

Specifications

area
220,000 m²

Geography

local language location name
承德 (Chéngdé), 中國 (Zhōngguó) [Chinese]
historical affiliations
1771-1912
1912-1932
1932-1945

UNESCO World Heritage Site

type
cultural
criteria
II, IV
designation
reference
703