What was the purpose of building chengde mountain resort and Waiba Temple in Qing Dynasty?

Reasons for the first construction of the Summer Resort: In the 20th year of Kangxi (168 1), in order to strengthen the management of mongolia local and consolidate the northern border defense, the Qing government established the Mulan paddock in the Mongolian grassland more than 350 kilometers away from Beijing. Every autumn, the emperor will lead tens of thousands of princes, eight banners troops, even harem concubines, royal descendants and others to go hunting in Mulan paddock, so as to train the army and stabilize the border.

In order to solve the problem of food and shelter for the emperor along the way, 2 1 palaces were built between Beijing and Mulan paddock, and Jehol Palace-Summer Resort is one of them.

Usage: chengde mountain resort, also known as "Chengde Gong Li" or "Rehe Palace", is located in the narrow valley on the west bank of Wulie River in the north of Chengde City, Hebei Province. It was the place where the Qing emperors used to spend the summer and handle government affairs.

Reasons for the construction of Waiba Temple: These 12 temples with different architectural styles were built by the Qing government at that time to unite ethnic minorities in Mongolia, Xinjiang, Tibet and other regions, using religion as a means of weaving nets.

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On the Function of Waiba Temple

Objective: In the form of Tibetan and Xinjiang Lamaism temples, to build a group of Lamaism temples around the summer resort for the upper class of western and northern ethnic minorities and nobles to worship Buddha when they make pilgrimages to the emperor.

In fact, there are more than eight temples in Waiba Temple. There are 0/2 original temples/kloc-,namely Puren Temple, Pushan Temple (no longer), Puning Temple, Anyuan Temple, Pule Temple, Puyou Temple (no longer), Putuo Zongcheng Temple, Guang 'an Temple (no longer), Wuxiang Temple, Luohantang Temple (no longer) and Xumi Temple.

Because it is divided into eight administrative departments and located outside the Great Wall, it is called Waiba Temple. These temples took 67 years before and after construction, which can be said to be the product of the "prosperous time of Kanggan". There are 7 seats left in 20 18.

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