* Temple of Universal Happiness

This temple, also known as the Round Pavilion, was built in 1766 in honor of the representatives of the Kazak, Khalkhas and other ethnic peoples who came to Chengde with Emperor Qianlong.

Some people call it another Temple of Heaven . Entering the temple, one will find most things built from wooden blocks called a mandala. There are 72 types of wood used symbolizing 72 kinds of wisdom of the Buddha.

The main building, the Pavilion of the Brilliance of the Rising Sun (Xuguang Ge), is famous for its caisson ceiling and unique wooden mandala -- the only one of its kind in China outside Tibet. Eight color-glazed pagodas erected on lotus-flower pedestals once topped the temple's outer walls, now of which only one remains. Traditionally, they were believed to represent the lotus flowers that appeared at every step taken by Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism , when he was very young.

Of the remaining temples at Chengde, the Temple of the Image of Manjusri and the Temple of Universal Benevolence are both built in the Chinese style. The Temple of Pacifying the Outlying Areas, built in 1764 on the model of the Gu'erzha Temple in the Ili Valley, lies to the north of the Temple of Universal Happiness. Today, only the Hall of Universal Conversion remains intact. Inside this hall is a statue of the Queen of the Conversion to Buddhism. Its walls are decorated with murals depicting Buddhist legends.