{"id":20065,"date":"2016-01-30T12:14:26","date_gmt":"2016-01-30T04:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=20065"},"modified":"2022-04-14T15:12:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T07:12:22","slug":"chengde-outdoor-winter-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/hebei-travel\/chengde-travel\/chengde-outdoor-winter-activities","title":{"rendered":"Chengde Outdoor Winter Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Plan your Chendge tour<\/a>? You may hesitate to visit Chengde in winter. As you know, Chengde is noted for its Mountain Resort, a trump card in Chengde attracting numerous holiday-makers in summer from all the corners of China in addition to burning joss sticks at the eight outer temples and riding horses at Mulan Weichang Grassland outside Chengde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So any interesting things to do in winter in Chengde? Actually, there are a bunch of things worth your time including skating on the lakes in Sumer Resort, appreciating flower lanterns, bathing in hot springs and skiing. If you happen to visit Beijing in winter, a side trip to Chendge eithert by bus or train is highly recommended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Skating on the lakes in Mountain Resort\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In winter you find the parts of the lakes in Mountain \u00a0Resort turned into\u00a0skating surfaces as well as\u00a0hockey fields for the enjoyment of the local residents and visitors. \u00a0Strap on your skates and take to the frozen surface of the lakes in Summer Resort. The Summer Resort\u00a0Hockey Tournament will be held in the former imperial summer resort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Riding a school-kid sized chair with no brakes and no steering, a kind of chair-sleds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chair-sleds<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Playing hockey at Summer Resort in Chengde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Playing hockey at Summer Resort in Chengde<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

2. Dingsheng Imperial Lantern Festival<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lantern festival is a typical Chinese traditional festival which falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month, usually in February or March. It was originated in\u00a0the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25) and\u00a0 it has become a festival with great significance. Now it is held around China each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chengde Dingsheng Imperial Lantern Festival is held in Dingsheng Cultural Industry Garden in Yuanbaoshan Scenie Area, Shuangluan District, Chgengde (\u627f\u5fb7\u53cc\u6ee6\u533a\u5143\u5b9d\u5c71\u98ce\u666f\u533a\u9f0e\u76db\u6587\u5316\u4ea7\u4e1a\u56ed). It is the largest imperial lantern festival in the northern China.  The festival is open during February 01- 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dingsheng Imperial Lantern Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

3. Bathing in Hot Spring<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are legions of hot spring resorts in Chengde. \u00a0You may bath in the outside forest hot springs or indoor hot springs. It is cool and comfortable to soak yourself in hot springs during this winter season,\u00a0an excellent way to wash off the dirt and relax your body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experiencing the outdoor hot spring at Longhua Fengshui Bay Hot Spring Resort (\u9686\u5316\u67ab\u6c34\u6e7e\u6e29\u6cc9\u5ea6\u5047\u6751).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Longhua Bay Hot Spring Resort<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Soak in an indoor hot spring resort<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Soak in an indoor hot spring resort<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

4. Skiing at Chengde No.01 Ski Resort\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Chengde Baoyuanshan Ski Resort ( \u627f\u5fb7\u5143\u5b9d\u5c71\u6ed1\u96ea\u573a ) has a good location, only 2 km away from the center of Chengde. It has 5\u00a0totally trails including 3 advanced (1700 meters), one intermediate (150 meters ) and \u00a0one primary level (100 meters).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every trail is equipped with a good snow\u2013made system. Each year a juvenile ski tournament will be held at the ski resort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Skiing at Baoyuanshan Ski Resort<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

All photos from internet, any questions, \u00a0just drop a line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tip:  Hassle-free Chengde Guided Tours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you don\u2019t want to go the do-it-yourself route and prefer the hassle-free escorted tours,  here are some options for guided tours to Chengde:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chengde tour<\/a>
Chengde One Day Tour<\/a>
Chengde 2 Day Private Tour Package with hotel<\/a>
Chengde Car Rental with Driver<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beijing Chengde One Day Tour By High Speed Train<\/a>
Beijing Chengde 2 Day Tour by Train<\/a>
Beijing Chengde 2 Day Tour By Car or Van<\/a>
Beijing Chengde One Day Tour by car or van<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further Readings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Best Time to Visit Chengde<\/a>
Top 10 Attractions in Chengde<\/a>
How to Visit Chengde in One Day<\/a>
Chengde Outdoor Winter Activities<\/a>
Best Travel Options Between Beijing and Chengde<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plan your Chendge tour? You may hesitate to visit Chengde in winter. As you know, Chengde is noted for its Mountain Resort, a trump card in Chengde attracting numerous holiday-makers in summer from all the corners of China in addition to burning joss sticks at the eight outer temples and riding horses at Mulan Weichang Grassland…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,1908],"tags":[3338,3337],"class_list":["post-20065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chengde-travel","category-hebei-travel","tag-things-to-do-in-winter-in-chendge","tag-what-to-do-in-winter-in-chendge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20065"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20065"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31518,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20065\/revisions\/31518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}