Chengde Tangquan Palace
Chengde nearby, hot springs, but was favored by the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty and opened for the Royal Palace but only Chengde County Tougou this one. Only 44 kilometers from the city of Chengde in the town of Tougou Tangquan village, there is the Qing dynasty Tangquan Palace, was built in the Qing dynasty Kangxi forty-five years (A.D. 1706), and now still exists in the main hall, the door of the hall, the Tang pool, the imperial monument, the rockery and the wall.
The Kangxi Emperor first discovered the Tangshan Hot Spring in the thirty-first year of the Kangxi reign (1692 AD). After taking a bath, he felt that the hot spring water was "warmer and more suitable for the body" and planned to build a palace. Kangxi forty-five years (1706), Chengde's summer residence has taken shape, Tangquan Palace was officially built. Because of the original Longzun Wangfo Temple, it will be a new repair of the various halls, in the temple on the hillside after the construction of the Palace. That is, Kangxi in the inscription said, "dazzled by the circumference of the wall, the construction of the Palace several rafters, for the summer rest place." Kangxi fifty-five years (1716), Saint Xuan Ye personally wrote the "Imperial Tongshan Longzun Wangfo Temple Tablet". The inscription praises the Tangquan: "The Tangquan has been written in the historical records, the most famous site of Lishan Tendu, and others are also scattered in the magazine of the mountain scriptures, and the spring is especially spiritual." Tangquan Palace overall layout for the front and back of the two parts, before the Longzun Wangfo Temple (known as the water Palace Niangniang Temple), after the Palace Palace, was surrounded by a 300-meter-long palace wall. The palace is surrounded by rockeries and verandas. According to the Qianlong seven years (1742) Jehol governor Batu a folding disclosure, "the size of the Tangquan Palace room even the veranda one hundred and eighty-seven". Surviving ancient buildings are the gate hall, the main hall, Tangquan total pool, rockery and fence.
Like other palaces outside the mouth, the Tangquan Palace was abolished in the Qianlong period as the Qing government's business situation and attention shifted. But it was not reduced to ruins because of the magical and wonderful hot spring water. In the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China until the liberation, the local magistrates and the common people have always maintained the Tangquan Palace. After liberation, the government set up a medical institution here, the use of hot spring water to carry out medical activities for the people to relieve the pain of the disease. early 1990s, the county invested 800,000 yuan, outside the Palace built a convalescent building, additional medical equipment, improve the management system, the annual reception of convalescent thousands of people, making the Tangshan Hot Springs even more vibrant.