Tags: Religious Building.
The Puning Temple (Chinese: 普宁寺; pinyin: Pǔníng Sì; literally Temple of Universal Peace) of Chengde Hebei province China (commonly called the Big Buddha Temple) is a Qing Dynasty era Buddhist temple complex built in 1755 during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor (1735-1796 AD) to show the Qing’s respect to Tibetan Buddhism. It is located near the Chengde Mountain Resort and alongside the equally famed Putuo Zongcheng Temple it is one of the Eight Outer Temples of Chengde.
