Location: Weichang County
What to do and see in Weichang County, China: The Best Places and Tips
Weichang Manchu and Mongol Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 围场满族蒙古族自治县; traditional Chinese: 圍場滿族蒙古族自治縣; pinyin: Wéichǎng Mǎnzú Ménggǔzú Zìzhìxiàn; Manchu: ᠸᡝᡳᠴᠠᠩ ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᠮᠣᠩᡤᠣ ᠪᡝᠶᡝ ᡩᠠᠰᠠᠩᡤᠠ ᠰᡳᠶᠠᠨ; Mölendroff: weicang manju monggo beye dasangga siyan) is a Manchu and Mongol autonomous county located in far northeastern Hebei province, China. It lies under the administration of Chengde City, and is the northernmost county of the province, bordering Inner Mongolia to the north. In terms of area, it is the largest county of Hebei, occupying an area of 9,058 km (3,497 sq mi), though, as it is located in mountainous terrain, it is rather sparsely populated, as of 2004, housing 520,000 people.
1. Mulan Paddock
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 32 reviews
Reviewed By Manuel O
Espectacular entorno que se ve amenazado por la visita masiva de turistas, una invasión de coches, y plástico. Grandes praderas, grandes pinos, buen cordero y molinos de viento.
2. Saihanba National Forest Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 31 reviews
Reviewed By Rincewind - Anshan City, Liaoning, China
I had taken my family for a holiday to Chengde city because I wanted to see the historic sights there. However, that didn't take as long as I thought. So I was looking around for other things to do in Chengde. Searching in Chinese, I found that there are some grasslands in Hebei province, on the borders with Inner Mongolia. I thought this would be a novel experience for my family, so I choose one of the grassland parks and set off in that direction by car.
I didn't have very high expectations. I thought there would be an area of grassland and a touristy Mongolian themed site where we could spend an hour taking photographs and then head back to Chengde - I was far from correct.
Saihanba National Forest Park is massive. This is the worlds largest man-made forest park area. There are nearly half a billion trees in the park. Historically, the park had been part of the royal hunting grounds, however, at the end of the Qing dynasty, deforestation had caused the land to turn into a desert of sand and dunes. In the 1960's, China started to reforest the area, creating the Forests and grasslands that we see today.
It took about 3.5 hours to drive there from Chengde city centre. It took another 1.5 hours to drive the 60 km from the park entrance to my hotel. We ended up spending three full days in the park and had still only seen half of it.
Really, if you are coming here, you have to drive. There are tour buses that visit but they just take you to a few over touristy, famous sites. What you really want to do here is drive your car to some remote paddock, park and walk out into the grasslands alone.
Only when you are away form the other tourists can you see the nature of the place. You can spot rare flowers, unusual bird species, squirels and other animals. If you are a nature lover, this is the part of China you must come too.
However, when you come as part of a tour group, you are just going to see some trees, ride a horse around a field and think "uh?".
The park contains three zones, each about 40 or 50 km wide. The southern zone is the old royal hunting grounds. The landscape here is natural looking with old trees and grass land. The middles zone, where the main park entrance is located, is more artificial in apearance and very heavily forested with larch and birch trees. Most of the tour groups stay within this zone. The northern zone is actually over the border in Inner Mongolia. This is much less forested grass land with higher hills. This norther zone is also much less developed and recieves less tourists than the other areas.
If you want to see green Grasslands, come in late July or August. Idealy just after the summer suns but before the farmers cut the grass for hay. If you want to see the Forests, October probably provides the best display of autumn colours. There is a ski field in the park so it is probably worth a visit in winter too, though I expect it would be increadably cold. Because of the altitude here (about 1600 metres) the summer temperatures are very comfortable - warm but not hot with cool evenings.
3. Bashang Hongshanjun Horse track
4. Xumi Fushou Temple
Overall Ratings
4 based on 11 reviews
Reviewed By YorkHiker - Yorkshire, United Kingdom
This huge red building has some fantastic interior sites. Don't forget a ticket to this temple includes the Potala Palace Temple next door.
The temple has a very ornate roof, and there are great views of the Summer Mountain Resort Walls and the temple valley from the roof. The best views of Sumeru temple and from Puling Temple or the Resort's Walls. See my photos for good photo angles.
5. Chengde Moon Lake
Overall Ratings
4 based on 11 reviews
Reviewed By Volker-Meier
If they would have taken care at least a little on the nature. Unfortunately the area is now more like an entertainment park. Lots of noise and rubbish lying around everywhere. It's really a pity.
6. Seven-star Lake
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 4 reviews
7. Yudaokou Plain and Forest Resort
Overall Ratings
5 based on 4 reviews
Reviewed By A TripAdvisor China Member
去玩的朋友一定要注意御道口牧场啊！2月份 我出差来御道口，在御道口乡下的大巴，然后打车前往御道口牧场，大概半个小时抵达牧场，牧场坏境真不错！配套设施也挺齐全，各个档位的酒店都有，最好的要数御道口大酒店 四星级！虽然冬天景区不开放，但是牧场的雪景也很美！
8. Yudaojou Ranch
Overall Ratings
5 based on 1 reviews
Reviewed By A TripAdvisor China Member
风光确实很美，草原的空旷辽远，让人流连忘返，尤其御道口的塞罕坝草原风光无限美好，有一片非常大的草场湿地，特别迷人，大家可以趁现在这个时节去游览一下当地的美景，不过记得带长衫啊，因为晚上还是很冷的。
9. Taifeng Lake
10. Miaogong Reservoir
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