Gary meets a 'wild' deer in Chengde! We've never seen them so tame (most likely due to over feeding from the hoards of Chinese tourists that flock here) . The park which used to be the hunting ground of the Emporers is full of lakes and pagodas as you can see in the photo below. It's also completely surrounded by miles and miles of a large wall to keep the pesky peasants away from the game...
One of the magnificant temples in Chengde. It's difficult to convey the size of them - but to give you an idea the main hall in this one (the tall building at the back of the photo) houses the largest wooden statue in the world - a Buddist Goddess of mercy called Guanyin. She's huge (23 meters high), but beautifully carved and has 42 arms - each with an eye in its palm. Apparently there's an eye in her belly button too.
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