Puning Temple

The Puning Temple generally called the Big Buddha Temple is a Buddhist temple complex in Chengde, Hebei province, China. It become constructed in 1755 throughout the reign of the Qianlong Emperor in the Qing dynasty. It is close to the Chengde Mountain Resort and alongside the similarly famed Putuo Zongcheng Temple. Puning is one of the "Eight Outer Temples" of Chengde. The Puning Temple was modeled after the Samye Monastery, the sacred Lamaist web site in Tibet.

The front temple was constructed within the Chinese fashion, despite the fact that the temple complicated follows both Chinese and Tibetan architectural patterns. The complex features temple halls, pavilions, drum towers and bell towers. Since the 18th century, during the Qing dynasty, the Dzungar humans of northwestern present day China Xinjiang have been engaged in warfare towards Qing empire invasion. The Qianlong Emperor of the Qing dynasty dispatched an army to Yili to suppress their resistance in opposition to Qing rule.

The Qing navy attacked Kulja Yining and captured the ruling Dzungar khan. After the conquest, the Qianlong Emperor individually inscribed his writing on a tablet this is within the stele pavilion of the Puning Temple. This stele of 1755, referred to as the Puning Sibei, venerated the founding of the temple and the victory over the Dzungars. The Qianlong Emperor ordered the building of this new Temple of Universal Peace, a symbol of his ambition to maintain peace among ethnic minorities and a stable surroundings within the northwestern regions.