Chengde is not.
Come out from the train station, see the city in the mountains of the crook of the arm, the doomed is a thin figure. As in the urban areas, in fact, you can walk, walk around to spend not much time; such a trip is very simple, half-day Summer Hill, a half-day Outer Eight Temples, nothing more.

In the marginal plateau beyond the Great Wall, which would mean a possibility, Zhongyuan Wang Qi and customs outside the national encounter possible. Chengde, this was originally called "Rehe on the camp" a small village, fortunately selected by history as the height of the Qing imperial side of the big stage Zhaoyuan.
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Summer Villa, Rehe spring. Is this a budongquan, only the "Rehe" name. Back the clock to 1703, Wei Jiahai fancy here within the Kangxi Emperor began the construction of palaces, as to the paddock Magnolia Akiya the rest of the office since then, "Rehe on the camp" on the map disappear, replaced by a new city.
It should be said from the beginning, Chengde on branded with the mark of a dynasty, because of China's other cities, few have so born. This imprint is so deep, so that the city's former prosperity are derived from the rise of this dynasty, which we call "Kangxi and Qianlong."
In addition to Beijing at that time, here is another in streets for the emperor of the Qing emperor Department, with the current words, is the provisional capital, even though less than capital shall not be big, but a summer Imperial Villa, solicit lake, plains, mountains, and the Department has its own romantic ; Moreover, because of its geographical location, where it is naturally beyond the Great Wall became the calm nobility of the activity center. In this regard, the Eight Outer Temples is an excellent witness --
Puning Temple, tablets pavilions, there are accounts of the Ministry of rebellion stele flat Junggar;
Putuo Zongcheng Temple, tablets pavilions, the Ministry of legislation has in mind Torghut return stele from the Volga River;
Longevity of the Sumeru Temple, far from Tibet, the Panchen Lama to participate in the Qianlong birthday of VI, was built;
Pollock's Temple, in order to come to the emperor's Summer Resort pilgrimage Kazak, Uygur, Kirgiz and other ethnic minorities worship was built;
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It's been a singing "Wind Song" era. Because "a temple of thousands of soldiers to arrive," Villa outside the Tibetan, the Han-style temple, that is, those who abide by the Quartet's warriors, he served as it winds from Xi, territory from the safe. At this time, Chengde, Beijing is no doubt that well-being, to feel it more on-site with a vast territory, national pride and glory unification. Until now, in the Villa, in the Outer Eight Temples, whether local presentation, or talk to visitors, are still able to capture the sweet memories of the city.

Story of the city like the calendar, there is always time to next page. Climbed over the prevailing atmosphere of those times, Chengde also have their own grief.
Summer Resort, "Enpa To Shuang" Temple, the name of elegant chic, but in 1860, Emperor Xianfeng in this approved and the British, French, Russian and other countries "Beijing Treaty" shame after himself died on the inside Villa. The suffering of Chengde, thus the originator.
This is a piece of the inevitable course of the Qing empire created it, from the peak to die, Chengde reborn must accept the pain, but it also gives it the opportunity to re-establish the personality - to become the province Rehe province. But then would be a pleasant experience Mody?
Putuo Zongcheng Temple, the red units. In Chengde, the most stinging of my scene, but it is locked in here. The "Little Potala Palace" is the mother of Emperor Qianlong's birthday by himself and created the political ideas, boarded the red sets the highest level, to see the Basilica of gilt Jinding numerous scratches, asked, they learned that the Japanese During the climb to the occupation of scraping with a bayonet, and because each piece with gold gilt tile 3 money.
Speechless. Alas!
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So could not help but think of how Chengde occupied. Xianfeng of the Prodigal than the handwriting, which may be a more invisible remember the facts.
In 1931, 9 ? 18 Incident.
In 1932, Japan in Changchun propped up puppet Manchuria regime, began to eye on Rehe. Then Rehe provincial governor of Tang Yulin, is sworn brothers Chang Tso-lin's brother, also came from bandits. Under his rule, and Chengde Rehe Province, and the case can be imagined.
Dangers present, driven by patriotic people, Soong went to Peking to discuss with Zhang Xueliang Rehe defense. In order to boost morale, the two followers to carry his party went to Chengde, speech, mobilization, table determination, made electricity, etc., etc. (Please note that Chang Hsueh-liang was also not quit drug addiction).
Song, Zhang, who left few days, the Japanese began a massive attack. FANG Kai-war situation, Rehe defenders began to retreat out of control. The provincial governor who was busy calling a large number of military vehicles, carrying private property, ready to give up. When the Tang Yulin led his senior officials and their families get away, you also never seen a Japanese soldier.
March 4, 1933 afternoon, the Japanese vanguard 128 cavalry into the city, occupied the Chengde - just 128 people!
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As a result, the results of this war, one of which is to today's we see now the gilt Jinding. Have been pointing Jiangshan of Chengde, that late winter in 33 years, first with Chang Hsueh-liang, Soong's rush to come and go, staged a farce of a fight to the death against Japan and to spare the show; to wait until the Japanese fire call, and it is time climax when the curtain was hastily Xie.
Bah!

For wounds, always cover multiple. For the recall, after selective forgetting, always the more sweet. In the renewed vitality of Chengde, I felt a distinct aftertaste over and over again the sweet, bitter, when it is small, if it is not hard to reveal a scar on their own, or even may even bitterness at all. I do not like it.
Chinese people do not like to mention more than a sore spot in the habit, but it should not be forgotten reasons. When the sea-side to make the perpetrators look like the innocent, as if everything is no longer recall, I can not imagine if the victims themselves have forgotten the past, it would be kind of a tragedy?
The facts of history must be repeated because of errors is constantly spread - it allows us to maintain a sober have burnout, to remain vigilant and maintain hatred. I am more willing to hate, because that in itself is a kind of vitality.
To tell the truth, I am not sure whether it is now willing to recall each of the compatriots on both of these facts, however, if anyone does come to bear in mind that this would send a small text bar as the peak of poetic perfection. Use the words of Mr. Lu Xun, in order to forget the mark.

2002/7/24 in Beijing

Author: eric_cj