Eight outer temples

Japanese: 外八廟 - そとはちびょう
Eight outer temples
A group of Tibetan Buddhist temples in Chengde Special City, Hebei Province, China. Located outside the walls of the Chengde Summer Resort, 11 temples were built, but only 7 remain today. Among them, the most famous are the Putuo Zongcheng Temple, built in 1771 by Emperor Qianlong to celebrate his own 60th birthday and his mother's 80th birthday, and the Sumeru Fujuzhi Temple, built in one year for the 6th Panchen Lama in 1780. It was registered as a World Heritage Site in 1994.

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Japanese:
中国,ホーペイ(河北)省チョントー(承徳)特別市にあるチベット仏教の寺院群。承徳避暑山荘の城壁外側にあり,寺院 11院が建てられたが現存するのは 7院。そのなかでも乾隆帝がみずからの 60歳と母の 80歳の誕生日を祝って乾隆36(1771)年に建てた普陀宗乗之廟,乾隆45(1780)年にパンチェン・ラマ6世(→パンチェン・ラマ)のために 1年で建てさせた須弥福寿之廟が有名である。1994年世界遺産の文化遺産に登録された。

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