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From 1713 to 1780, Qing court built up 12 temples in the east, north and northeast of the Mountain Resort. Only seven of which remain intact today, reflecting the traditional art and culture of the Han, Manchu, Mongolian, and Tibetan nationalities.

Temple of Universal Peace
There is the highest wooden image of Buddha in the main building of the Puning Temple (Temple of Universal Peace ). It was built in 1755 A.D. (the 20th year of Emperor Qianlong's Reign).

The frontal half of the temple follows the layout of the Buddhist Monasteries of the Han people. Its rear half is based on mandala, the concept of the world of Buddhism the temple fully manifested the exchanges and harmonies of cultures between the Han and the Tibetan, and the Unity of the multi-national country.

The Temple of Universal Happiness
To the east of the Summer Villa, and south of the Temple for Distant Security, the Temple of Universal Happiness (Pule Temple), also known as the Round Pavilion, is the resorts most modern looking complex. It was built, under orders from Emperor Qianlong in 1766, in order to receive visiting dignitaries of minority cultures, including the Mongols and the Tibetans. The present complex has been well renovated, but retains its mix of Han and Tibetan style architecture.

Temple of Potarka Doctrine
Located to the north of the Imperial Summer Villa (Bishu shanzhuang), the Temple for Potarka Doctrine (Putuo zongshengzhi Temple), was built in 1767. It is the largest of the eight remaining outer temples in Chengde, with an area of 220,000 square meters. Despite much renovation, it is still possible to understand the awe that visiting dignitaries, mainly from the far western provinces and Mongolia, felt for the temple.

Temple of Pacifying the Outlying Areas
The Temple for Distant Security (Anyuan Temple), is located to the east of the Summer Villa, on the Dongpin Hillock near to the Wulie River. Designed, as with many of the temples in Chengde, to appease the more troublesome sectors in the Chinese empire through minority architectural similarities, the temple was built in the style of the Xinjiang Gurza Temple, that no longer exists. The complex is thus also called the Ili Temple (Yili miao) after the Xinjiang valley of the same name.

Temple of Happiness and Longevity
Lying just to the south of the Putuo Zongsheng Temple, Sumero's Temple of Happiness and Longevity (Xumi fushou zhi miao) is the most southerly of the northern temple group. It was built in 1780 in order to house a visit by the Sixth Panchen Lama, so the 37,900 square meters of space that is the temple is designed mostly in a Tibetan form, in the style of the Shigatse Monastery, the Tashilhunpo. The Panchen Lama eventually made his visit in 1781.