The Temple is also known as the Little Potala Palace.Built within more than 4 years from 1767 to 1771,the temple is situated north of the Summer Resort. Putuozongcheng is modeled on the Potala Palace in Tibet,and therefore it is also named "Lesser Potala Palace." The entire temple encompasses 220,000 square metres.It was built by Qing emperor Qianlong to celebrate his 60th anniversary,empress''s 80th anniversary and to host the upper strata personages of the minority peoples from Mongolia,Qinghai,and Xinjiang who came to join in his birthday celebrations.

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