Zhāngsānyíng

Zhangsanying lies north of Chengde on the route toward the Mulan hunting grounds. After the Qing court established the imperial hunting grounds in 1681, a chain of travelling palaces provided places for the emperor and his entourage to stay along the way. Zhangsanying was one such stopping place. Its position linked the court's journeys beyond the Great Wall with the valleys and settlements of northern Hebei.