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JEHOL (" hot stream ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 310 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JEHOL (" hot stream ")  , or CH'ENG-TE-FU, a
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city of
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China, formerly the seat of the
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emperor's summer
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palace, near I18° E. and 41° N., about 140 M . N.E. of
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Peking, with which it is connected by an excellent road . Pop . (estimate), io,000 . It is a flourishing
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town, and consists of one
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great
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street, about 2 M.
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long, with smaller streets radiating in all directions . The
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people are well-to-do and there are some
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fine shops . The palace, called Pi-shu-shan-chuang, or "
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mountain
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lodge for avoiding
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heat," was built in 1703 on the
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plan of the palace of Yuen-ming-yuen near Peking . A substantial
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brick
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wall 6 m. in
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circuit encloses several well-wooded heights and extensive gardens, rockeries, pavilions, temples, &c .
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Jehol was visited by
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Lord
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Macartney on his celebrated
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mission to the emperor K'ienlung in 1793; and it was to Jehol that the emperor Hienfeng retired when the allied armies of
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England and
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France occupied Peking in 186o . In the vicinity of Jehol are numerous Lama monasteries and temples, the most remarkable being Potala-su, built on the
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model of the palace of the
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grand lama of
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Tibet at Potala .

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