Besides royal garden, magnificent temples and rich historical connotation, the Mountain Resort has a great many rare cultural relics, which add luster to the place. 

The palace relics made during the reign of Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong represent the highest level of art in the Qing Dynasty. The Nanshufang and the Zaobanchu used to be special organs designing and manufacturing arts and crafts for the emperor. Workshops in other parts of the country produced exquisite handicrafts and daily necessities for the court, for instance, the porcelain produced in Jingdezhen, the brocade made in Jiangning, the embroidery in Suzhou, the clocks and watches in Guangzhou, the enamel in Beijing and the stone carvings in Quyang. 

Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong spent half of the year in the Mountain Resort. Enormous materials and gifts were needed for the daily life, banquets and rewards, consequently, a great number of various kinds of ruyi, snuff bottles, porcelain, silk, clocks and watches, clothes and accessories, and other jewelry were prepared in the resort. In addition, the halls, chambers and towers of the emperor and the empress were furnished with various red sandalwood furniture, porcelain made by official kilns, lacquer-wares, potted landscapes, hanging panels, Western clocks and watches, brocade appliances for chairs, etc. All these are rare art treasures.

Since the Qing court had esteem for Lamaism, the Outlying Temples are also a place storing lots of precious work of art of Lamaism, such as statues of Buddhas, sacrificial utensils and musical instruments used in a Buddhist mass. These divine utensils made by the official departments and others respectfully presented by the Mongolian and Tibetan religious leaders or heads of the ethnic groups are all gems of the Buddhist art. Besides gilded bronze and gilded wooden qualities, the statues are made of gold, silver, jade, marble, porcelain and brocade. They blend the elements of the Han, Tibetan and Nepalese peoples and exhibit the characteristics and level of the Buddhist art of the Outlying Temples.