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The Summer Palace, located in Haidian District, northwest of Beijing, is 0/5km away from Beijing City/KLOC-0. Covering an area of about 290 hectares, the Summer Palace is the largest and most well-preserved royal garden in China. It was originally the palace and garden of the Qing emperor.

The Summer Palace is located in Haidian District, the northwest suburb of Beijing, which is 15km away from Beijing downtown. Covering an area of about 290 hectares, the Summer Palace is the largest and best-preserved royal garden in China. It was originally the palace and garden of the Qing emperor.

The Summer Palace is located in the western suburb of Haidian District, 0/5 km (9.3 miles) from the center of Beijing. It has the largest royal park and is well preserved. In 1960, it was designated as a key cultural relic protection unit in China by the State Council. Including examples of ancient art, it also has beautiful landscapes and magnificent buildings. The Summer Palace is a typical China garden and one of the most famous classical gardens in the world. 1998 was listed as one of the world heritage sites by UNESCO.

Built in the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), during the succession of feudal emperors; It has been continuously extended. By the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), it had become a luxurious royal garden providing rest and entertainment for the royal family. Formerly known as "Qingyi Garden", it is a famous "three mountains and five gardens" (Wanshou Mountain, Yuquan Mountain and Xiangshan Mountain; Qingyi Garden, Changchun Garden, Perfect Bright Garden, Quiet Bright Garden, Quiet Happy Garden). Like most gardens in Beijing, it could not escape the atrocities of the British and French allied forces and was destroyed by the fire. 1888, Empress Dowager Cixi used naval funds to rebuild and renamed the Summer Palace (Summer Palace) for her own benefit. She spent most of her later years there, dealing with state affairs and entertainment. /kloc-suffered again in 0/900, and was looted by Eight-Nation Alliance. 19 1 1 after the success of the revolution, it was opened to the outside world.

The Summer Palace is mainly composed of Wanshou Mountain and Kunming Lake, covering an area of 294 hectares (726.5 acres), three quarters of which are water. Under the guidance of nature, artists design the garden very exquisitely, so that visitors will see wonderful scenery and be surprised by the perfect example of exquisite craftsmanship using the best materials.

The Summer Palace is centered on Foxiang Tower (Foxiang Pavilion) and consists of more than 3,000 buildings, including pavilions, towers, bridges and corridors. The Summer Palace can be divided into four parts: courtyard area, Qianshan area, Qianhu area, Houshan area and Houhu area.

Qianshan District: This is the most magnificent area in the Summer Palace, with the most buildings. Its layout is very distinctive, because there is a central axis from the courtyard of Kunming Lake to the top of the mountain, and there are important buildings on the central axis, including the Dialing Cloud Gate, the Dialing Cloud Hall, the Derong Hall, the Buddha incense tower, and the Wisdom Sea Hall.

Houshan Houhu area: Although there are few buildings here, the scenery is unique, the trees are shaded and the winding paths are secluded. Visitors can feel the rare tranquility and elegance. This area includes scenic spots such as humorous garden and Suzhou market street.

Palace area: This is the place where Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu met officials, handled state affairs and had a rest. Entering the East Palace Gate, visitors can see the main palace buildings: Renshou Hall as the emperor's office, Yulantang where Guangxu lived, Happy Longevity Hall, Cixi's residence, and Dehe Hall hosted by Cixi.

Qianhu District: Covering most of the Summer Palace, showing lakes and mountains. The breeze is light and sparkling, and the willows are kissing the vast water waves. In this comfortable place, there are east and west banks, 17-hole bridge, Nanhu Island and so on. There are six different bridges floating on the west bank, of which the Jade Belt Bridge is the most beautiful.

The Summer Palace

The Summer Palace is the most complete and magnificent ancient garden in China. It is located in Haidian District, Beijing, more than 20 kilometers away from Tiananmen Square, covering an area of 290 hectares.

The Summer Palace used to be the palace and garden of feudal emperors. As far back as the first year of Jin Zhenyuan (1 153), the "Jinshan Palace", one of the "Eight Courtyards of Xishan", was built here. In the seventh year of Hongzhi in Ming Dynasty (1494), Yuan Jing Temple was built, and later the royal family built a good mountain view garden here. 1664 After the Qing court made Beijing its capital, Shan Hao Garden was renamed "Wengshan Palace". During the reign of Qing Qianlong, the park was renamed "Qingyi Garden" after the construction of 15 years. At this time, Qingyi Garden has a wall from Wenchang Pavilion to Xigongmen in the north, and Kunming Lake is the barrier on the east, south and west. There are many pavilions and bridges in the park, which are beautiful and spectacular. In the tenth year of Xianfeng (1860), the British and French allied forces looted and burned most of the buildings in the park. Except Baoyunge (commonly known as "Copper Pavilion") Wisdom Sea and Duobao Glass Tower, the treasures were looted and the buildings were in ruins. In the 14th year of Guangxu (1888), Empress Dowager Cixi allocated 30 million taels of silver from the navy to build the Summer Palace on the site of Qingyi Garden. In the 26th year of Guangxu (1900), the Summer Palace was savagely destroyed by Eight-Nation Alliance, and subsequently Cixi spent huge sums of money to restore it. For hundreds of years, it was a paradise for feudal emperors and royals, and it was liberated into a park. 196 1 year, the State Council announced the Summer Palace as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

The Summer Palace includes Wanshou Mountain and Kunming Lake, with beautiful scenery and magnificent architecture. There are more than 3,000 buildings in the park, and the layout of the park can be divided into three areas: politics, life and sightseeing. The political activity area centered on Renshou section is the place where Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu handled state affairs and met courtiers and envoys. Living and residential areas, with Yulantang, Yiyuntang and Leshoutang as the main bodies, are places where Cixi, Guangxu and empresses live. Scenic spots, mainly in front of Wanshou Mountain, Houshan Mountain, Houhu Lake and Kunming Lake, are the main components of the whole park.

The Summer Palace, which enjoys a high reputation among the world's classical gardens, is harmonious and unified. In the center of Qian Shan, 60 meters high in Wanshou Mountain, a number of buildings such as Paiyunmen, Paiyungu, Dehui Hall, Foxiang Pavilion and Wisdom Sea are vertically arranged from low to high, standing by the mountain, rising step by step and magnificent. With the tall Buddha pavilion as the main body, the center line of the whole park is formed. The promenade built along the north bank of Kunming Lake is 728 meters long and has 273 rooms. It spans the Wanshou Mountain like a ribbon, connecting the Qian Shan buildings in the east. There are more than 14000 beautiful paintings in the promenade, which is known as the "gallery". The humorous garden is located in the northeast corner of the Summer Palace and at the east foot of Wanshou Mountain. It has rich characteristics of Jiangnan gardens and is known as "the garden in the garden".

Kunming Lake, which accounts for three quarters of the total area of the park, is clear and green with pleasant scenery. On the vast lake, there are three small islands dotted around, and the main scenery is Xidi, Xidi Six Bridges, Dongdi, Nanhu Island, Seventeen-hole Bridge and so on. There are pavilions, Zhichun Pavilion, Phoenix Wharf and other exquisite buildings on the shore of the lake. Among them, the Qingyan Boat (Shiwan) located on the northwest shore of the lake is a famous aquatic building in the park, which combines Chinese and Western cultures and is exquisite and gorgeous. There are green forests and bamboos on the back of the mountain lake, and the scenery is elegant. There are winding paths of pine forests and flowing bridges everywhere, and the style is very different from that of Qianshan Mountain. The Suzhou River at the foot of the mountain twists and turns, sometimes narrow and sometimes wide, which is quite characteristic of Jiangnan. There is a multi-treasure glass tower built among the trees on the shore. There is also a Tibetan-like building in Houshan-Zongyin Pavilion in Xiang Yan, which has a strange shape. Suzhou street, originally a private trading street in the palace, has been restored and opened to tourists. The colorful Summer Palace is surrounded by mountains and waters, which reflects the superb level of gardening art in China.