How would you feel after seeing the ruins of the Old Summer Palace?

The Old Summer Palace Ruins Park is located in the east-central part of Haidian District, Beijing, 20 miles northwest to Xizhimen. The southeast corner is the west gate of Tsinghua University. The current main gate used to be the Grand Palace Gate of Wanchunyuan. It is on Qinghua West Road. The south of the street is adjacent to Yanyuan of Peking University (formerly Yanyuan of Yanjing University). The north gate of Peking University is at Wanchunyuan along the street. Between the Quanhe stone railings, the Jiatun area is linked to the west. The south of the street is now the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications Sanatorium. The north of the street, beyond the first-floor units and residential buildings, is the south palace wall of the Old Summer Palace, including the original palace gate.

Chinese name: Old Summer Palace

Foreign name: The Old Summer Palace

Location: Northwest suburb of Haidian District, Beijing

Completion time : 1709

Contents

Introduction

Origin of the name

Architectural features of garden architecture

Water theme features

Styling characteristics

Religious characteristics

Architectural evaluation

Location and scale

Historical evolution during the Kangxi period

Yongzheng Period

Qianlong Period

Xianfeng Period

After Tongzhi Period

The Republic of China Period

Overview of historical catastrophes

Looting

Burning

The process of decline

Building history

Heritage Park

Regional Division

Visiting Attractions

Anniversary of the Robbery of Old Summer Palace Cultural Relics

Recovering the Stolen National Treasures

Overview of garden features

Main scenery

Others

Bus transportation routes

Ticket introduction

Origin of the name

Architectural features of garden architecture

Water theme features

Styling features

Religious features

Architectural evaluation

Location and scale

Historical evolution Kangxi period

Yongzheng period

Qianlong period

Xianfeng period

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After the Tongzhi period

The Republic of China period

Overview of historical catastrophes

Robbery

Burning

The process of decline

Building history

Relics Park

Dividing areas

Visiting attractions Old Summer Palace cultural relics

Recovering the features of the national treasures and gardens that were robbed and scattered

Overview of the main sights and other bus transportation routes Tickets Expand Edit Introduction to this paragraph

Yuanmingyuan Ruins Park

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The Old Summer Palace, also known as the "Three Old Summer Palaces", is the collective name for the Old Summer Palace and its affiliated gardens, the Changchun Garden and the Wanchun Garden. It is a palace-style imperial garden of the Qing Dynasty. The Old Summer Palace is located in Haidian, the western suburbs of Beijing, together with the Summer Palace. Closely adjacent. Founded in the 46th year of Kangxi (1707), it consists of three gardens: Old Summer Palace, Changchun Garden and Qichun Garden. It covers an area of ??350 hectares (more than 5,200 acres), of which the water surface area is about 140 hectares (2,100 acres). There are more than 100 garden scenery in the Old Summer Palace

With a construction area of ??more than 160,000 square meters, it was the imperial palace of the Qing Dynasty for more than 150 years. A large royal palace created and operated during the period. "Old Summer Palace" was named by Emperor Kangxi. The plaque with three characters "Xuan Ye Yu" hangs above the lintel of the Yuanmingyuan Palace. Emperor Yongzheng had an explanation for the name of this garden. He said that the meaning of the word "Yuan Ming" is: "Round and enchanting, a gentleman is in the middle of his time; bright and universally illuminating, a person's wisdom." It means, "round" It refers to the perfect personal moral character, which is beyond ordinary people; "Ming" refers to the political performance that is bright and perfect, perfect and wise. In addition, "Yuanming" is the Buddhist name that Emperor Yongzheng has used since his prince period. Emperor Yongzheng believed in Buddhism and was known as "Yuanming Lay Buddhist".

When Emperor Kangxi gave the garden to Yinzhen (later Emperor Yongzheng), he named the garden "Yuanmingyuan", which was taken from Yongzheng's Buddhist name "Yuanming". The Old Summer Palace has inherited China's excellent gardening tradition of more than 3,000 years. It has the grace and splendor of palace architecture and the euphemism and variety of gardens in Jiangnan water towns. At the same time, it also absorbs European garden architectural forms and integrates different styles of garden architecture. As a whole, the overall layout makes people feel harmonious and perfect. It can be said: "Although it is made by humans, it is like it was created by heaven." The Old Summer Palace is not only famous for its gardens, but also a royal museum with a rich collection. The great French writer Hugo once said: "Even if all the treasures of Notre Dame Cathedral in our country are added together, they cannot compare with this large-scale and magnificent Oriental Museum." Each hall in the park is decorated with countless rosewood furniture and displays many rare cultural relics at home and abroad. The Wenyuan Pavilion in the garden is one of the four largest royal libraries in the country. There are precious books and cultural relics such as "Sikuquanshu", "Collection of Ancient and Modern Books" and "Sikuquanshu" collected throughout the garden. The Old Summer Palace was once world-renowned for its grand geographical scale, outstanding construction skills, exquisite architectural scenery, rich cultural collections and profound national cultural connotations. It was known as "all A model of gardening art” and “a garden of ten thousand gardens”. The Yuanmingyuan Heritage Park was built in 1988. Only the mountain-shaped water system, garden pattern and building foundations remain. Rockeries, stacked stones and carvings can still be seen. There is a garden history exhibition hall built at the old site of the "Western Building" for people to pay their respects and pay homage to, which is a painful reminder. The geographical location is along Qinghua West Road to the west of Summer Palace West Road, where is Xiyuan. After passing Xiyuan, turn north and west, connect with Old Summer Palace West Road, west by the west wall of the garden, pass Saoziying, which is Beida Yanbei Garden. The road connects with Qinghe River, which flows east and west. The south bank is the North Fifth Ring Road, and the south of the road is the north of the garden. wall. The east wall runs along Zhongguancun North Street. The total area is approximately ten square kilometers.

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"Old Summer Palace" was named by Emperor Kangxi. The three-character plaque written by Emperor Kangxi hangs above the lintel of the Yuanmingyuan Palace. Emperor Yongzheng had an explanation for the name of this garden. He said that the meaning of the word "Yuan Ming" is: "Round and enchanting, a gentleman is in the middle of his time; bright and universally illuminating, a person's wisdom." It means, "round" It refers to the perfect personal moral character, which is beyond ordinary people; "Ming" refers to the political performance that is bright and perfect, perfect and wise. This can be said to be the ideal standard used by the ruling class in the feudal era to advertise wise kings and virtuous ministers. In addition, "Yuanming" is the Buddhist name that Emperor Yongzheng has been using since his princely period. Emperor Yongzheng believed in Buddhism and was known as "Yuanming layman" and had in-depth research on Buddhism. He is the author of 19 volumes of "Yu Selection Quotations" and "Yu Zhi Demon Selection and Differentiation Records". In the structure of Buddhist sects in the early Qing Dynasty, Emperor Yongzheng regarded himself as the master of Zen and exerted influence on Buddhism as the "Lord of the World". He worked hard to advocate the "unity of three religions" and "the unification of Zen purity". This was the first step in the history of the development of Buddhism. Very important person. When Emperor Kangxi gave the garden to Yinzhen (later Emperor Yongzheng), he named the garden "Yuanmingyuan", which was taken from Yongzheng's royal name "Yuanming".

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Architectural features

The Old Summer Palace is located in the northwest suburbs of Beijing and was built in the Ming Dynasty. In 1709, Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty gave the garden to his fourth son, Yinzhen (later Emperor Yongzheng), and named it Old Summer Palace. After more than 150 years of management by the five emperors Yongzheng, Qianlong, Jiaqing, Daoguang and Xianfeng, they concentrated a large amount of material resources, employed countless skilled craftsmen, and devoted the blood and sweat of millions of working people to carefully build it into a magnificent and beautiful temple. Leaving the palace. The emperor of the Qing Dynasty came here every midsummer to escape the summer heat, listen to politics, and handle military and political affairs, so it was also called the "Summer Palace". The Old Summer Palace stretches for 10 kilometers around and consists of the Old Summer Palace, Wanchun Garden and Changchun Garden. The Old Summer Palace is the largest, so it is collectively called the Old Summer Palace (also known as the Three Old Summer Palaces). In addition, there are many subordinate gardens located on the east, west and south sides of the Old Summer Palace, including Jingyi Garden in Xiangshan Mountain, Jingming Garden in Yuquan Mountain, and Qingyi Garden (the later Summer Palace was built on this basis). etc. The total area of ??the whole park is more than 5,000 acres. The Old Summer Palace not only brings together several famous gardens and scenic spots in the south of the Yangtze River, but also creatively transplants Western garden architecture, integrating the culmination of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign gardening arts at that time.

There are magnificent palaces, light and exquisite pavilions and pavilions in the garden; there are "Business Street" symbolizing the lively market, and there are "Mountain Villas" symbolizing the rural scenery; there are the autumn moon on the flat lake and the sunset on the Lei Feng imitating the West Lake in Hangzhou, and the sunset on the Lei Feng imitating Suzhou