Information about the Summer Palace

The Summer Palace is a world-famous royal garden, located in the northwest suburb of Beijing, about 15 km from the capital, formerly known as "Qingyi Garden". /kloc-rebuilt in 0/888, renamed "Summer Palace", which cost 30 million taels of silver and lasted for ten years. The Summer Palace is very large, covering an area of 293 hectares. It is mainly composed of Wanshou Mountain and Kunming Lake. There are more than 3,000 palace garden buildings in various forms, which can be roughly divided into three parts: administration, life and sightseeing.

The administrative district centered on Renshou Hall is the place where Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu sat in the hall to listen to politics and meet foreign guests. Behind Renshou Hall are three large quadrangles: Leshou Hall, Yulantang and Yiyuntang, where Cixi, Guangxu and Empress Dowager lived. Deheyuan Theater on the east side of Yiyun Pavilion is one of the three major theaters in Qing Dynasty.

Seen from the wisdom sea at the top of Wanshou Mountain, the Summer Palace consists of Buddha Pavilion, Dehui Hall, Paiyun Hall, Paiyun Gate and Yunhui Yuyufang, forming a distinct central axis. At the foot of the mountain is a "corridor" more than 700 meters long. There are more than 8,000 colorful paintings on the corridor, which is called "the first corridor in the world". In front of the promenade is the rippling Kunming Lake. The west dike of Kunming Lake is modeled after the Su Causeway of the West Lake.

The back of Wanshou Mountain and the back of Houhu Lake are towering, with elegant environment, Tibetan temples and Suzhou Creek Ancient Business Street. At the eastern end of Houhu Lake, there is a humorous garden built in imitation of Wuxi Jichang Garden, which is small and exquisite and is called "the garden in the garden".

The whole garden art of the Summer Palace is ingenious and occupies a prominent position in the history of garden art at home and abroad. It is a rare masterpiece of garden art in the world.

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The Summer Palace is mainly composed of Wanshou Mountain and Kunming Lake, covering an area of 290.8 hectares, and the water surface (Kunming Lake) accounts for about three quarters, about 220 hectares. The buildings in the park are centered on the Buddha Pavilion, with more than 3,000 pavilions, terraces, buildings, pavilions, corridors and pavilions in different forms.

The whole park is roughly divided into three areas: the political activity area centered on Renshoutang, the living and residential areas dominated by Leshoutang, Yulantang and Yiyuntang, and the scenic spots composed of Wanshou Mountain and Kunming Lake. The whole scenic spot is large in scale, which is a masterpiece of China landscape architecture.

People's Network-World Cultural Heritage: Summer Palace