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Beijing Summer Palace
Beijing Summer Palace|Yiheyuan Garden
Beijing Summer Palace is probably Asian largest and most sumptuous royal garden used to serve Emperors together with his families and relatives exclusively. Today it boasting the world cultural and historic heritage in Beijing plays the role of historical site and leisure center for Beijing residents. Summer Palace is located in the northwest suburb of Haidian district in Beijing City. Based on
Kunming Lake
and Longevity Hill, artisans of that time adopted some designing techniques and images from gardens of southern Yangtze River and scenery of West Lake of Hangzhou. It is also the best-preserved and largest-scale royal garden in China. It is one of China’s four famous gardens. The others include Imperial Summer Resort in Chengde, Liu Garden(The Lingering Garden) and Zhuozheng Garden(The Humble Administrator Garden) in Suzhou. It is the emperor's xanadu. During latter-day period, it was seriously destroyed by wars but was restored by people repeatedly.
The construction of Summer Palace was condemned and acclaimed in different periods of Qing Dynasty. For celebrating her 60th birthday in the worsening of Chinese external environment, Empress Dowager Ci Xi extensively rebuilt Summer Palace via embezzling the national defense spending which was planned to purchase some batches of warships and armaments to strengthen the power of Chinese navy. This was one of the direct reasons that angered the public and straightforwardly brought the breakdown of Qing Dynasty. Today, putting aside the historic influence, many local people are proud of Beijing
Summer Palace absorbs and takes the essence of traditional garden-designing techniques. The basic structure is relying on the layout of
The scenery of the garden generally could be divided into three parts: The elegance and holiness of Renshou Hall is used for politics. It is the main location for Empress Dowager Ci Xi and Emperor Guangxu to deal with domestic affairs and diplomatic activities. The courtyards, such as Leshoutang, Yunnantang and Yiyunguan, are used as Ci Xi, Emperor Guangxu and his concubines' residences. The scenic spots comprise Longevity Hill and Kunming Lake. It is used for the emperor and his concubines' amusement and enjoyment. Kunming Lake situated south of Longevity Hill covers three- fourths of this garden. Over Kunming Lake, seventeen grand arch-bridges look like the rainbow crossing over the waters. The bridges are serpentine and look like an emerald green belt. The ancient constructions are built among the trees, waters, and hills. The whole environment leads people to celestial hills on the sea where you can see the trace of the southern sceneries of Yangze River.
Summer Palace
for its glorious architecture and enchanting beauty. Beijing Summer Palace is always one of the best destinations for traveling in Beijing.Summer Palace absorbs and takes the essence of traditional garden-designing techniques. The basic structure is relying on the layout of
Longevity Hill
andKunming Lake
. Through its surrounding environment of mountains and waters, it reveals magnificence and vigor of China’s royal garden. Although it is man-made, it is seemingly designed by nature. All the corridors, halls, temples, and bridges are harmoniously integrated together. Its splendid and outstanding art design makes it an authority in China’s garden architecture which is famous all over the world. Summer palace is extremely large covering 2.97 square kilometers. It is chiefly composed of Longevity hill and Kunming Lake. The waters cover three quarters of the total area. Foxiang Pavilion is centered among the other garden buildings.The scenery of the garden generally could be divided into three parts: The elegance and holiness of Renshou Hall is used for politics. It is the main location for Empress Dowager Ci Xi and Emperor Guangxu to deal with domestic affairs and diplomatic activities. The courtyards, such as Leshoutang, Yunnantang and Yiyunguan, are used as Ci Xi, Emperor Guangxu and his concubines' residences. The scenic spots comprise Longevity Hill and Kunming Lake. It is used for the emperor and his concubines' amusement and enjoyment. Kunming Lake situated south of Longevity Hill covers three- fourths of this garden. Over Kunming Lake, seventeen grand arch-bridges look like the rainbow crossing over the waters. The bridges are serpentine and look like an emerald green belt. The ancient constructions are built among the trees, waters, and hills. The whole environment leads people to celestial hills on the sea where you can see the trace of the southern sceneries of Yangze River.
Chinese people in the old days would pay special attention to
Fengshui (geomantic omen
) and Eight Diagrams before they build up a house. It indeed contains many intangible culture and tradition. In 1998, thanks to its long history and abundant cultural meaning, beautiful and natural landscapes, and excellent protection and management, it is successfully accepted into the world heritage list by UNESCO.For flower fans, summer place is also a good place for visting.The white and purple magnolia trees were planted behind Summer Palace's Changle hall and sides of the corridor in the days of Qianlong. In the old days, the garden filled with blossomed magnolia spread flower fragrance everywhere.It’s a pity that they were all burnt down after England and France Allied armies invaded China. But when Empress Dowager Cixi took the power of the country, she ordered to plant the white and purple magnolia again. About the reason, some one side that Cixi and trees shared the same name ----magnolia.
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