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Located in Haidian District, northwest of Beijing, the Summer Palace is the most complete and largest royal garden in China. It is also one of the world-famous tourist attractions and belongs to the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

The Summer Palace was originally a palace and a garden. In A.D. 1750, Qianlong was converted into Qingyi Garden here. 1860, Qingyi Garden was burned by the British and French allied forces. 1888, Empress Dowager Cixi embezzled 30 million taels of silver from the navy for reconstruction, and today it was renamed as a summer amusement park. By 1900, the Summer Palace was destroyed by "Eight-Nation Alliance" and many buildings were burned. Fixed at 1903. Later, it was destroyed during the rule of warlords and Kuomintang, and it was continuously repaired after liberation, which made this ancient garden glow with youth.

The Summer Palace covers an area of 290 hectares (4350 mu), of which the water surface accounts for about 3/4. The whole garden is centered on the 4 1 meter-high Buddha Pavilion on Wanshou Mountain. According to different locations and topography, there are exquisite buildings such as temples, halls, buildings, pavilions, corridors and pavilions. A 728-meter-long promenade was built at the foot of the mountain, just like a Ayabeni connecting various buildings, green hills and blue waves. The whole garden art is ingeniously conceived and occupies a prominent position in the history of Chinese and foreign garden art. It is a rare masterpiece of garden art in the world.

The Summer Palace is mainly composed of Kunming Lake and Wanshou Mountain. The total area is over 290 hectares. The Buddha Pavilion and bronze pavilion built on Wanshou Mountain, the 1,000-meter promenade built by the lake, the 17-hole bridge in Kunming Lake and Zhou Shi are all must-see attractions for tourists. The Summer Palace is located in the western suburbs of Beijing, about 10 km from the urban area. You can take a suburban bus or shuttle bus.

Several characteristics of gardening art in the Summer Palace;

This huge garden is surrounded by mountains and waters, and Kunming Lake accounts for about 3/4 of the whole garden area. However, its water surface is not monotonous. In addition to various buildings dotted in the lake, there is also a South Lake Island in the lake, which is connected with the shore by a beautiful 17 span bridge. In the west of the lake, there is a west dike, on which six beautifully shaped bridges are built.

There are many scenic spots in the Summer Palace that follow some advantages of Jiangnan gardens. For example, the Humor Garden is modeled after Wuxi Airport Garden. Xidi is a Su Causeway that imitates the West Lake in Hangzhou.

In the middle of the front mountain of the Summer Palace, there is a group of huge buildings, from the Wisdom Sea on the top of the mountain to the Buddha Pavilion, Dehui Hall, Paiyun Hall, Paiyun Gate and Yunhui Yuyufang, forming an obvious central axis. On both sides of the central axis, there are many foil buildings. There are many rockery tunnels under the mountain, where tourists can walk up and down. The design pattern of the back hill of the Summer Palace is quite different from that of the front hill. The style of the front mountain is magnificent, while the back mountain wins with winding paths of pine forests and flowing water of small bridges.

The gate of the Summer Palace is called the East Palace Gate. Donggongmen, a group of buildings centered on Renshou Hall, was a political activity area at that time. Renshou Hall, formerly known as Qin Zhengdian, is the main hall where the emperor sits and listens to politics. Cixi and Guangxu have summoned ministers and received foreign envoys here many times. Now the central part still retains the original furnishings of the Qing Dynasty. The bronze dragon, phoenix and tripod on display before the exhibition are beautifully carved. To the north of Renshou Hall, there is a group of theatres. For Dehe Garden and the Summer Palace, there are various ancient architectural forms. In the Summer Palace, almost all forms of ancient architecture are concentrated, such as pavilions, halls, halls, pavilions, towers and bridges. In addition to wooden buildings, there are bronze castings, masonry and glass inlays. The main buildings are: Foxiang Pavilion, 4 1 m high, built on a 20-meter-high stone platform. It is said that this huge building was rebuilt in 1, 89 1 year after the British and French allied forces burned down, costing 782,000 silver, and it is the largest project in the Summer Palace. Boarding the Buddha Pavilion, you can get a panoramic view of the surrounding dozens of miles.

Pai Yun Dian is the most magnificent palace-style building complex in Qian Shan, where Cixi received her birthday in the garden. Corridor, ***273 rooms, with a total length of 728 meters. Wanshou Mountain in the north and Kunming Lake in the south. Walking along the promenade, you can enjoy the lakes and mountains, and every beam of the promenade is painted with colorful paintings for viewing.

Renshou Hall, where Cixi and Guangxu met with ministers in the Summer Palace, displays many precious cultural relics. Le Shoutang is the place where Cixi lived in the garden. Indoor furnishings, basically maintain the face of the year. Several precious magnolia plants were planted in the yard, and a boulder named Qingzhixiu was dotted among them.

Seventeen-span bridge, with a length of150m and a width of 8m, is the largest bridge in the park. The shape of this bridge is very beautiful. It connects Nanhu Island in the west and a pavilion-like corridor in the east, which is not only the only access to Nanhu Island, but also an important scenic spot in the lake area. There are more than 3000 buildings in the Summer Palace. In addition to gardens, it is also important to visit the Summer Palace and appreciate various ancient buildings.

The Summer Palace, which is surrounded by mountains and waters, is very spectacular. The thick green Wanshou Mountain stands on the north bank of Kunming Lake. Among the lakes and mountains, there are many exquisite buildings, such as halls, buildings, pavilions, corridors, pavilions and bridges. These buildings have their own characteristics in style. The layout of the whole park can be divided into political activity area, living area and scenic area.

Entering the gate of the Summer Palace (East Palace Gate) is a political activity area with Renshou Hall as the main body. Renshou Hall has a wide vestibule, lush pines and cypresses, and rockeries dotted with rocks. The ancient bronze tripod and dragon and phoenix are displayed in front of the steps. In the courtyard, a bronze monster, the legendary Kirin, crouched on the stone pedestal. In the Qing Dynasty, this was the place where Cixi and Guangxu ministers met. Now the temple is still decorated with the appearance of the emperor in the palace. The affiliated halls on the north and south sides of Renshou Hall and the north and south assembly rooms outside Renshou Gate are the value rooms of six departments and nine Qing Dynasties.

A circle behind Renshou Hall is the living area where Cixi, Guangxu and their empresses live. This is a group of three large quadrangles consisting of fifty or sixty verandahs. Among them, Le Shou Tang, where Cixi lives, faces Kunming Lake in front and Wanshou Mountain in the back. It is the main part of the living and residential area with Dehe Garden Theater in the east and the entrance to the promenade in the west. Le Shoutang is luxuriously furnished, with a fish table made of pearl agate and jade. On the south side of Renshou Hall is the Magnolia Hall where Guangxu lived. The backyard of Yulantang is Fang Yige, where Empress Guangxu lives. These three courtyards are all full of exotic flowers and herbs, especially dozens of magnolia trees in front of Leshou Hall. The interior of Leshou Hall and Yulantang is displayed according to the original life of Empress Dowager Cixi, and the exhibits are all original works. There is a brick wall in the annex hall on both sides of Yulantang, which was built by Cixi to imprison Guangxu after the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898.

Go straight along the flower terrace to the north of Renshoutang, and you can reach Dehe Garden, which consists of Leyitang and Grand Theatre buildings. More than 200 cultural relics were exhibited in Le Yi Hall. The theater building is very distinctive. The upturned corners, double eaves, bamboo columns and green columns are specially designed for Cixi to see the play.

To the west of the residential area is a tourist area, which is the essence of the Summer Palace scenery and is divided into three parts: Wanshou Mountain, Kunming Lake and Houshan Lake.

On the front of Wanshou Mountain, a huge main building complex is formed, centering on the Buddha Pavilion with three houses and four eaves on all sides. From the "Yunhui Yuyu" archway on the shore of Kunming Lake to the north, it passes through Paiyunmen, Ergongmen, Paiyundian, Dehui Hall leading to the mountainside and Foxiang Pavilion, and reaches the wisdom sea at the top of the mountain, forming a central axis that rises layer by layer. Pai Yun Dian occupies an important position on this central axis and is the place where Cixi celebrated her birthday. Most of the bonsai and cultural relics displayed in the temple were gifts from ministers during Cixi's seventieth birthday. The big oil painting of Cixi in the temple was painted by Ms. Carr of the United States when Cixi was 7 1 in 905.

On the east side of the main building of Wanshou Mountain, there are "Runwheel Hidden" and the stone tablet of Kunming Lake in Wanshou Mountain, which is 9.88 meters high. On the west side, there are Wu Fangting and Baoyu Pavilion made of copper. Baoyuge is located on the sumeru carved in white marble. It is a rare and precious thing in the world, commonly known as the bronze pavilion. Its beams, beams, arches, rafters and plaques are crab blue and bronze, and weigh 404 kilos, just like the wood structure.

The Buddha Pavilion was built on a hillside more than 60 meters high, and the pavilion was 38 meters high. There are four Optimus Prime in the pavilion, 30 meters high and made of hard iron pear wood. The shape of Foxiang Pavilion is designed according to the Yellow Crane Tower. Standing in front of the Buddha Pavilion, you can see the lakes and mountains.

Along the foot of Qian Shan, there is a painted corridor, which starts from the Moon Inviting Gate of Leshou Hall in the east, passes through the Paiyun Gate, and reaches the Zhangshi Pavilion at the western end of Wanshou Mountain, with a total length of 728 meters, and there are four octagonal pavilions with double eaves in the middle. Every beam of the promenade is painted with colorful paintings, including the scenery of the West Lake, landscape figures and flower feathers. Like a colorful gallery, it twists and turns to connect the buildings in Qianshan.

Wanshou Mountain faces the vast Kunming Lake. From north to south, there are scenic buildings such as Zhichun Pavilion, Wenchang Pavilion and Kuru Pavilion on the east coast. Zhichun Pavilion is located on an island south of Yulantang, surrounded by water and connected by bridges. The pavilion has heavy eaves and columns, which is elegant and chic. There is a stone platform beside the pavilion. The bronze bull lies on his back, with his head held high, his ears pricked up and his eyes fixed on Kunming Lake. Nanhu Island in the water is connected with the East Embankment by a 17-hole bridge, flying like a rainbow over the sparkling blue waves. South Lake Island is surrounded by stone fences, and Han Xu Hall stands high on the island. Hidden among the green trees. The west dike in the west of Kunming Lake is modeled after the Su Causeway of West Lake in Hangzhou. Peach willows are planted on the embankment, and the famous Six Bridges are hidden in the willows beside the embankment. Among them, the jade belt bridge carved with white marble towering into the sky looks like a jade belt from a distance, with beautiful shape. The water west of the west dike is divided into two lakes, north and south, by a short dike. There is Tuancheng Island in North Lake and Algae Hall in South Lake. Kunming Lake gradually converges from north to south, and the east embankment and the west embankment meet at Yixiu Bridge at the southern end. Kunming Lake flows from under this bridge into the long river leading to Beijing.

In the northwest of Kunming Lake, on the west bank of Wanshou Mountain, there is a white stone carving Zhou Shi called Qingyan Boat. The hull is carved from huge stones, with two cabins and five-color glass windows.

After the mountains, rivers and lakes, there is no scenery in the south of the Yangtze River. 1860 and 1900, the buildings in Houshan were destroyed twice by imperialist invaders, leaving mostly abandoned platforms and abandoned foundations, and only colorful glass pagodas still stood among the green trees. Xiang Yan Zongyin Sange in Houshan and its surrounding towers used to be a magnificent Tibetan Buddhist temple. In front of it, there is a three-hole long bridge across the back lake, and to the north of the bridge is the North Palace Gate of the Summer Palace. Houhu River on both sides of the bridge is the site of the commercial street of that year.

At the eastern end of Houhu Lake, there is a distant Zhai and a humorous garden called "Garden in the Garden". Tiaoyuanzhai has a higher terrain, facing the street outside the wall in the south. It is said that Cixi watches people go to Miao Feng for a meeting every year on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, so it is also called "Kanhui Building". The Humorous Garden was built in imitation of Wuxi Changyuan in Qianlong period, with clear water and graceful lotus leaves, and hundreds of verandas around the lakeshore connected with thirteen pavilions. The green drinking water pavilion is located in the middle of the lake. Legend has it that Cixi fished for fun. Go east from the humorous garden, cross the gate of "Purple Gas Coming from the East", not far from the East Palace Gate.

Wanshou Mountain in Yuan Dynasty was called Wengshan Mountain, and Kunming Lake was called Wengshanbo. In the Ming Dynasty, there was a Yuan Jing Temple on Mount Weng. In the Qing Dynasty, it was called Qingyi Garden. Wengshan Park was later renamed West Lake.

In order to celebrate his mother's 60th birthday, Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty built the yanshou temple in Wengshan and changed it to Wanshou Mountain. After imitating the story of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty practicing as a navy master in Chang 'an Kunming Pool, he renamed the West Lake Kunming Lake and the whole park Qingyi Garden. Qingyi Garden was finally completed in 1764, which took fifteen years and cost more than 4.8 million yuan. /kloc-in 0/86, the British and French allied forces invaded Beijing, and the precious cultural relics in the park were looted and many Li Hong buildings were burned.

During Empress Dowager Cixi's "Listening to Politics", Prince Alcohol and Prime Minister Yi Yi started the project of restoring Qingyi Garden in the name of setting up a naval school in order to please Cixi, and renamed it "Summer Palace", which means "caring for others and making peace". The project lasted nearly ten years and was basically completed in 1895. 1900, Eight-Nation Alliance went to Beijing, Cixi fled to xi 'an with Guangxu, and the Summer Palace was destroyed. After Cixi returned to Beijing from xi 'an, she repaired the Summer Palace with a huge sum of money. It not only became the imperial garden for Cixi to spend the summer vacation, pay homage and celebrate her birthday in her later years, but also became her palace for internal affairs, diplomacy and political activities. 19 14, the Summer Palace was turned into a royal garden by the Qing royal family. 1924, the late Qing emperor Puyi left Beijing, and the Summer Palace was turned into a park.

There is Jingming Garden in the west of the Summer Palace. There are towering Yuquan Mountain and the famous "Yuquan Tutu" spring in the park, which is one of the four famous gardens in the suburbs of Beijing.

Admission: off-season (1October 1 1 to March 3 1 of the following year):

Ordinary ticket to 20 yuan, joint ticket to 40 yuan.

Peak season (April 1 to 1 October1every year):

Ordinary ticket to 30 yuan, joint ticket to 50 yuan.

Tickets for Foxiang Pavilion, Suzhou Street and Dehe Garden remain unchanged, namely:

Buddha Pavilion 10 yuan;

Suzhou Street 10 yuan;

Deheyuan 5 yuan; Monthly ticket 30 yuan;

Address: Summer Palace Road, Haidian District, Beijing

Best travel time: all year round

Opening hours: 6: 30-18: 00 in summer; 7 o'clock in winter-17 o'clock

Dining: There are Li Ting Restaurant, Ruyi Restaurant, Zhichunting Restaurant, Tsinghua Xuan Restaurant and Hanxutang Restaurant on Nanhu Island of the Summer Palace. In these places, there are usually many guests at lunch time, and sometimes there is a queue. However, there are convenient food outlets in many parts of the park, which tourists can use when purchasing. There are many restaurants outside the Summer Palace, both state-owned and private, with different sizes and different prices. There is also a McDonald's branch outside the North Palace Gate.

Accommodation: Beijing Century Golden Resources Hotel (five-star)

The most perfect luxury business and leisure hotel in western Beijing.

The hotel is located in the West Fourth Ring Road, close to Xiangshan, Summer Palace and Badachu. It opened on September 28th, 2002, with a building height of16th floor and a total of 554 rooms.

Beijing Yanshan Hotel (four-star)

Located in Zhongguancun High-tech Park, the hotel opened in June 1989 65438+ 10, and was partially renovated in March 2004. * * * There are two buildings with a floor height of 17. * * * There are 2 18 rooms in total.

yongxing garden hotel

The most favorable four-star hotel in the west

The hotel is located in Beijing's West Third Ring Road, near the CCTV Building. It opened on July, 2002 16, with a building height of 12 floor and a total of 354 rooms.

Tian Hong Keyuan Hotel

Located in Zhongguancun Science Park, the hotel opened in September, 200 1 year, with a building height of18th floor and a total of 393 rooms.

Ruicheng Hotel Beijing (Samsung)

The cheapest hotel with convenient transportation in the West Third Ring Road.

The hotel is located between West Third Ring Road and West Fourth Ring Road, near West Chang 'an Avenue. 200 1 and 10 opened, and was partially renovated in April 2004. The building is 14 floors high and has 188 rooms.

Shangri-La Hotel Beijing

The most luxurious hotel in western Beijing.

The hotel is located in the West Third Ring Road, near the zoo. 1984 was opened and renovated in 2004. The building is 24 stories high and has 528 rooms.

Beijing Hao Wei Building

The hotel is located near Taiping Bridge in North Third Ring Road and Zhongguancun. 1997 was opened and renovated in 2002. This building is five stories high and has more than 40 rooms.

Beijing Xijiao Hotel

Located in the center of Zhongguancun, Haidian District, the hotel has more than 450 rooms of various types, equipped with satellite TV, international direct dial telephone, mini bar, Internet access line and other facilities. Chinese and western restaurants with different flavors and complete grades provide a variety of choices; 18 high-grade meeting rooms of different sizes are fully equipped; Swimming pool, bowling alley, sauna leisure center, western suburb women's fitness center, etc. Let you feel fashion and leisure. Among them, the VIP building (Building 9) is listed as a four-star hotel, and the personalized superior room (luxury queen bed) is equipped with VOD and infrared control system, which is your first choice for business travel.

Transportation: Take bus 30 1, 303, 330, 332, 33 1, 346, 362, 374, 375, 904 and 905. The easiest way is to take the subway from the center of Beijing and get off at Xizhimen (not far from the zoo), and then take the bus. You can also go by bike, which takes about 1 half to two hours.

Tel: (086)-0311-82895660

Postal code: 500 1 1

Features: sightseeing, photography.

Tip: The East Gate is the main exit of the Summer Palace, where there are many bus stops. In addition, there are canteens, tea rooms and restaurants where visitors can choose to eat.