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The
Summer Palace, or Yiheyuan, is one of the China's largest and
best-preserved imperial gardens. It is a masterpiece of Chinese
landscape garden design, integrating the natural landscape of hills and
open water with man-made features into a harmonious and aesthetically
exceptional whole. With
a concentration of the best of ancient buildings as well as styles of
gardening, it is a virtual museum of traditional Chinese gardening.
The
Summer Palace was first named the Garden of Clear Ripples, which was
burnt down by the allied forces of Great Britain and France in 1860.
Reconstruction started 25 years later and was completed in 1895, and the
name was changed to Yiheyuan (Garden of Good Health and Harmony). The
design gives prominence to the Longevity Hill and the Kunming Lake.
Other prominent features include the “Long
Corridor,” with brilliant decorative paintings on the ceiling, the
Marble Boat, built by Empress Dowager Cixi with fund allotted for
building the Chinese navy, and
the Seventeen-Arch Bridge. In
1998, UNESCO
added the Summer Palace to its World Heritage List.
Summer Palace Tops Beijing's Scenic Spots |
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