The Summer Palace in Beijing

The Summer Palace located in Beijing's western suburbs, 20 miles from the town, used to be the Qing imperial summer garden, large-scale, landscape architecture is extremely beautiful, is a world famous imperial garden, was founded in the year 1750.
Summer Palace is a high north of 60 meters of the Longevity Hill, south is the vast area of Kunming Lake, the whole garden area of 290 hectares, about four-fifths of the water.

Summer Palace has a huge building complex. Yuyu Oscillation archway from the lake by the row of Cloud Gate. 2 palace. Paiyun Dian. Noriteru house. Buddhist House on the wisdom of the sea to the summit. Under a humble look, saw a gold-colored glazed tile house at the foot of the lake an oasis in Kunming, shimmering clouds up and down movement of the bridge lying South Lake in the 17 hole wave, Sai six bridges volt pressure water, such as the Dai-Yuan Wang Xishan.

Along the northern shore of Lake Kunming, is a long 728 meters of film art gallery, a total of 273. Gallery mountains with water, is like a necklace Longevity Hill. Pedestrian promenade, not only can see sometimes and sometimes not the bending of a wishful hope that the pillars in the corridors, but also through the porch and the dry stone fence to see the magnificent scenery of Kunming Lake. Promenade Liang Fang figures depicting the story of 8000 pieces of landscape painting, to make visitors more thin ruminate.

Kunming Lake in the east there is a 17 hole stone bridge, the bridge 150 meters long, prostrate wave center, magnificent momentum. Dry stone fence on the bridge pillars engraved with the size of the stone lions, each with attitude. Bridge has a huge octagonal pavilion, pavilion next to a bronze ox, prostrate head held high, looking at the lake, back when the cast of Qianlong inscription, indicating the suppression of the lake with cattle.

After the Summer Palace lake shore, called Suzhou Street, bends twists and turns of 300 meters, with water Adam Street, along the coast to the city is decorated with arches. Pai Square paving the form of more than 60. Building sophisticated. Patchwork; color side Zhuangming Yan, another folk style with both the Royal delight, quiet and pleasant, picturesque.