the Summer Palace 关于颐和园的英文介绍.ppt

The World Culture Heritage —— The Summer Palace 1749: Emperor Qianlong commissioned work Qingyiyuan (the Park of Pure Ripples) 1860: the Second Opium War destroyed 1888: Empress Dowager Cixi rebuiltenlarged Funds for the Chinese navy Yiheyuan (Garden of Harmonious Unity) 1900: Eight-Power Allied Force sacked 1901: Empress Dowager Cixi repaired 1924: Puyi (abdicated) open to the public The residential quarters The Garden of Virtue and Harmony (Deheyuan) Empress Dowager Cixi watched performances of the Peking opera The Hall of Jade Ripples Emperor Qianlong (state affairs ) Emperor Guangxu (living quarters ) Longevity Hill (Wengshan Hill ) 60 meters high The front hill halls and pavilions back hill natural beauty Front Hill Area The Hall of Dispelling Clouds (in celebration of Cixi’s 70th birthday) The Pavilion of Buddhist Incense (a religious structure) The Sea of Wisdom (topmost, a well-known beamless Buddhist shrine) Bronze Pavilion (one of the three best and largest bronze buildings existing in China) Kunming Lake Yuan Dynasty : Weng Shan Pool Ming Dynasty: West Lake Covers three quarters of the total area Southern Lake Island West Causeway Six bridges The Seventeen Arch Bridge 150 meters long The ninth arch based on the famed LuGou Bridge southwest of Beijing 498 carved stone lions The Long Gallery ( Long Corridor) 728-meter long longest corridor in Chinese classic gardens Emperor Qianlong’s present for his mother four elegant octagonal pavilions an exceptional art gallery the colored paintings museum Back Hill Area The Garden of Harmonious delight (Xiequyuan) the fishing site of Empress Dowager Cixi eight settings and eight themed interests An imitation of the famous Jichang Garden of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province “a garden within the garden” eight settings and eight themed interests Zaishi Hall the Momiao Room Jiuyun Tower Danbi House Sh