YUAN MING YUAN PARK or THE OLD SUMMER PALAC

Yuanmingyuan in Beijing's northwest suburbs, the eastern part of Haidian District. Is a world civilization at the Royal Garden. Qing Dynasty was a large Royal Imperial garden, covering about 5,200 acres, graphic layout of the goods were inverted chevron, Yuanmingyuan by the Yuanmingyuan Park in Changchun, three-chi Spring Park, and has a total area of 350 hectares.
Land of the Yuanmingyuan Palace and the construction area as large, equivalent to a water area and the Summer Palace.

" Yuanmingyuan ", is named by the Emperor Kangxi. Ye Yu Shu Hyun words board, suspended from the Yuanmingyuan Palace lintels cast at the top. The Emperor Yongzheng of the park have a explained that "Yuan Ming" is the meaning of the word: "Circle and Rushen, gentlemen's also the time; Ming and weather, the wisdom of the people also." Means that "circle" Is a complete repudiation of personal morality, beyond ordinary people "that" refers to political performance Mingguang weather, perfect wisdom. This can be said to be advertised in feudal ruling class Mingjun Xianxiang the ideal standard.
In addition," Yuan Ming "is the Emperor Yongzheng period since the crown prince had been using the Fohao, Yongzheng Emperor Shung Shun Buddhism," Yuan Ming justify ", and a deep study of Buddhism. The "Royal quotations from the election," 19 volumes and the "Royal sorting system identified differences in the devil", "Royal quotations from the election" of the total sequence, he said: "I named after the parents of the yuan is not a Buddhist Church Law of people. ..... But read one day Huiming, Buddha Biography, Shuangmei fight to drag the people to Jones, the supreme Dan Jin to stay from Kuxiu. " In the schools of Buddhism pattern of the early Qing Dynasty, Emperor Yongzheng to Chanmenzongjiang claims, and "the main world," the identity of the Buddhist impose impact of efforts to promote the "three of the unity" and "International Buddhist Progress Society of unity" is the history of the development of Buddhism Very important people. Emperor Kangxi in the garden has given Yin Shizhen (after the Yongzheng Emperor), that the pro-park called "Yuanmingyuan" is intended to take the Yongzheng Fohao "Yuan Ming."

Yuanmingyuan was brought together a number of Jiangnan Park Shengjing the characteristics and into ancient Chinese art of gardening best to park in the garden of art practices, will melt in the idyllic scene of the ever-changing. Yuanmingyuan court for the Southern District, the emperor is handled by the official. The remaining areas are located in 40 scenic spots, including 50 multiple attractions of foreign direct imitation of the Garden Shengjing, such as the West Lake, Hangzhou Thrilling Scenic Sites, not just imitate the construction, even the names copied from. Even more interesting is that in the Yuanmingyuan also has a Western-style garden area. The most famous "of the Water Law," is a Western fountain, there are 10,000 flower maze and the Western Front House, is of Italian Renaissance style. There is also a lake in the city of Venice model, the emperor will be sitting on the shore to enjoy the mountains outside of Miles "Shuicheng scenery."

At that time, the palace building is a lot of wood construction, easy to fire, coupled with hot summer weather, the palace walls, no ventilation, like the entire palace on the stove, simply can not live people. The Palace 20, the open space outside the block, where Kangxi wanted to build a pleasure garden.

Unfortunately, the 1860 British and French allied forces looted Yuanmingyuan Park in the building were burned, looted antiquities, miracle and become a mythical Yuanmingyuan ruins, leaving only Duanyuancanbi for visitors pondered.

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Treasures from the Yuanmingyuan is a museum inside possession of a celebrity Crafts, Peru House books, Zhongding Po, gold and silver jewelry and other artifacts Xi Shi, a focus on the essence of ancient culture. Yuanmingyuan is a different wood Qihua of the park, luxurious flowers and trees up to a few 1 million. Integrity witnessed her Yuanmingyuan Westerners known as the "000 Park King." Indeed, if today and 140 years ago, this super-giant garden is well-deserved "the king of the world landscape."