Beijing Summer Palace,Yihe Yuan

Summer Palace is the largest and best preserved imperial garden in China. In 1750, Emperor Qianlong of Qing dynasty (1644-1911) summoned skillful and ingenious artisans from all over the country to carry out its construction work in honor of his mother’s birthday. During the Second Opium War, it was destroyed by fire in 1860. In 1888, Empress Ci Xi spent an enormous amount of money rebuilding it and named it Yiheyuan (Summer Palace). In 1900, the palace was badly damaged again by foreign troops and finally opened as a public part in 1924.


The whole garden covers an area of 2.9 million square meters, including more than 3,000 buildings, such as halls, pavilions and towers. The palace is basically split into two sections. Longevity Hill (Wanshoushan) and Kunming Lake. The Pavilion of Buddhist Fragrance (Foxiang Ge) on the front hill is the focal point of the palace landscape. Kunming Lake, which is man-made, is available for boat rides during much of the year, and in winter months ice skaters can show off their skills. Running along Kunming Lake is the 728-meter Long Corridor, the longest walkway in the Chinese gardens with over 14,000 traditional Chinese paintings on the beams and crossbeams.



Name:Beijing Summer Palace (Yihe Yuan)
City:Beijing
Address:No.19 Xinjiangong Men,Haidian District,Beijing
Admission:CNY30
Hours: 05:30 am -07:00 pm (summer)
06:00 am -05:00 pm (winter)
Tel: 0086-10-62881144
Admission: CNY20 (Mar-Nov)
CYN30( Apr-Oct)