A gate to The Summer Palace / Beijing

Posted by Leena (Joensuu, Finland) on 12 May 2009 in Architecture and Portfolio.

Our next place in still rainy arriving day was the fantastic Summer Palace.

"In December 1998, UNESCO included the Summer Palace on its World Heritage List. It declared the Summer Palace a masterpiece of Chinese landscape garden design. The natural landscape of hills and open water is combined with artificial features such as pavilions, halls, palaces, temples and bridges to form a harmonious ensemble of outstanding aesthetic value." It is a popular tourist destination but also serves as a recreational park.
The Summer Palace started out life as the Garden of Clear Ripples in 1750 (Reign Year 15 of Emperor Qianlong)", tells Wikipedia, but the garden has a history of over 850 years - an imperial garden has existed here since 1150.
Early in the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), an imperial palace named 'Golden Hill Palace' was built on the present site of the Summer Palace. A source is HERE

( I won the fewer without any medicine, it means, that this is a normal flu and I will be well after few days. )

Thank you very much for your visits and comments !

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