The Yuanmingyuan Gardens Park

@ym6.JPG (19496 bytes) It was first built in Liao Period, and extended in Qing Period. The buildings inside it are very magnificient. It contains a lot of cultural relic.
The most of actaul gardens are constructed in Qing dynasty.

It was the biggest gardens of the emperor, Yuanmingyuan was constructed in long time. During the best period in the Qing Dynasty, The emperor has projected it as a palace in the surrounding city. The biggest lake in the gardens is called "Fu Hai"(Sea of happiness). As you can see on the pictures, it's very beautiful.

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@ym2.JPG (17630 bytes) Orignally, there are 40 scenic spots here. But few people knows that in ancient time, the Summer Palace is just a scenic spot of the Yuanmingyuan. Now you will be able to imagine how big the Yuanmingyuan was accoriding this.

But now, we can only see a few buildings of it. That's because the allied invade army of English and France had a fire on the gardens in 1860AD. Then the goverment of Qing has repaired a part of it. But in 1900AD, the allied invade army from eight countries has damanaged the gardens again. So now, we can only see a few buildings and ruins.
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