"Dragon Dance in the Promenade": It is said that when Cixi boarded the Buddha Pavilion, she looked down and always felt that there was something wrong with Kunming Lake. She turned back and asked an old craftsman who built a garden, "Are there no dragons in this lake or by the lake?" When the old craftsman saw Cixi's calm face and asked him, he quickly said, "Go back to Lafayette. There is only a phoenix-tailed gallery on the Buddhist pavilion, and there is no dragon by the lake ..." Cixi turned pale and ordered, "Call the people who play with dragons nearby and let them dance by the lake for a few days. Don't stop! I want to see dragons. " Those farmers who dance dragons are very difficult. They spell.
Try to jump from early to late, and from late to early. Tired to death. One group fell down, and the other group gritted its teeth and replaced it. Cixi only watches for half an hour every day, but
Never let the dragon charmer stop. The old craftsman thought that he was negligent for a moment, such as an arrow piercing the heart, which brought trouble to everyone. I have been thinking hard for three days and nights, but I haven't come up with a solution. That night, as soon as he closed his eyes, he saw an old man come in and beg for food from the old craftsman. Seeing that he was a beggar, the old craftsman quickly brought a bowl of unfinished meat noodles. The white-haired old man looked at the noodles for a while, sighed a few times and said, "I can't eat any more!" " "Say that finish, I put the meat noodle bowl on the dining table, took out a few noodles from the bowl around the low bowl, sighed and left. The old craftsman is very good.
But when I woke up, it was a dream. He recalled the old man's face and behavior, and the more he thought about it, the more he looked like the legendary master Lu Ban. He thought of the buckle bowl on the table and several bowls of noodles beside the bowl ... Suddenly, his heart lit up: the rice bowl with the bottom bowl facing the sky is like Wanshou Mountain! A few noodles on the side of a bowl are more like a dragon, winding around the "mountain", and noodle soup is splashed on the noodles, much like Kunming Lake! Why not try to build a dragon-like corridor! The old craftsman quickly told Cixi: "Let her watch the dragon lanterns by the lake within three months, and ask the poor people who put the dragon lanterns. People who play dragon lanterns. Immediately ordered the first-class craftsmen in the country to concentrate here. Three months later, Cixi boarded the Buddha Pavilion and suddenly found that there really was a long "dragon" by the Kunming Lake. This is a corridor with 273 rooms. Cixi satisfactorily rewarded the old craftsman.
Main attraction
1, Donggongmen District: the easternmost part of the Summer Palace. This area used to be the place where the Qing emperors engaged in political activities and daily life, including Renshou Hall, houses, bedrooms, big stage and courtyards in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. The East Palace Gate is now the main entrance of the Summer Palace. It runs from west to east, and all the colorful patterns are painted under the eaves of the lintel. Six vermilion doors are embedded with neat yellow doornails, and a Kowloon plaque with the word "Summer Palace" inscribed by Emperor Guangxu hangs under the eaves in the middle. Yunlong stone carving on the Imperial Road in front of the gate, carved with two pearl dragons, was carved during the Qianlong period and moved from the site of Yuanmingyuan (Anyou Palace). It is a symbol of the emperor's dignity. The East Palace Gate is dedicated to the Empress of Qing Dynasty.
2. The scenic spot in front of Wanshou Mountain: the scenic spot is dominated by two vertically contrasting axes, with the east-west axis as the promenade, and the north-south axis starting from the middle of the promenade, followed by Paiyunmen, Ergongmen, Paiyundian, Dehui Hall, Foguang Pavilion and the Peak Wisdom Sea. Wanshou Mountain, formerly known as Jinshan Mountain and Wengshan Mountain, is at an altitude of 109 meters, facing Kunming Lake in the south, with Foxiang Pavilion as the center, forming a group of magnificent buildings. On the east side, there are stone tablets of "Runwheel Hidden" and "Wanshou Mountain Kunming Lake", and on the west side, there are Wufang Pavilion and Baoyun Pavilion. Climb to the top of the mountain and overlook the scenery of Kunming Lake.
3. Houshan Houhu Scenic Area: Located in the northernmost part of the Summer Palace, it has few buildings, lush trees, winding mountain roads, quiet and elegant, in sharp contrast with the magnificence of the former mountain. A group of Tibetan architecture and Suzhou street with the characteristics of Jiangnan water town are compact in layout and interesting in each.
4. Kunming Lake: It is the main water surface of the Summer Palace, accounting for three-quarters of the total area of the park, about 220 hectares. Qianhu District in the south is rippling with blue waves and vast smoke waves, with ups and downs in the west and pavilions in the north. There is a western dike in the lake, and there are peaches and willows on it. This 17 span bridge spans the lake, and three islands in the lake also have different forms of classical architecture.
5. Foxiang Pavilion: Located on the mountainside in the center of Qian Shan, Wanshou Mountain, it is built on a square abutment with a height of 2 1 m. It is a building with eight sides, three floors and four eaves; The pavilion is 4 1 m high, and there are eight huge iron rosewood Optimus Prime in the pavilion, which is a classic building with complex structure. After the original pavilion Xianfeng was burned down by the British and French allied forces in the 10th year (1860), it was rebuilt in the 17th year of Guangxu (189 1) and completed in the 20th year of Guangxu (1894), which is the largest project in the Summer Palace. The pavilion is specially used to "receive Buddha" for the royal family to burn incense here.
6. Promenade: The promenade is located at the southern foot of Wanshou Mountain, facing Kunming Lake, facing Wanshou Mountain in the north, starting from Yuemenmen in the east and reaching Zhangshiting in the west, with a total length of 728 meters and 273 rooms. It is the longest promenade in China gardens. 1992 was recognized as the longest promenade in the world and listed in the Guinness Book of World Records. Every beam in the gallery is painted, with more than14,000, including landscapes, flowers, birds, fish and insects, and allusions to people. The figure paintings in the paintings are all based on China's classic works.
7. Paiyun Hall: The center of the building in front of Wanshou Mountain used to be Yanshou Hall, and Qianlong was built for his mother's 60th birthday. When Cixi was rebuilt, it was changed to Paiyun Hall, where Cixi lived in the garden and received worship on her birthday. The word "Pai Yun" is taken from Guo Pu's poem "Fairy Pai Yun Shan, But See the Gold and Silver Terrace", which means that the fairy is about to appear in the ethereal Qiongge of Xianshan. Seen from a distance, Paiyundian, Paiyunmen, Jinshui Bridge and Ergongmen are in a straight line. Pai Yun Dian is the most spectacular building complex in the Summer Palace.
8. Le Shoutang is the main building in the residential area of the Summer Palace. It was built in the 15th year of Qianlong (AD 1750), destroyed in the 10th year of Xianfeng (AD 1860) and built in the 13th year of Guangxu (AD 1887). Leshou Hall faces Kunming Lake, backed by Wanshou Mountain, facing Renshou Hall in the east and the promenade in the west. This is the best place to live and play in the park.
There are thrones, royal pavilions, palm fans and glass screens in the hall of Leshou Hall. Next to the seat are two large disks filled with green dragon flowers, which are used to smell the fragrance of fruits, and four large copper stoves with nine peaches on them, which are used to burn sandalwood. The west suite is the bedroom and the east suite is the dressing room. Indoor rosewood wardrobe is a relic of Qianlong period.
Bronze deer, cranes and vases are displayed in the courtyard of Leshou Hall, which means "Liuhe is peaceful". The flowers in the hospital include magnolia, begonia and peony. Famous flowers are all over the courtyard, which means "Jade Hall is rich". The magnolia here is very famous. Now the one in front of Inviting the Moon is transplanted from the south by Ganlong.
17 span bridge: Located on Kunming Lake, it flies between Dongdi and Nanhu Island, connecting the Dii Island, and is the largest stone bridge in the garden. The stone bridge is 8m wide and 150m long, and consists of 17 bridge holes. There are more than 500 stone lions of different sizes and shapes carved on the railings on both sides of the stone bridge.
10, Zhou Shi: At the western end of the promenade, there is a big stone boat named Qingyan Boat, which means "sea and river". It is the only western-style building in the Summer Palace. Its predecessor was the release platform of Yuan Jing Temple in Ming Dynasty. When Qianlong repaired Qingyi Garden, it was changed to a boat and renamed as a "stone boat". The stone is 36 meters long and is carved and piled with marble. The ship's hull has two floors, with a tile floor at the bottom and stained glass windows and brick carvings at the top. When it rains, the rainwater falling on the top of the ship passes through the hollow columns at the four corners and is discharged into the lake through the four faucet ports of the hull. This design is very clever.
1 1. Grand Theatre Architecture: In Dehe Garden, it is called the three major stages in Qing Dynasty together with Yinqing Pavilion in chengde mountain resort and Yinchang Pavilion in the Forbidden City. The theater of Deheyuan was built for Cixi's 60th birthday, and it was specially designed for Cixi to watch the play. It is 2 1 m high, second only to the highest Buddha Pavilion in the Summer Palace. The theater has three floors, and the backstage makeup building has two floors. There are seven "patios" on the roof and "underground wells" on the floor. There are wells and five square pools at the bottom of the stage. When performing a ghost play, you can come down from the "sky", come out from the "underground" and fetch water from the stage.
12, Suzhou Street: It is a commercial street built on both sides of Houhu imitating the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River. During the Qingyiyuan period, there were various shops on the shore, such as jade antique shops, silk shops, dim sum shops, teahouses and gold and silver jewelry shops. The shop assistants are all dressed up by eunuchs and maids. The emperor began to "open" when he was lucky. Dozens of shops on the shore of Houhu Lake were burned down by foreign powers at 1860. The present landscape was rebuilt by 1986.
13, Copper Pavilion (Baoyunge): Copper Pavilion is one of the most exquisite and largest copper castings in China. A 4-meter-high white marble pedestal was built in Wufangge on the west side of Foxiangge, which was built in Qianlong period, with a height of 7.5 meters and a weight of 207 tons. A fan with diamonds on all sides. Although it is made of copper, it is completely made according to the wooden frame structure. There are doors in the east, south and west, four lattice doors and eight lattice windows in the north. Door and window lattice fans all have rhombic lattice fan centers, and the upper part of curtain frame also has lattice fan centers, and all lattice fan centers are inside and outside.
14, Traveling in the Pictorial World: Traveling in the Pictorial World is an important group of scenic buildings in the west of Wanshou Mountain. Built on the mountain, there are two pavilions on the front, one on the left and one on the right, named "Love Mountain" and "Borrowing Autumn". There is a stone archway behind the pavilion, and behind the archway is the "Cheng Hui Pavilion". There is a climbing corridor between the buildings. Because it is located halfway up the mountain, the architectural forms are rich and colorful. Buildings, pavilions and corridors are built according to different contours. A group of buildings covered with red, yellow, blue and green glazed tiles are surrounded by green mountains and cypresses, which looks like a landscape painting of China.
15, Wisdom Sea: It is a religious building at the top of Wanshou Mountain. It is a beamless Buddhist temple built entirely of bricks and stones, which is composed of criss-crossing arch coupons. The outer layer of the building is all decorated with exquisite yellow-green glazed tiles, and the upper part is covered with a small amount of purple and blue glazed tiles. The whole building looks colorful and magnificent. In particular, thousands of glazed buddhas embedded in the external walls of temples are more distinctive. The word "wisdom sea" is a Buddhist term, which is intended to praise Buddha's wisdom as the sea and boundless Buddhism. Although the building is very similar to a wooden structure, it actually has no wood, and it is all made of Shi Zhuan vouchers without purlins, so it is called "No Beam Hall". It is also known as the "Infinite Hall" because it is dedicated to the Buddha with infinite longevity.
16, Tongniu: Tongniu is on the east bank of Kunming Lake, and on the north side of the east bridge head of 17-hole bridge. 1755 is made of copper and is called "Taurus". The bronze bull is designed to suppress floods.
17, Yulantang: Yulantang was built in the southwest of Renshou Hall, facing the lake. It is a three-in-one quadrangle building. Magnolia Hall in the main hall faces south, with Xia Fen Hall in the east and Lotus Champs in the west. The East Hall can reach Renshou Hall, the West Hall can reach the lakeside wharf, and the back door of the main hall faces Yiyuntang. In the 24th year of Guangxu (1898), Emperor Guangxu, who advocated political reform, was imprisoned here after Cixi staged a palace coup.
18, Humor Garden: Humor Garden, located at the east foot of Wanshou Mountain, is an independent garden with southern garden style. Qingyi Park, formerly known as Huishan Park, was built after Wuxi Huishan Airport Park. After the renovation in the 16th year of Jiaqing (18 1 1), it was renamed as "Harmonious Garden", which means "keeping quiet and interesting outside, and making the middle field harmonious inside", and has the poem "One pavilion, one path, full of harmonious and strange interests" written by Emperor Qianlong. There are thirteen pavilions, terraces, halls and pavilions in the park, which are connected with hundreds of verandahs and five bridges in different forms. There is a stone bridge in the southeast corner of the park, and the word "Zhiyu Bridge" inscribed by Gan Long is on the stone square at Qiaotou, which is based on the argument between Zhuangzi and Keiko about "Qiushui City".
19, Four States: Four States are in the middle of Wanshou Mountain, which are Sino-Tibetan buildings. The museum covers an area of 20,000 square meters and was built on the spot because of the mountain. In front of it is the spirit world of Xumi Mountain (now changed to a platform), with classic buildings 3 meters high on both sides, and behind it is Zongyin Pavilion in Xiang Yan, which is the main building of temples and temples. It is surrounded by four continents symbolizing the Buddhist world-Dongsheng Shenzhou, Xi Niuhuozhou, Nanshan Buzhou, Beiju Luzhou and eight small continents made of towers of different forms. There are four Lama pagodas in the south, southwest, northeast and northwest, representing the "four wisdom" in Buddhist scriptures. There are thirteen layers of annular "phase wheels" on the tower, indicating the "thirteenth day" of Buddhist scriptures. This tower is unique, solemn and beautiful. There are two uneven platforms between the four continents and the eight small continents, one representing the platform and the other representing the sun platform, symbolizing that the sun and the moon surround the Buddha.
20. Listen to Lanting: It was originally built by Emperor Qianlong for his mother to watch a play. It has a two-story stage. Because the ancients often compared the beauty of music with the voice of an oriole, it was named "Listening to Lanting". The tenth year of Xianfeng (1860) was burned by the British and French allied forces and rebuilt in Guangxu. Before the completion of the theater in Deheyuan, Cixi often watched plays and feasted here. Now, Li Ting Restaurant has become a restaurant specializing in court dishes and has served hundreds of heads of state and government. Li Ting Restaurant is a famous court gourmet restaurant.
entrance ticket
1 Tickets 30 yuan/Zhang
2 Half-price tickets 15 yuan/Zhang (student tickets)
3. Coupon 60 yuan/piece
Another tip: there is a staff member renting the service of "electronic induction tour guide machine" at the gate, and the machine 10 yuan/person (100 yuan deposit will be refunded immediately after leaving the park), including all major scenic spots in the park. I feel much better than a group tour guide. I am very free. Suggest renting ~ ~
Business?Hours?
Peak season (April 1 to June 10 and1October 3 1)
Opening hours of the gate: 6: 30- 18: 00.
Opening time: 8: 30- 17: 00.
Jingyuan time is 20:00.
Low season (1October 1 1 to March 3 of the following year1)
Opening hours of the gate: 7: 00- 17: 00.
Garden opening hours: 9: 00- 16: 00.
Jingyuan time 19:00.
Near the Summer Palace are Tsinghua University and Yuanmingyuan. It only takes five minutes to walk from the south gate of Yuanmingyuan to the west gate of Tsinghua! Yuanmingyuan, a large area, has ruins and many plants.
Beijing Railway Station: Get off at No.808 Beigongmen Road and No.346 South Gate of Yuanmingyuan College.
Beijing West Railway Station: Get off at the North Palace Gate on Te5 Road and get off at the South Gate of Yuanmingyuan College on 346 Road.
Beijing South Railway Station: Get off at Beigongmen on Te5 Road and transfer to Yuanmingyuan College South on 346 Road.
Xiangshan is in the northwest of the Summer Palace. You can take 7 14 or 360 from the zoo to Xiangshan.