Before the Qing Emperor Qianlong succeeded to the throne, there were four large royal gardens in the western suburbs of Beijing. In the fifteenth year of Qianlong (1750), Emperor Qianlong rebuilt it into Qingyi Garden in memory of his mother, the sage queen, and formed a royal garden area 20 kilometers from Tsinghua campus to Xiangshan. In the tenth year of Xianfeng (1860), Qingyi Garden was burned by the British and French allied forces. In the 14th year of Guangxu (1888), it was rebuilt and renamed the Summer Palace as a summer amusement park. In the 26th year of Guangxu (1900), the Summer Palace was destroyed by "Eight-Nation Alliance" and its treasures were looted. After the demise of the Qing Dynasty, the Summer Palace was destroyed again during the period of warlord melee and Kuomintang rule. In 20 14, the Summer Palace will begin to be overhauled, and the garden walls and Nanhu Island of the Summer Palace will be repaired. But at the same time, as a world cultural heritage, some ancient buildings in the Summer Palace were occupied by foreign units, which is still difficult to solve.
Attraction tickets:
Ticket prices: 30 yuan in peak season and 20 yuan in low season.
Half-price tickets: 15 yuan (peak season) and 10 yuan (low season).
Joint ticket: 60 yuan in peak season and 50 yuan in low season.
Tickets for the Summer Palace include tickets for the Summer Palace and the Garden in the Garden (including Wenchang Garden, Dehe Garden, Foxiang Pavilion and Suzhou Street).
Peak season: April 1 to1October1every year; Off-season time:1October 1 1 to March 3 1 of the following year.
Scenic traffic:
Subway: Take Metro Line 4 and get off at Beigongmen (Beigongmen). You can also get off at Xiyuan and walk 500 meters west of Tongqing Street to the East Palace Gate (main entrance) of the Summer Palace.
Bus: There are 508, 60 1, 608, 330, 33 1, 332, 346, 579, 584, 696, 330 express trains and 8 night bus lines.
Opening hours of scenic spots:
Peak season (April 1 to 1 October1every year)
Opening hours of the gate: 6: 30-18: 00; Opening hours of Central Garden: 8: 30-17: 00; There is also a quiet garden time: 20: 00.
Low season (from 1 1 in October to 3 1 in March of the following year)
Opening hours of the gate: 7: 00-17: 00; Opening hours of Central Garden: 9: 00-16: 00; There is also a quiet park time: 19: 00.
Best travel time:
April-10 month
Introduction of Summer Palace attractions:
The Summer Palace is a must-see attraction for a one-day tour in Beijing, and it is also one of the symbols of Beijing. At its peak, the Summer Palace was large-scale, mainly composed of Wanshou Mountain and Kunming Lake, of which the water surface accounted for three quarters (about 220 hectares). The buildings in the park are centered on the Buddha Hall. There are more than 0/00 scenic buildings/kloc-,more than 20 courtyards, 3,555 ancient buildings, covering an area of more than 70,000 square meters, and more than 3,000 pavilions, terraces, buildings, pavilions and pavilions. Old and famous trees 1600. Among them, Buddha Pavilion, Promenade, Zhou Shi, Suzhou Street, Seventeen-hole Bridge, Humorous Garden, and Grand Stage have all become well-known representative buildings. The Summer Palace is a masterpiece of traditional gardening art, with Wanshou Mountain and Kunming Lake as the basic framework. The surrounding landscape environment is full of the grandeur and richness of the royal gardens in China, and it is also full of natural interest, which highly embodies the gardening principle of "although it is man-made, it is natural".
The administrative district centered on Renshou Hall is the place where Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu sat in the hall to listen to politics and meet foreign guests. Behind Renshou Hall are three large quadrangles: Leshou Hall, Yulantang and Yiyuntang, where Cixi, Guangxu and Empress Dowager lived. Deheyuan Theater on the east side of Yiyun Pavilion is one of the three major theaters in Qing Dynasty.
Seen from the wisdom sea at the top of Wanshou Mountain, the Summer Palace consists of Buddha Pavilion, Dehui Hall, Paiyun Hall, Paiyun Gate and Yunhui Yuyufang, forming a distinct central axis. At the foot of the mountain is a "corridor" more than 700 meters long. There are more than 8,000 colorful paintings on the corridor, which is called "the first corridor in the world". In front of the promenade is Kunming Lake. The west dike of Kunming Lake is modeled after the Su Causeway of the West Lake.
The back hill of Wanshou Mountain and the back lake are towering with ancient trees, including Tibetan temples and Suzhou Creek Ancient Business Street. At the eastern end of Houhu Lake, there is a humorous garden built in imitation of Wuxi Jichang Garden, which is small and exquisite and is called "the garden in the garden".
Renshoudian
Renshou Hall (formerly known as Qingyiyuan Qinzheng Hall) was the place where the emperor was in charge of state affairs during Qianlong and Guangxu years. The main layout was roughly the same, and they were all specific furnishings of the palace. But the furnishings are different, and the furnishings in the Summer Palace period are much more luxurious than those in the Qingyi Garden period. At present, the central part of the furnishings in the temple continues the same as that in Guangxu period, and the rest of the furnishings have changed slightly. In addition to the exhibitions in the temple, most of the cultural relics, books and furniture in the original temple are stored in the cultural relics warehouse.
Leshoutang
Leshou Hall 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. In front of the main hall, there is the pier "Le Shou Tang" where Cixi takes a boat. The horizontal plaque with gold lettering on a black background is Guangxu calligraphy. 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. And the flowers are full of flowers, 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.
Yulantang
Yulantang, built near Kunming Lake in the southwest of Renshoutang, 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. The brick wall on the back eaves and two affiliated halls are isolated from the outside world and are important historical sites of the Summer Palace. In the 24th year of Guangxu (1898), Emperor Guangxu, who advocated political reform, was imprisoned here after Cixi staged a palace coup. It is the bedroom of Emperor Guangxu.
Yi Yun restaurant
Yiyun Pavilion was built in Qianlong period and rebuilt in Guangxu period. Qingyi Garden is the library of Emperor Qianlong with elegant furnishings, and the Summer Palace is the bedroom of Emperor Yulong of Guangxu. Due to the different building functions and owner status, the layout of furnishings has also changed greatly. 1979, after the maintenance of the ancient building, there is only Chen Fang furniture in the room. 1992 According to the exhibition archives of Qingyi Garden, the whole group displayed more than 0 pieces of cultural relics 100.
Longevity hill
Wanshou Mountain belongs to the residual vein of Yanshan Mountain, with a height of 58.59 meters. The building complex is built on the mountain. In front of Wanshou Mountain, a huge main building complex is formed centered on the Buddha Pavilion with eight sides, three floors and four eaves. From the "Yunhui Yuyu" archway at the foot of the mountain, through Paiyunmen, Ergongmen, Paiyuntang, Dehuitang and Foxiang Pavilion, to the wisdom sea at the top of the mountain, a rising central axis is formed. On the east side, there are stone tablets of "Runwheel Hidden" and "Wanshou Mountain Kunming Lake". On the west side, there are Wu Fangting and Baoyun Pavilion made of copper. Among the green trees in the back hill, there are magnificent Tibetan Buddhist buildings and colorful glass pagodas. There are other pavilions on the mountain, such as Jingfu Pavilion, Chongcui Pavilion, Xieqiuxuan Pavilion and Scroll World Pavilion, overlooking Kunming Lake.
The south slope of Wanshou Mountain (namely Qian Shan) is adjacent to Kunming Lake and connected with mountains, forming a very pleasant natural environment. The lakes, mountains, islands, dikes and their buildings here are in harmony with the scenery outside the park, forming a continuous and embroidered landscape picture. Qian Shan is very close to the main entrance of the park and the living area of the emperor and empress. It is very convenient to visit and return. The south overlooks the Kunming Lake area, so the main buildings of the park are gathered here. Accordingly, gardeners have adopted a focused approach in the architectural layout of Qian Shan. There is a group of central buildings with large volume and rich image in the middle. From the shore of the lake to the top of the mountain, magnificent halls and platforms cover the hillside, forming a longitudinal central axis running through the front mountain. This group of large-scale buildings includes the main buildings of the park-Paiyun Hall where the emperor and empress held celebrations and Foxiang Pavilion, a Buddhist temple. In terms of volume, the latter is the largest building in the garden. The pavilion is about 40 meters high and stands on the stone platform. Its octagonal, four-eaved and pyramid-shaped roof image can be seen in many places inside and outside the park, and its appearance is magnificent, surpassing the group and becoming the overall composition center of Qian Shan and Kunming Lake. Corresponding to the longitudinal axis of the central building complex is the "promenade" across the foothills and along the north bank of the lake, with a total length of 728 meters, which is the longest veranda in China gardens. The rest of the buildings in Qian Shan are small in area, naturally arranged sparsely on foothills, hillsides and ridges, embedded in lush pines and cypresses, setting off a dignified and elegant central building complex. Climb Wanshou Mountain, stand in the Buddha Pavilion and look down. Most of the scenery of the Summer Palace is under your eyes. Lush trees, hidden under yellow-green glazed tile roofs and scarlet palace walls. Just ahead, Kunming Lake is as calm as a mirror and as green as jasper. Cruise ships and original boats glided slowly across the lake, leaving almost no trace. Looking eastward, you can vaguely see several ancient pagodas and the White Pagoda in the city.
Kunming Lake
Kunming Lake is the main lake of the Summer Palace, accounting for three-quarters of the total park area, 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.
Kunming Lake is the largest lake in the royal gardens of Qing Dynasty. There is a long dike in the lake-Xidi, which winds from northwest to south. The west levee and its branches divide the lake into three waters of different sizes, and there is an island in the middle of the lake in each water area. These three islands stand on the lake, symbolizing the three sacred mountains in the East China Sea-Penglai, the abbot and Yingzhou in the ancient legend of China. Due to the separation of islands and dikes, the lake is layered, avoiding monotony. The west dike and the six bridges on the dike consciously imitate the "Su Causeway Six Bridges" of Su Causeway and Hangzhou West Lake, making Kunming Lake more and more like the West Lake.
The natural scenery around Xidi is broad, with blue waves and weeping willows. The beautiful mountain shape of Yuquan Mountain and the shadow of Yufeng Tower at the top of the park are part of the landscape. Looking from Kunming Lake and lakeside to the west, the scenery outside the park is integrated with the lakes and mountains in the park, which is an outstanding example of the application of borrowing scenery in China gardens. The buildings in the lake area are mainly concentrated on three islands. The green trees on the lakeshore and lake embankment are dense, hiding water and light, showing a natural beauty near the lake and distant mountains, with the flavor of Jiangnan.
eastern palace gate
Donggongmen District is in 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" is hung under the eaves in the middle, which is inscribed by Emperor Guangxu himself. The Yunlong stone carving on the Forbidden City in front of the Summer Palace is carved with two dragons playing with pearls, which were 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. Renshou Hall is at the East Palace Gate of the Summer Palace. It is the main hall where Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu sat in the hall to listen to politics and meet foreign guests. Formerly known as Qin Zhengtang, it was rebuilt in Guangxu and renamed Renshoutang. It is seven rooms wide in the east, south and north halls on both sides, with Renshou Gate in front and nine clean rooms in the north and south outside. Bronze dragons, phoenixes and ding are all beautifully carved.
Daju building
The Grand Theatre is located in Dehe Garden, and it is also known as 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.
Foxiangge
Foxiang Pavilion is located on the mountainside in the center of 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.
Paiyundian
Paiyun Hall is located in the building center in front of Wanshou Mountain. Originally, it was the Hall of Gratitude and Life Extension built by Qianlong for his mother's 60th birthday. When Cixi was rebuilt, it was changed to Paiyun Hall, where Cixi lived in the garden and accepted 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.
Wisdom sea
Wisdom Sea is a religious building at the top of Wanshou Mountain. It is a beamless Buddhist temple composed entirely of masonry buildings and arched vouchers. The outer layer of the building is decorated with exquisite yellow-green glazed tiles, and the upper part is covered with a small amount of purple-blue glazed tiles, especially more than a thousand glazed buddhas embedded in the outer wall of the temple. 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.
Long gallery
The promenade is located at the southern foot of Wanshou Mountain, facing Kunming Lake, facing Wanshou Mountain in the north, inviting the Moon Gate in the east and Zhangshige in the west, with a total length of 728 meters and 273 rooms. It is the longest promenade in China gardens, and 1992 is 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.
Blue rock boat
Blue Rock Boat, commonly known as Zhou Shi, is a big stone boat at the west end of the promenade, which means "sea, river and rock". 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 pillars at the four corners and is discharged into the lake through the four faucet ports of the hull.
Travel in the picture world
Traveling in the pictorial world is a group of scenic buildings on the west side 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, pavilions and corridors are built according to different contours, and a group of buildings covered with red, yellow, blue and green glazed tiles are surrounded by green hills and cypresses.
Li Ting restaurant
Auricle Hall was originally built by Emperor Qianlong for his mother, with two stages. Because the ancients often compared the beauty of music with the sound of orioles, it was named "Auricular Hall". Before the completion of the theater in Deheyuan, Cixi often watched plays and feasted here. The tenth year of Xianfeng (1860) was burned by the British and French allied forces and rebuilt in Guangxu. Li Ting Restaurant is a famous court gourmet restaurant.
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 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.
wenchangge
Wenchang Pavilion is located at the northern end of the east dike of Kunming Lake in yi river County. Originally a city management, it was one of the gates of Qingyi Garden. The existing tower was built in the 15th year of Qing Qianlong (1750) and rebuilt in Guangxu (1875- 1908). The four corner corridors of the city head are shaped like a "human" on the plane, with a three-story pavilion in the middle. The middle floor is dedicated to the bronze statue of Emperor Wenchang and the statue of Fairy Boy, and there is a bronze mule next to it, which is very distinctive. Wenchang Academy is located in the east of Wenchang Pavilion. Wenchang Academy Museum is the largest and highest-grade cultural relic exhibition hall in China classical gardens. There are six special exhibition halls in the museum, covering bronzes, jades, porcelain, gold and silver, bamboo and wood corners, lacquerware, furniture, calligraphy and painting, ancient books, enamels, clocks and watches, and miscellaneous items. Due to the specific royal environment of the Summer Palace, these artworks represented the best level of craftsmanship at that time, and many treasures were the heavyweights of the country at that time; Chen Zhan also bought some articles for daily use of the Qing court in the museum.
Xiequ garden
Located at the eastern foot of Wanshou Mountain, Humorous Garden 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".
Suzhou street
Suzhou Street is also called "Commercial Street". Suzhou Street is a commercial street built on both sides of Houhu after imitating Suzhou, a water town 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.
Houshan Houhu
Houshan Houhu is located in the northernmost part of the Summer Palace, with few buildings, lush trees and winding mountain roads. There is a group of Tibetan architecture and Suzhou Street with the characteristics of Jiangnan water town. The sun platform symbolizes that the sun and the moon surround the Buddha.
Seventeen-arch bridge
Seventeen-hole bridge is located on Kunming Lake, flying between Dongdi and Nanhu Island, connecting Didi Island. This 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. Tongniu is on the east bank of Kunming Lake, 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.
Bronze Cow and Weaver Girl
On the east bank of Kunming Lake in the Summer Palace, there are bronze cows in the town water, which are regarded as cowherd incarnations, while on the west bank, there are ploughing and weaving maps, which are regarded as weaver incarnations. They face each other across Kunming Lake, and the origin of these two landscapes is also due to the story of Cowherd and Weaver Girl.
In the 15th year of Qing Qianlong (1750), when Qingyi Garden (the predecessor of the Summer Palace) was first built, Emperor Qianlong even compared himself to the jade emperor in the sky, aiming to build the imperial garden into a "paradise on earth". The Buddha Pavilion should be resplendent and magnificent, symbolizing the Lingxiao Hall in the Heavenly Palace, and the Kunming Lake should be wide, like the Tianhe River, in the lake (river). The bronze cow's body faces east and its head faces west, just opposite the Weaver Girl, more like Tianhe. There is a weaver girl in the sky and a cowherd (bronze cow) on the ground, far away from each other. 1860, the British and French allied forces burned down the "Three Mountains and Five Gardens", and the cultivated map in the Summer Palace was also destroyed, leaving only the stone tablet inscribed by Emperor Qianlong. After liberation, the farming and weaving map marked out the Great Wall of the Summer Palace and became a miscellaneous courtyard with mixed production and life. 1998 1998 was taken back by the Summer Palace at the end of 1998, and gradually restored to its original appearance, highlighting the meaning of "agriculture" and "weaving".
Historical introduction of scenic spots:
The Summer Palace is the most important political and diplomatic activity center of the supreme ruler outside the Forbidden City in the late Qing Dynasty, an important witness of China's modern history, and a place where many major historical events took place.
In the 16th year of Guangxu reign (1890), a small power plant was built on the right outside the East Palace of the Summer Palace, which was called the "Summer Palace Electric Light Hall" to provide electric lighting for the Summer Palace. Together with the "Xiyuan Power Station" in the city, it is the earliest power generation facility in Beijing. In the 26th year of Guangxu (1900), Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing, and two sets of generator sets and lighting equipment in Xiyuan and Summer Palace were destroyed. In the 28th year of Guangxu (1902), the Qing government raised124,900 yuan to rebuild two power facilities, Xiyuan and Summer Palace. In the 30th year of Guangxu (1904), Xiyuan Power Station resumed power generation; In May of the same year, the electric lights were turned on in the Summer Palace.
In the 24th year of Guangxu (1898), on April 28th (1June 6th), Emperor Guangxu summoned Kang Youwei in Renshou Hall of the Summer Palace, ordered him to be the general political officer Zhang Jing, and promised to give a special performance for him. Since the announcement of the political reform on April 23rd, Emperor Guangxu has visited the Summer Palace 12 times, summoned the reformists and planned the political reform. On the fourth day of August (/kloc-September 9), Empress Dowager Cixi returned to the Palace from the Summer Palace. Two days later, she staged a coup, imprisoned Emperor Guangxu, arrested and killed the reformists, and the Reform Movement of 1898 failed. During the political reform (June to September), Cixi lived in the Summer Palace. The Summer Palace became the center for conservatives to oppose political reform and prepare for a coup. After the failure of political reform, Guangxu was imprisoned for a long time in Yulantang in the garden.
In the 26th year of Guangxu (1900), on July 21st (15 August), Eight-Nation Alliance occupied Beijing. Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu fled through the Summer Palace. On July 25th (1August 9th), Russian troops invaded the Summer Palace for the first time. Later, Japanese, British and Italian troops occupied it one after another. During the occupation of the Summer Palace, its treasures were looted by invaders and many buildings were burned again.
19 14, the Summer Palace was once opened to the public as the private property of Puyi.
1927 On June 2nd, Wang Guowei, a famous scholar in modern China, sank in Kunming Lake in the Summer Palace at the age of 50.
From 65438 to 0928, the Ministry of Interior of Nanjing National Government officially took over the management and became a national park officially opened to the outside world.