1. Collection of cultural relics: After the founding of New China, there are more than 40,000 cultural relics in the Summer Palace, including bronzes, jade, porcelain, woodwork, lacquerware, calligraphy and painting, ancient books, enamel, clocks, bamboo, musical instruments, root carvings and miscellaneous items. , covering almost all categories of cultural relics handed down from ancient times in China, and many foreign cultural relics are national first-class cultural relics in value.
2. Architectural pattern: The Summer Palace is downward from the Wisdom Sea at the top of Wanshou Mountain, and consists of Foxiang Pavilion, Dehui Hall, Paiyun Hall, Paiyun Gate and Yunhui Yuyufang, forming a distinct central axis. At the foot of the mountain is a "promenade" more than 700 meters long. There are more than 8,000 colorful paintings on the beams of the promenade, which is called "the first gallery in the world". Kunming Lake was used before the promenade. 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.
Main attractions of the Summer Palace:
1, Suzhou Street: Suzhou Street, also known as the "commercial street", was built in imitation of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River and is located on both sides of Houhu Lake. 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 during the parade. Dozens of shops on the shore of Houhu Lake were burnt down by foreign powers in the tenth year of Xianfeng (1860) and rebuilt in 1986.
2. Wanshou Mountain: 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 with the Buddha Pavilion with eight sides, three floors and four eaves as the center. 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", and on the west side, there are copper Wufang Pavilion and Baoyun Pavilion.
3. Four States: The four States are in the middle of Wanshou Mountain, and they 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 is the spirit world of Sumeru, with 3-meter-high classic buildings on both sides. The pavilions with fragrant stones and seals as the main building are temples and temples. It is surrounded by four continents, namely Dongsheng Shenzhou, Xi Niuhezhou, Nanshan Wuzhou and Luzhou at the northern foot, which symbolize the Buddhist world, and eight small continents built by towers of different forms. There are four Lama pagodas in the south, southwest, northeast and northwest, representing the "four wisdom" in Buddhist scriptures.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Summer Palace.