Introduction: The Old Summer Palace is located in the northwest suburbs of Beijing, adjacent to the Summer Palace. It consists of the Old Summer Palace, the Changchun Garden and the Wanchun Garden, also known as the Three Old Summer Palaces. The Old Summer Palace is one of the famous royal gardens of the Qing Dynasty, covering an area of ??more than 5,200 acres and more than 150 scenes. With a construction area of ??160,000 square meters, it is known as the "Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens". The royal family of the Qing Dynasty would come here to manage government affairs every midsummer, so the Old Summer Palace was also called the "Summer Palace". What are the scenic spots worth visiting in the Old Summer Palace? Introduction to the scenic spots worth visiting in the Old Summer Palace
Qichun Garden Palace Gate
Qichun Garden Palace Gate is located in the east of Qichun Garden and was first built in 1809 ( Jiaqing 14th year), it is a complete building that survived after the Old Summer Palace was looted and burned. In 1987, the inner and outer palace gates, the palace wall, and the corner gate were restored at the original site of Qichunyuan Palace Gate, and restored into the gate of the ruins park. The Qichun Garden Gate of Yuanmingyuan has been exposed to wind and sun for a long time, and its architectural components have been damaged to varying degrees. In particular, the paint on the gate pillars has fallen off, exposing the internal materials. In 2003, after research by the Old Summer Palace Management Office, the Qichun Garden Palace Gate area restoration project was launched. After the renovation, the ground of the new Qichun Garden Palace Gate Square was leveled, and the Grand Palace Gate was repainted.
Hanqiu Pavilion
The original Hanqiu Pavilion on Changdao, northwest of Fuchuntang, covers an area of ??10,000 square meters. Hanqiu Pavilion was built during the Jiaqing period. It is the autumn landscape of Qichun Garden in the four seasons of spring (Chunze Zhai), summer (Qingxia Zhai), autumn (Hanqiu Pavilion) and winter (Shengdong Room). Hanqiu Pavilion faces south and is a double hall with seven bays. On the outer eaves is a Jiaqing Imperial Pen "Hanqiu Pavilion" plaque. There is a stacked stone fountain in the patio of the double-shaped hall. There are fairy towers (two-story attic) built in the front and back halls of Hanqiu Pavilion. There are three suite halls in the back hall to the east and three suite halls in the north. Emperor Jiaqing was very fond of the Hanqiu Pavilion. He once wrote a poem: "When autumn comes early, the new cool courtyard culvert will come early." The pine tops are rippled with waves, and the mirror on the pool is full of light. Xu Jiaohui is high in the sky, and the bright clouds set off the distant mist. The sound of the cicada answers Congyue, why does it send you to the clear pool? ? The three-hole bridge in the north of Hanqiu Pavilion was originally a stone pier and brick arch bridge. It was razed to the ground in the 1950s after the garden was destroyed. It was restored at the original site in 1979. Today it is composed of stone piers, cement arches and marble railings. In the recess on the outside of the east mountain of Hanqiu Pavilion, a scenic dew terrace is built, also known as the Immortal Terrace. It is said that Li Xianren Chenglu originated from the Qin and Han Dynasties, and was first erected in front of Afang Palace. Later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty erected it in Jianzhang Palace. Legend has it that in order to live forever, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty imagined using a copper immortal dew tray to collect dew and jade shavings and take it in order to live forever.
Haiyue Kaijin
The most luxurious group of buildings among all the pavilions in the Old Summer Palace. Haiyue Kaijin was built in the West Lake of Changchun Garden in Yuanmingyuan. It has a circular platform with a diameter of nearly 100 meters. It has two floors and is surrounded by white marble railings. The main building is a three-story pavilion in the style of four pavilions. The lower floor is inscribed with Haiyue Kaijin, and the south eaves are inscribed with "Qingyao Island" in three characters; the middle floor is Dejin Pavilion, with the inscription of "Tianxin Water Surface" in four characters; the top floor is inscribed with "Chengliu" There are three characters for "dragon"; there is an archway on each side of the platform. The side halls, archways, square pavilions and circular corridors are symmetrically arranged on the outside, making it a brilliant and dignified architectural landscape. When the Old Summer Palace was robbed in 1860, the Haiyue Kaijin scene was saved from being burned in the lake, but was destroyed in the war in 1900. The existing Yue Kaijin ruins have been repaired and repaired, and the old look has been slightly restored.