Summer Resort Journey

The Qing Dynasty formed the Mulan Autumn System from Kangxi. For this reason, from the 41st year of Kangxi (AD 1702), many palaces were set up along the way from Beijing to Mulan Paddock, the most important of which is Rehe Palace, also known as summer resort. Kangxi, Qianlong, Jiaqing, Xianfeng, etc. almost every May to August and September went to the Chengde Mountain Resort to escape the summer heat and deal with government affairs. They did not return to Beijing until autumn, spending nearly half a year in the Mountain Resort. In order to live a comfortable life, it took 89 years from Kangxi to Qianlong to carefully build this palace garden, making it the largest royal garden covering an area of ​​5.6 million square meters with "a lake in the garden, a garden in the mountains, and a mountain in the garden". The area is equivalent to two Beijing Summer Palaces, and there are 72 scenic spots named after Kangxi and Qianlong alone. Walking into the Mountain Resort, it is worth seeing the palace area and the vast lake and mountains.

On the evening of August 11, 2019, after returning to the urban area of ​​Chengde after finishing the trip to Shuangta Mountain in Chengde, we strolled outside the main entrance of the Summer Resort and outside the southeast palace wall, watching the back of the Qing Dynasty that passed away a hundred years ago, and feeling the distantness of the former royal palace breath.

The closed summer resort is quiet and gloomy, and even a bit lonely after its bustling past. The stream from the summer resort flows out of the palace wall, merges into the small canal outside the palace wall, and finally flows into the Wulie River.

At the beginning of the light rain, a shallow rainbow appeared over the distant mountains on the east bank of the Wulie River, which brought a little bright color to the summer resort in front of me and the surrounding Chengde market, and seemed to indicate that the rainy weather in Chengde was about to improve.

On the morning of August 13th, I walked into Lizhengmen. Not far away was the Yueshemen with a gilded dragon-carved plaque inscribed by Emperor Kangxi "Mountain Resort". Just after reading the shot, a group of people dressed in clear clothes came towards Lizhengmen, which should be a reproduction of the court greeting etiquette of the Qing Dynasty.

After passing the shot, not far ahead is the Danbo Jingcheng Hall.

Chengde Summer Resort, also known as "Chengde Li Palace" or "Rehe Palace", was first built in 1703, and it took 89 years to complete after the Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong dynasties of the Qing Dynasty. It is a place to escape the heat and deal with government affairs in summer. With the style of simple and elegant mountain villages and wild interests, the Summer Resort takes the true colors of natural landscapes and absorbs the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River and the north of the Yangtze River. It has become the largest ancient imperial palace in China. The summer resort is roughly divided into four parts: the palace area, the lake area, the plain area, and the mountain area. The entire mountain resort is mountainous in the northwest, plains in the north, forests in the northeast, and water in the southeast. The highest example of classical gardens.

The palace area of ​​the Summer Resort is located in the south of the villa, covering an area of ​​102,000 square meters. It is connected to the plain area and lake area in the northeast and connected to the mountain area in the northwest. The main building is in the center, and the ancillary buildings are placed on both sides. It is basically balanced and symmetrical. It makes full use of the natural environment and transforms it, so that the natural landscape and cultural landscape are combined ingeniously. The palace area is composed of four groups of buildings, the main palace (turned into the Summer Resort Museum), Songhezhai, East Palace (destroyed) and Wanhe Songfeng. The main palace is the main building in the palace area. It was built in the 50th to 52nd years of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, and was renovated and rebuilt in the 19th year of Qianlong (1754), covering an area of ​​10,000 square meters. Including Jiujin courtyard, Youli Main Gate, Meridian Gate, Yueshemen, Danbo Jingcheng Hall, Sizhi Bookstore, Nineteen Photo Rooms, Yanbo Zhishuang Hall, Yunshan Resort Building, Xiuyun Gate and some court houses, side halls and Composed of cloisters and other components, it is divided into two parts: "front court" and "rear bedroom". The former court is the office area where the emperor handles military affairs and government affairs; .

The architectural style of the palace area is simple and elegant, simple and moderate. The palaces and walls are mostly made of blue bricks and gray tiles, and the original color of logs. The magnificent layout of the courtyard, the front court and the back bedroom still reveals the majesty of the emperor's palace.

The courtyard in front of Danbo Jingcheng Hall is full of pine trees, and the environment is ancient and quiet. I am afraid that only palaces and temples can afford the aura of a garden full of pines, not residential buildings.

I first went to the front rooms on both sides of the hall to have a look. There was already a museum showroom, displaying many exquisite palace cultural relics left over from the Qing Dynasty. It is said that the Museum of the Mountain Resort has more than 20,000 precious cultural relics.

After reading the cultural relics, go to the front of Danbo Jingcheng Hall, and see the furnishings in Danbo Jingcheng Hall from the open door. The doors and windows of other palaces in the palace area of ​​the Summer Resort are closed, and tourists can only see the inside of the palace through the windows.

Danbo Jingcheng Hall is also called Nanmu Hall, and the pillars, doors and windows of the hall are made of precious Nanmu. The hall is seven rooms wide, surrounded by corridors, and the roof of the Xieshan rolling shed. The ground and platform are paved with purple bean petal marble. It is extremely luxurious. It is the place where the Qing emperor governed the government.

After passing Sizhi Bookstore, Nineteen Photo Rooms and other buildings that have become museum cultural relics showrooms, you enter the back bedroom area of ​​the palace area.

Sizhi Bookstore is a five-room hall with corridors around it. Kangxi once inscribed it as "Yi Qingkuang", and Qianlong added the title "Sizhi Bookstore". It was the place where the Qing emperor summoned courtiers and princes of various ethnic groups to handle important military affairs and change clothes before and after holding grand ceremonies. place. The four knowledges take the meaning of "a gentleman knows the subtle, the clear, the soft, the strong, and the hope of all husbands" in "Book of Changes - Xici".

The building in front of you is the Yanbo Zhishuang Hall, the main hall in the back bedroom of the main palace. It is the sleeping palace of the Qing emperor in the summer resort, and it is the first of the thirty-six sceneries of Kangxi in the summer resort. Kangxi said that this place is "surrounded by beautiful mountains and ten miles of flat lakes, resulting in refreshing air", so it is titled "Smoky Waves Bring Refreshment". In summer, there is no feeling of scorching heat here, and no worries of wind and cold at night. Therefore, Kangxi, Qianlong, and Jiaqing must live here every time they come to the villa.

This hall was built in the forty-ninth year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (AD 1710). Its architectural style and shape are consistent with those of the previous halls, with a width of seven rooms. There is a throne in the middle, which is the place where the emperor accepts the concubine's worship. The west room is a Buddhist hall;

The two rooms on the east were the meeting place for the emperor and his ministers to discuss matters, and the one with the words "Beware of haste and patience" was also used as the dining room of the Qing emperor.

Xinuange is the sleeping palace of the Qing emperors, where Jiaqing and Xianfeng of the Qing Dynasty died. The wall behind the Xinuange bed is double-layered, the outer layer is a brick wall, the inner layer is a wooden wall, and there is a passage in the middle, connecting the courtyard. It is said that at night, ordinary concubines and concubines enter the narrow passage through this small door and enter the Xinuang Pavilion to serve their sleeping quarters.

Yanbo Zhishuang Temple is also the place where the "Beijing Treaty" was signed. In 1860, when the British and French allied forces attacked Beijing, Qing Emperor Xianfeng fled to the Summer Resort. When he was exhausted, he approved the memorial in Xinuange and agreed to sign the "Beijing Treaty" with Britain, France and Russia. Beijing Treaty.

There is a small cross courtyard in the east and west of Yanbo Zhishuang hall, with side doors connected to Yanbo Zhishuang hall. The west courtyard used to be the residence of Cixi, and it remains intact; the east courtyard is the residence of Ci'an, and the courtyard is no longer complete.

After passing Yanbo Zhishuang Hall, there is the Yunshan Resort Building, which is said to be the place where the Qing emperors went to watch operas.

When you leave Xiuyunmen, you will see a lake and mountains in front of you, which is the lake area of ​​the Summer Resort.

I remember looking at the Wanhe Songfeng Palace, and found this independent courtyard facing the lake on the northeast edge of the palace area of ​​the Summer Resort.

This hall was built in the forty-seventh year of Kangxi (1708). It is the earliest building in the palace scenic spot of the Summer Resort. It is the only main hall in the palace area that breaks the pattern of sitting north and facing south. , surrounded by corridors, is the place where Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty read books, reviewed memorials, and summoned ministers and workers. The hall faces the lake in the north. The main hall and five single buildings are built on high hills, and there are corridors connecting each other. There are hundreds of pine trees beside the hall. The gust of wind blows, and the pine waves rise suddenly. Hence the name, it is the summer resort inscribed by Kangxi. The sixth scene of the thirty-six sceneries. Kangxi later gave the side hall "Wanhe Songfeng" hall of this summer resort to Hongli, the fourth son of Yinzhen, the fourth son of the emperor, to live in. Kangxi usually attended banquets or reviewed memorials, and Hongli would serve him and teach him day and night. . Later, Qianlong, who succeeded him as emperor, named this palace Ji En Tang to commemorate his grandfather Kangxi's kindness in caring and nurturing him. The gate of the Wanhe Songfeng Temple scenic spot is closed, and there is no chance to enter. You can only take a look at the scenery of Wanhe Songfeng Temple from outside.

Leaving Wanhe Pine Wind Hall and coming to the lake, walk along the long embankment in the lake to the Moonlight Jiangsheng Island. The north of the embankment is the upper lake, and the south of the embankment is the lower lake.

Moonlight River Sound was built in the 42nd year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1703 A.D.). There are three gate halls near the lake, and Emperor Kangxi’s inscription is "Moonlight River Sound", which is taken from Su Shi's "Red Cliff Fu".

The architectural layout on the island adopts the northern courtyard style, and the halls are connected by corridors. There is Lengxiang Pavilion in the west of the gate hall, where you can enjoy the lotus in midsummer. To the north of the gate hall is the Jingji Shanfang, which is the reading place of the Qing emperor. The Yingxin hall behind the house is also the Qing emperor's study.

In the courtyard behind the hall, Emperor Kangxi inscribed the forehead as "Painting of Lakes and Mountains". When you open the window, you can see the scenery of lakes and mountains as picturesque.

The pillars outside the gate hall seem to be crooked, but in fact they are firm and stable. This is one of the three unique buildings in the villa. It is said that this design was inspired by Kangxi, which means "the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked". Warn ministers and workers.

Leaving Moonlight Jiangsheng Island, cross the bridge and turn southwest to Shuixinxie.

Shuixin Pavilion was built in the forty-eighth year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1709). It is located between Xiahu Lake and Yinhu Lake. There are water pavilions with double eaves in between, with blue waves rippling on both sides of the pavilions, and all the surroundings are picturesque scenery. It is listed as the eighth scenery of "Thirty-six Scenes of Qianlong" in the Summer Resort.

At this time, the silver lake lotus in Xiedong was in full bloom, which made me linger.

On the east bank of Silver Lake is Wenyuan Lion Forest.

This garden imitates the Lion Forest in Suzhou, Jiangsu, and was built in the 31st year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1767). The rockery in the garden is rugged, and the buildings are exquisite and exquisite. The implication is that there are sixteen sceneries in the small garden. The grandparents and grandchildren of Kangxi and Qianlong went to the south of the Yangtze River several times. They were deeply impressed by the natural and cultural beauty of the south of the Yangtze River. They imitated the essence of the beautiful scenery in the royal palaces in Beijing and Chengde. There are several places in the Chengde Mountain Resort. In the Lion Forest in front of you, there are Yanyu Tower in Jiaxing, Zhejiang, Jinshan in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, Tianyi Pavilion in Ningbo, Zhejiang, Liuhe Pagoda in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, etc. in the summer resort.

Leaving Wenyuan Lion Grove, head north along the east bank of Xiahu Lake to the island where Jiedetang is located.

This island is the central island of Jinghu Lake in Chengde Mountain Resort. The Jiede Hall was built in the forty-five years of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1780).

Although the building in front of me is an old structure, I am afraid it is not the original building of Jiedetang.

On the other side of the island across the lake, there is an ancient building platform site. Check the map and it is the Temple of Huiwanzong Spring, commonly known as the Temple of Flowers.

The area around Jinghu Lake, located on the southeast edge of the Summer Resort, is a bit deserted, with few tourists, and the lake view is more of a rural atmosphere. Perhaps the Royal Palace Garden also needs to have an idyllic area of ​​water, just like the Summer Palace with farming and weaving. Those who live in the deep courtyard of the palace also know a little bit about farming and mulberry, and get a little bit of the atmosphere.

After visiting Jinghu Lake, we came to Jinshan Island between Shanghu Lake and Chenghu Lake.

The lake area of ​​the Summer Resort is surrounded by mountains and water, and the island is surrounded by water. The layout adopts traditional Chinese gardening techniques, and the buildings are cleverly structured among the islands, embankments and water surfaces, presenting a poetic water town scene, which outlines the Chinese myths and legends. fairy world.

The layout of Jinshan Island is imitated from Jinshan Temple in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, including two groups of buildings: "Tianyu Xianchang" in the eighteenth scene of "Thirty-six Views of Kangxi" and "Jingshui Yuncen" in the thirty-second scene.

Jinshan Island is very small. It crosses the water stream along the stone steps by the lake, and walks along the half-moon-shaped mountain-climbing corridor connecting the temples. After passing the Jingshui Yuncen Temple halfway up the mountain, you come to the Tianyu Xianchang Hall on the mountain. It is the God Pavilion on the top of the mountain. It is said that climbing the wooden ladder in Xun Pavilion is like being on the wonderful peak of Jinshan in Zhenjiang.

The door of the pavilion is closed, and it is no longer possible to climb the pavilion to view the scenery. You can only look at the lake and mountains in the distance in front of the pavilion and in front of the corridor under the mountain.

Leave Jinshan Island and head north to Rehe Spring.

Rehe Spring, located on the northeastern edge of Chenghu Lake, is the main source of water in the lake area of ​​the Summer Resort. It contains high calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate, low mineralization, and sweet water. Because it is a hot spring, the water temperature is higher than the general water body, and the lotus in the lake is still shining with the autumn chrysanthemum; Stayed in the summer resort.

Leaving Rehe Spring, continue northward, and on the left is Wanshu Garden located in the northern plain of the Mountain Resort.

The plain area of ​​the Summer Resort is divided into western grassland and eastern woodland, covering an area of ​​607,000 square meters. The grassland is dominated by Shimadai, while the woodland is Wanshu Garden. In addition to the woods, there are also yurts of different specifications in Wanshu Garden. Of course, these yurts in the Summer Resort are no longer the original ones.

Going north all the way, the Yongyou Temple Pagoda is in front of you.

In the sixteenth year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1751), Qianlong visited the Liuhe Pagoda in Hangzhou and the Baoen Temple in Nanjing, which were tall and straight. In order to repay his mother's kindness, he spent ten years imitating the Yongyou Temple Pagoda on the northeast side of the Wanshu Garden in the Summer Resort. . The Baoen Temple in Nanjing was destroyed by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the Yongyou Temple Pagoda in the Summer Resort is called the Liuhe Pagoda. I feel that the rest of the Hangzhou Liuhe Pagoda is not very similar.

Most of the buildings of Yongyou Temple have been destroyed, and only a few towers and steles of Yongyou Temple remain.

The Yongyou Temple Pagoda is an octagonal nine-story dense eaves style, built on a high platform, 66 meters high, breaking through the Hengyepingkong of Wanshu Garden, and becoming a scenic spot in the summer resort. There are buildings around the body of the tower on the first floor. There are stone statues and Tantric colored murals on the eight walls inside the tower, and the eaves and beams on each floor are all made of colored glaze. The top of the pagoda is made of gold-plated copper. It is said that because of its special texture, it will become cleaner and brighter when it is blown by the wind.

Leaving Yongyou Temple Pagoda, walk westward along Lincheng Lake on the southern edge of Wanshu Garden, and the most beautiful scenic spot of the Summer Resort is Yanyu Building on the opposite bank not far away.

The Yanyu Building located on Qinglian Island, a summer resort, was built in the 45th year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1780) imitating the Yanyu Building in Nanhu Lake, Jiaxing, Zhejiang.

Cross the White Marble Bridge to Ruyi Island, and cross the bridge to Qinglian Island.

Looking up, the Yanyu Building runs from south to north, with the gate hall in the front and the two-story main building in the back, with red pillars and blue tiles, five rooms wide and two rooms deep, with single eaves, corridors around, and the imperial book of Qianlong hanging in the middle of the upper floor. The plaque of "Yanyu Building".

Qingyang Bookstore is located in the east of Yanyu Building, and Duishanzhai is located in the west of the building, both of which have three rooms.

In the southwest of Yanyu Building, there are stacked stones forming a mountain, which spirals up along the stone steps. On the mountain there is a hexagonal pavilion named Yiting.

Standing in front of the pavilion, the scenery around the Yanyu Building against the backdrop of green pines is picturesque.

Leaving the Misty Rain Tower and coming to Ruyi Island.

Ruyi Island is named for its resemblance to wishful thinking. It is the largest island in the Summer Resort. It was the site of the palace area of ​​the Summer Resort before the 50th year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1711). Twelve of the 72 scenic spots in the Kangxi and Qianlong Mountain Resorts are also on this island. .

Walking into the courtyard-style palace in the north, from north to south, that is, from back to front, you will first arrive at Shuifangyan Shoudian and Yanxunshan Pavilion.

I went to a cloud again, where there was a stage.

Moving on, it is the gate hall of this group of palace buildings that is cool and cool without heat. In terms of feeling, the group of palace buildings in Ruyizhou is more natural and interesting than the main palace in the palace area of ​​the Summer Resort.

Remembering that I wanted to visit the Wenjin Pavilion area of ​​the Summer Resort, I left Ruyizhou and crossed the White Marble Bridge to Shuiliuyunzai Pavilion.

From there, go up the stream and come to Qushui Hexiang.

This is the fifteenth scene of the thirty-six sceneries of Kangxi in the summer resort. The square pavilion is built among the uneven rocks. Here, the flowing water carries wine cups to entertain ministers and Mongolian princes.

The small pavilion in the horizontal Fang color painting in this pavilion is more interesting. The top of the pavilion is straight when viewed from the front, but the top of the pavilion is skewed when viewed from left and right angles. Viewed from the left, the top of the pavilion is skewed to the right, and viewed from the right, the top of the pavilion is skewed to the left , so the square pavilion is also called "the crooked pavilion".

Wenjin Pavilion is located in the west of the plain area of ​​the Mountain Resort.

Wenjin Pavilion was built in the thirty-ninth year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1774). It was modeled on Fanshi Tianyi Pavilion, a Ming Dynasty building in Ningbo, Zhejiang. Composed, rebuilt in 1954.

The main gate of Wenjin Pavilion was not open, so I was a little disappointed, so I had to go around the stream to the left outside the garden, and look across the stream to see Wenjin Pavilion inside the wall.

Continuing to go up along the stream, I accidentally saw a small door that was opened on the back wall of Wenjin Pavilion. It turned out that the back door was opened instead of the front door.

Enter the courtyard from the back door of the garden, and come to the Wenjinge Library.

The water in the pool in front of the library building of Wenjinge is clear, and on the south bank of the pool is a uniquely shaped rockery with jagged rocks and a majestic momentum.

Standing at a specific position in front of the building and looking into the pool, I saw a crescent moon in the pool, swaying with the waves, but the sky was full of bright sun. It turned out that the gardener created a semicircular gap like the first quarter moon on the rockery in the south of the pool, and the light leaked into the pool water, forming the reflection of the last quarter moon, forming a strange landscape of "the sun and the moon shine together".

The library building of Wenjin Pavilion is like "Tianyi Pavilion". The plaque of "Wenjin Pavilion" written by Emperor Qianlong hangs on the upper floor. Library. The dark green pillars and painted paintings between the eaves create a quiet atmosphere for collecting books and reading.

To the east of the Wenjinge library building is a stele pavilion with pointed roofs at the four corners and covered with yellow glazed tiles.

In the forty-seventh year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1782), "Siku Quanshu" was completed, and a total of 7 copies were transcribed. In order to collect "Siku Quanshu", the Qing government built 7 royal library buildings across the country, including Beijing Palace Museum. Yuan Pavilion, Yuanmingyuan Wenyuan Pavilion, Shenyang Imperial Palace Wensu Pavilion and Chengde Mountain Resort Wenjin Pavilion are called the Northern Four Pavilions or the Inner Court Four Treasurys. The first built pavilion in China. In addition to the collection of "Siku Quanshu", Wenjin Pavilion also houses tens of thousands of volumes of "Integrated Ancient and Modern Books". After the Revolution of 1911, the "Siku Quanshu" collected by Wenjinge was transported back to Beijing, and it is now the treasure of the National Library. The Collection of Ancient and Modern Books collected by Wenjinge had a bad fate. It was stolen and sold by warlords in its early years.

Next to Wenjin Pavilion is the test horse in the plain area of ​​the Summer Resort. There are sika deer on the grassland for tourists to watch.

On the west bank of the stream on the other side of Wenjin Pavilion is Songyun Gorge in the mountainous area of ​​the Summer Resort.

There is a scenic spot with clouds and water beside the gorge, and the gorge is a gatehouse called "Kuangguan". After passing the gate tower is Songyun Gorge.

Songyun Gorge is the northernmost canyon among the four canyons in the mountain area of ​​the Summer Resort. The other three canyons are Zhenzi Valley, Songlin Valley, and Lishu Valley from south to north. Among the mountains, there are towering ancient pines and lush forests. Most of the pavilions, Buddhist temples and Taoist temples now only have their foundation sites. It is said that Qing Dynasty went from the Summer Resort to the Outer Eight Temples to worship the Buddha through Songyun Gorge.

I walked a section of Songyun Gorge along the stone-paved imperial road, but I saw ancient pines lining the road in the gorge, a long stream beside the road, and a quiet environment.

Due to time constraints, I only walked for a short distance before returning to the entrance of Songyun Gorge and boarding the Nanshan Snow Pavilion on the top of the peak on the north side of the canyon.

This pavilion is a square pavilion with double rows of columns, single eaves and pointed roof. It was built in the 42nd to 47th years of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1703-1708). . Every autumn and winter season, white snow falls heavily. When you climb up the pavilion and look closely at the pavilions and pavilions, it is bright and clean, with white snow embellished with pines and jade green against each other. Kangxi once wrote a poem: "It is difficult to make a picture into a hill and valley, and it is hard to cover the cold-resistant pine. The heart of the water and the bones of the mountain are still there, and the frost and snow will not change in winter." He also titled the pavilion "Snow in Nanshan".

It was summer, and I couldn't see the wonderful scenery of snow-covered mountains outside the Mountain Resort, but it was refreshing to overlook the green scenery inside and outside the Mountain Resort.

Go down the mountain and return to Shuiliuyunzai, and then look at the Yanyu Building.

Went to the nearby Zhiyuji again.

After crossing the bridge to watch the lotus in Ruyizhou, go south along Zhijing Yundi to Huanbi Peninsula.

There is a palace "Chengguang Room" on the island, but I didn't see it.

When you come to the north side of the island, you can see a grass pavilion built by the lake. This is the "Cailing Ferry" inscribed by Qianlong, and it is the thirteenth scene of the thirty-six scenes of Qianlong in the Summer Resort. Looking at the scenery here, the surrounding lakes and mountains are all painted.

When I left Huanbi, I suddenly saw the clouds and the setting sun on the top of the far mountain in the west, so I wanted to hurry to enjoy the sunset of the Yanyu Tower.

Quickly rush to the north shore of Chenghu Lake, and see the sunset picture of Yanyu Tower as you wish.

Returning to the white marble bridge leading to Ruyi Island, I accidentally saw the scenery of "Chammer Peak Sunset", but when Xiang Xiang took the picture with his mobile phone, the cloud shadows changed, and the afterglow of the setting sun had left Qinghammer Peak.

Go back to the end of Zhijing Yundi, at this time the sun has set and the twilight is gradually rising.

Then pass Qingbi Pavilion, Juan'a Shengjing Hall, and leave the Summer Resort from Dehui Gate, ending the day's tour. So far, I have experienced the four famous gardens in China, the Summer Palace, the Summer Resort, the Humble Administrator's Garden and the Lingering Garden, which were included in the World Heritage List in 1994.