Green ant new fermented wine, red clay small stove.
It's like snow in the evening, can you have a drink?
The Great Cold has finally arrived.
The first snow in 2022 is also coming
It's not too late, it's time
Highlights of the itinerary
If you don't visit the two famous gardens, how can you know that China has been in China for five thousand years? Today is a day of generosity and splendor of oriental aesthetics, and it is also the happiest day for me, a history and photography lover. Special thanks to Busta today. Without them, my dream trip would not be possible. I have heard for a long time that their Yuanmingyuan + Summer Palace product is a classic route, and I am fortunate to experience it today.
The tour guide explained the whole process wonderfully, very vivid and detailed. And not my usual generic tour guide. Zhang Dao has profound cultural attainments and can be called a researcher of literature and history. From the shallower to the deeper, it tells you the stories behind the scenic spots. What's rare is that she chose the orthodox explanation + interesting explanation to convey some deep cultural connotations to the audience. Everyone in the car, including children, learned a lot of knowledge and received a lot of goods. If there is no tour guide to explain this kind of cultural attractions, if no one conveys the history behind the buildings, the distance between us and these attractions may only be separated from the outside through the glass. "The history of the age of birth. Thank you Busta.
The snow falls in the imperial garden, and there is no sound
fluttering, fluttering
Like a song, like a dance
Dress up this place as a fairy tale world.
Our journey begins~
The Old Summer Palace, the Sigh of the Empire
Mr. Lu Xun said that the so-called tragedy is to destroy the good things for you to see. What the Old Summer Palace represents is a tragedy in modern Chinese history. It used to be so brilliant and beautiful that it was praised as a palace "although it was made by man, it was created by heaven", its value is inestimable at all. But its end was so tragic and unsightly. Its destiny is the destiny of the entire nation, and its ending is the lesson of history. Now we look at the ruins of its life in order to understand the history and not forget the national humiliation.
Walking in the Yuanmingyuan and Nuoda scenic spots, apart from the withered vegetation, you can see dilapidated landscapes everywhere. Among them, the pile of Western-style buildings is the most eye-catching. Although they have been broken into dust, they can still be seen from it Her past prosperity was faintly glimpsed in the remaining fat and powder. This royal garden, which was built in the 46th year of Kangxi, used to cover an area of 350 hectares, equivalent to the size of five Forbidden City.
Composition of the Old Summer Palace
Its park is mainly composed of three parts: Yuanmingyuan, Changchun Garden and Yichun Garden. The criss-crossing water system and landscape design see that they are connected as a whole. The bell is beautiful and colorful, and she has the elegance and luxury of a palace building at that time, but also the euphemism and variety of a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. At the same time, there are architectural forms of European gardens. Different styles of garden buildings compete here, each showing its own beauty.
The Artistic Value of the Old Summer Palace
This was the summer palace of the royal family in the Qing Dynasty. In fact, it was the place where the five emperors of the Qing Dynasty lived, lived and dealt with government affairs all the year round, because the rest of it and the accumulation of rare treasures are all the efforts of the whole country. After more than 150 years of royal construction, the Old Summer Palace gradually became a state-owned daughter. He is a master of Chinese gardens in the feudal period and is recognized as the pinnacle of Chinese gardening art in the past three thousand years. Whether it is a garden The scenery, architecture, and collections in the store are all unique and unique in the world.
Victor Hugo, a great French writer, said: "If you add up all the treasures of all the Notre Dames in our country, they can't compare with this grand and magnificent Oriental Museum", which shows its charm.
The charm of the Old Summer Palace cannot be overstated. Even in the late Qing Dynasty, when the country was declining and financial resources were stretched, the Qing government still did not give up on the reconstruction and decoration of the Old Summer Palace.
The significance of Yuanmingyuan to the royal family
Why did the emperors of the Qing Dynasty pay so much attention to the construction of the Old Summer Palace?
Since Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, Shiji Mountain in Yuanmingyuan became the ruling center of the Qing Dynasty. Emperors after Yongzheng lived here three seasons a year, went to court, handled state affairs, and received foreign guests. The Old Summer Palace is where the entire emperor's headquarters is located, and the Qing emperor lived in the garden most of the time every year. Different from the deep palace and cold courtyard in the Forbidden City, in the Old Summer Palace, they can fully enjoy the garden life of rich clothes and fine food: they go boating on rivers and lakes in Fuhai, watch dragon boat races, river lanterns, and enjoy sightseeing on ice beds; Study in the library, listen to operas in Tongyuan and other theaters, enjoy college fire dramas in the high mountains and long rivers; revel in imitating the style of the market in the Maimai Street; The scenery of the water town; in the Western Building, you can enjoy all kinds of Western-style water techniques; they can also burn incense and worship Buddha in the garden, climb high for a range rover, feast and sing poems.
Living like this, who wouldn't be intoxicated?
Unfortunately, for this beauty of art, history made a joke with ill intentions. First, it laid out and cultivated it, and then destroyed it with one hand, leaving future generations sighing and sighing.
Summer Palace reborn from the ashes
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Speaking of gardens with quiet mountains and rivers and beautiful scenery, the classical gardens in the south of the Yangtze River that pop up in your mind will usually be Xiaoqiao Liushui. In fact, in northern China, Beijing, the capital of culture, also has a classical garden full of natural interest. It is not only curved water corridors, but also majestic. It can be said that it has both graceful and graceful temperament, and it is integrated with the grand and magnificent momentum of Chinese imperial gardens.
The predecessor of the Summer Palace is Qingyi Garden, which was seen by Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty to honor his mother, Empress Xiaosheng. Therefore, it is also the product of the great feudal prosperity and the prosperity of Kangxi and Qianlong in ancient my country. After the completion of the Summer Palace, it has always been highly valued. However, grand grace is often accompanied by ill-fated fate, and the Summer Palace is no exception.
During the Second Opium War, the British and French allied forces looted the city of Beijing, and the Summer Palace was also burned down. Later, during the reign of Emperor Guangxu, Qingmang City rebuilt this summer resort. But soon, the Summer Palace encountered his new catastrophe. When the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China, many of his treasures were looted. After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the warlords scuffled, and the Summer Palace suffered heavy losses again. Experienced a series of devastation such as repentance, looting, and destruction. The Summer Palace is like an old man who has experienced vicissitudes, witnessing the vicissitudes of history.
From the tenth year to the twenty-first year of Guangxu (1884-1895), the Empress Dowager Cixi retired to recuperate, and ordered the reconstruction of Qingyi Garden in the name of Emperor Guangxu. Due to limited funds, it concentrated its financial resources to restore the buildings in front of the mountain, and built walls around Kunming Lake, renamed the Summer Palace, and became the Palace of Departures. In the twenty-sixth year of Guangxu (1900), the buildings and cultural relics in the park were destroyed by the Allied Forces of Eight Powers, and were restored in the twenty-eighth year of Guangxu (1902). Although the Summer Palace has generally fully restored the landscape of Qingyi Garden, many of them have declined in quality. Many high-rise buildings are forced to be shortened due to the relationship of funds, and the scale has also been reduced. For example, the Wenchang Pavilion was reduced from three floors to two floors, and the Leshou Hall was changed from double eaves to single eaves. There are also taller buildings, such as the Grand Theater Building. Suzhou Street was never restored after being burnt down. Because Empress Dowager Cixi preferred Su-style colored paintings, the colored paintings of many pavilions and corridors also changed from Hexi colored paintings to Su-style colored paintings, which changed the original appearance of Qingyi Garden in details.
Composition of the Summer Palace
The Summer Palace is the most complete preserved royal palace in China. It is a royal garden that witnessed the modern history of China. Today, the Renshou Store in the Summer Palace is the place where the Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu sat outside for hearings. It is majestic and solemn.
Leshou Hall, Yulan Hall and Yiyun Hall behind Renshou Store. It is the place where the Empress Dowager Cixi, Emperor Guangxu and 3000 beauties live in the harem. Especially the Longevity Hill, Foxiang Pavilion, Dehui Hall, Cloud Dispelling Hall and many other architectural complexes hover majesticly and magnificently.
The Summer Palace is also a place of astonishment with great water and country charm. It uses Longevity Mountain and Kunming Lake as its mechanism, and West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province as its model. It fully absorbs the gardening characteristics of Jiangnan gardens and endows the majestic royal garden with exquisite elegance. .
There are more than 8,000 colorful paintings in the corridor at the foot of the mountain, known as the world's largest corridor. Modeled after the Su Causeway of the West Lake, the Xili of Kunming Lake, built by Su, is like a green ribbon with many twists and turns.
The Garden of Harmonious Interest, built in imitation of Jichang Garden in Wuxi, is exquisite and elegant, and is known as the garden within the garden.
When you are in the Summer Palace, you will surely linger and be amazed.
This trip saves worry, effort and money. Haha, but there is also a little regret, that is, the Summer Palace freezes in winter, so I can't feel the fun of the cruise. I plan to have a trip to the Summer Palace and the Summer Palace again in the spring and the beautiful April. My friends, do you want to come with me?
