Summer Palace
Beijing royal gardens
The Summer Palace is a vast imperial garden complex in Beijing, China, built for Qing dynasty emperors as a retreat from the Forbidden City's summer heat.
The grounds feature pavilions, temples, bridges, and Kunming Lake, an artificial body of water covering three-quarters of the site.
Destroyed by European forces in 1860 and rebuilt, it remains one of China's most visited historical sites.
- DynastyHereditary ruling succession
- BeijingChina's seat of government
- lotus pondPool growing sacred flowers
- garden partyOutdoor reception on grounds
- HeritageProper name for organizations
Kyoto · Fresco · Alhambra · Fountain · World Heritage Site · dragon boat · Istanbul · Mythology · Vienna · St. Petersburg · Qing Dynasty · Granada · Paris · Tibet · London · Qing Dynasty
- ChinaBeijing, Shanghai, Great Wall, Yellow River, Chinese calligraphy
- Asian LandmarksAngkor Wat, Taj Mahal, Great Wall, Forbidden City, Terracotta Army
- PalacesVersailles, Windsor Castle, Forbidden City, Hampton Court, Alhambra
- Asian historyancient China, China, empresses, shoguns, Chinese civilization
- BeijingForbidden City, Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, Temple of Heaven, Tiananmen Gate
- Chinese LandmarksGreat Wall, Temple of Heaven
Summer Palaceseat of government
Center of political authority
Forbidden City · official residence · throne room · Whitehall · Buckingham Palace
Summer Palacefortress
Heavily defended military structure
citadel · Tower of London · castle · Kremlin · walled compound
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