Summer Palace - Beijing (China)
N 39° 59.967 E 116° 16.093
50S E 437534 N 4427952
The Summer Palace (pinyin: Yíhéyuán), is a vast ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces in Chinese capital Beijing. Summer Palace serves as a popular tourist destination and recreational park.
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The Summer Palace (pinyin: Yíhéyuán), is a vast ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces in Chinese capital Beijing. Summer Palace serves as a popular tourist destination and recreational park.
Summer Palace complex is mainly dominated by Longevity Hill (Wànshòu Shan) and Kunming Lake (Kunmíng Hú), it covers an expanse of 2.9 square kilometres, three-quarters of which is water. Longevity Hill is about 60 metres high and has many buildings positioned in sequence. The front hill is rich with splendid halls and pavilions, while the back hill, in sharp contrast, is quiet with natural beauty. The central Kunming Lake, covering 2.2 square kilometres, was entirely man-made and the excavated soil was used to build Longevity Hill.
In December 1998, UNESCO included the Summer Palace on its World Heritage List. It declared the Summer Palace "a masterpiece of Chinese landscape garden design. The natural landscape of hills and open water is combined with artificial features such as pavilions, halls, palaces, temples and bridges to form a harmonious ensemble of outstanding aesthetic value". [wiki]