Summer Palace

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UNESCO World Heritage Site imperial garden palace complex tourist attraction

The Summer Palace is a vast, historic imperial garden and palace complex in northwest Beijing, renowned for its lakes, temples, and classical Chinese landscape design.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Summer Palace complex 8
Summer Palace Administration 1
Summer Palace East Gate 1

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
imperial garden ⓘ
palace complex ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
area approximately 2.9 square kilometres ⓘ
builtDuringReignOf Qianlong Emperor ⓘ
ChineseName 颐和园 ⓘ
city Beijing ⓘ
coordinates approximately 39.999°N 116.275°E ⓘ
country China ⓘ
designedAs classical Chinese garden ⓘ
dynasty Qing dynasty ⓘ
function imperial garden ⓘ
residence of Empress Dowager Cixi ⓘ
summer retreat for Qing court ⓘ
hasPart East Palace Gate ⓘ
Four Great Regions ⓘ
Garden of Virtue and Harmony ⓘ
Hall of Benevolence and Longevity ⓘ
Hall of Dispelling Clouds ⓘ
Hall of Dispelling Clouds ⓘ
surface form: Hall of Dispelling Clouds Theatre

Hall of Jade Ripples ⓘ
Hall of Joyful Longevity ⓘ
Hall of Listening to Orioles ⓘ
Hall of Dispelling Clouds ⓘ
surface form: Hall of the Sea of Wisdom

Kunming Lake ⓘ
Long Corridor ⓘ
Longevity Hill ⓘ
Marble Boat ⓘ
Hall of Dispelling Clouds ⓘ
surface form: Pavilion of Precious Clouds

Tower of Buddhist Incense ⓘ
surface form: Pavilion of the Fragrance of Buddha

Seventeen-Arch Bridge ⓘ
South Lake Island ⓘ
Suzhou Street ⓘ
Tower of Buddhist Incense ⓘ
Wenchang Tower ⓘ
West Causeway ⓘ
hasViewOf Western Hills of Beijing ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
knownFor classical Chinese landscape design ⓘ
historic imperial architecture ⓘ
lakes and hills scenery ⓘ
landAreaShare about one-quarter of total area ⓘ
locatedIn Beijing ⓘ
Haidian District ⓘ
northwest Beijing ⓘ
majorReconstructionPeriod 1886–1895 ⓘ
management State Council of China ⓘ
surface form: Chinese government
nearbyAttraction Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) ⓘ
openToPublicSince early 20th century ⓘ
originalConstructionStart 1750 ⓘ
originalName Imperial Garden ⓘ
surface form: Qingyi Garden
pinyinName Yíhéyuán ⓘ
rebuiltBy Empress Dowager Cixi ⓘ
significantEvent damaged during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 ⓘ
looted and damaged by Anglo-French forces in 1860 ⓘ
significantWaterBody Kunming Lake ⓘ
style Chinese imperial architecture ⓘ
UNESCOCriteria (i) ⓘ
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UNESCOSiteCategory Cultural ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 880 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1998 ⓘ
waterAreaShare about three-quarters of total area ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

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Kunming Lake → accessibleFrom → Summer Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Summer Palace East Gate
Yíhéyuán → alsoKnownAs → Summer Palace ⓘ
Empress Dowager Cixi → associatedWith → Summer Palace ⓘ
Beijing → contains → Summer Palace ⓘ
Haidian District → contains → Summer Palace ⓘ
Marble Boat → governingBody → Summer Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Summer Palace Administration
Beijing → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Summer Palace ⓘ
Longevity Hill → hasViewOf → Summer Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Summer Palace complex
East Palace Gate → locatedIn → Summer Palace ⓘ
Four Great Regions → locatedIn → Summer Palace ⓘ
Hall of Dispelling Clouds → locatedIn → Summer Palace ⓘ
Hall of Joyful Longevity → locatedIn → Summer Palace ⓘ
Kunming Lake → locatedIn → Summer Palace ⓘ
Marble Boat → locatedIn → Summer Palace ⓘ
Suzhou Street → locatedIn → Summer Palace ⓘ
Tower of Buddhist Incense → locatedIn → Summer Palace ⓘ
Wenchang Tower → locatedIn → Summer Palace ⓘ
subject surface form: Old Summer Palace
Hall of Jade Ripples → location → Summer Palace ⓘ
Suzhou Street → managedBy → Summer Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Summer Palace administration
Western Hills of Beijing → near → Summer Palace ⓘ
East Palace Gate → partOf → Summer Palace ⓘ
Garden of Virtue and Harmony → partOf → Summer Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Summer Palace complex
this entity surface form: Summer Palace complex
Hall of Dispelling Clouds → partOf → Summer Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Summer Palace complex
Hall of Jade Ripples → partOf → Summer Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Summer Palace complex
Hall of Joyful Longevity → partOf → Summer Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Summer Palace complex
Kunming Lake → partOf → Summer Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Summer Palace imperial garden complex
Longevity Hill → partOf → Summer Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Summer Palace complex
Marble Boat → partOf → Summer Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Summer Palace complex
Suzhou Street → partOf → Summer Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Summer Palace scenic area
Tower of Buddhist Incense → partOf → Summer Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Summer Palace central axis
Wenchang Tower → partOf → Summer Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Summer Palace ensemble of historic buildings
this entity surface form: Summer Palace gardens
颐和园 → 外文名 → Summer Palace ⓘ