Long Corridor

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The Long Corridor is a famous covered walkway in Beijing’s Summer Palace, renowned for its length and richly painted decorative scenes along its beams.

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Long Corridor canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf covered walkway
cultural heritage site
tourist attraction
adjacentTo Longevity Hill
architecturalStyle traditional Chinese architecture
builtDuring Qing dynasty
commissionedBy Qianlong Emperor
surface form: Emperor Qianlong
constructionEnd 1764
constructionStart 1750
country China
decorativeTheme Chinese historical scenes
landscape paintings
literary scenes
mythological figures
function imperial promenade
shelter from sun and rain
hasPart decorated beams
four octagonal pavilions
painted panels
hasViewOf Longevity Hill
heritageCriteria UNESCO criterion (i)
UNESCO criterion (ii)
UNESCO criterion (iii)
UNESCO criterion (iv)
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
knownFor dense concentration of paintings
exceptional length
richly painted decorative scenes
languageOfInscriptions Chinese
length approximately 728 meters
locatedIn Beijing
China
Summer Palace
material wood
numberOfBays 273
overlooks Kunming Lake
partOf imperial garden complex of the Summer Palace
rebuiltAfter destruction in the Second Opium War
rebuiltDuring reign of Empress Dowager Cixi
roofType covered
runsAlong northern shore of Kunming Lake
significance important example of Qing dynasty decorative painting
masterpiece of Chinese garden architecture
touristActivity photography
sightseeing
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1998
visitorAccess open to the public

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yíhéyuán hasPart Long Corridor
Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing hasPart Long Corridor
subject surface form: Summer Palace
UNESCO World Heritage Site Summer Palace hasComponent Long Corridor
subject surface form: Summer Palace
Yiheyuan hasPart Long Corridor