Yiheyuan

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Yiheyuan, known in English as the Summer Palace, is a vast imperial garden and former royal retreat in Beijing famed for its lakes, palaces, and classical Chinese landscape design.

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Yiheyuan canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site
cultural heritage site
imperial garden
palace complex
royal retreat
tourist attraction
alsoKnownAs Summer Palace
Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing
surface form: The Summer Palace in Beijing
architecturalStyle Chinese classical garden
traditional Chinese architecture
area 2.9 square kilometres
290 hectares
country China
hasPart East Palace Gate
Garden of Virtue and Harmony
Hall of Benevolence and Longevity
Hall of Jade Ripples
Hall of Joyful Longevity
Kunming Lake
Long Corridor
Longevity Hill
Marble Boat
North Palace Gate
Seventeen-Arch Bridge
Suzhou Street
Tower of Buddhist Incense
Wenchang Tower
West Gate
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
landAreaShare about one-quarter
locatedIn Beijing
Haidian District NERFINISHED
northwest Beijing
locatedNear Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan)
surface form: Old Summer Palace

Peking University
Tsinghua University
nativeName 颐和园
nativeNameLanguage zh
notableFor classical Chinese landscape design
integration of lakes, hills, and palaces
painted decorative art in the Long Corridor
openToPublic yes
partOf Beijing imperial garden system
surface form: Imperial gardens of Beijing
rebuiltFor Empress Dowager Cixi NERFINISHED
significantPeriod Qing dynasty
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 880
UNESCOWorldHeritageType Cultural
UNESCOWorldHeritageYearInscribed 1998
usedAs imperial retreat
summer residence of the Qing court
waterAreaShare about three-quarters

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Yíhéyuán alsoKnownAs Yiheyuan
Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing alsoKnownAs Yiheyuan
subject surface form: Summer Palace