Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan)

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cultural heritage site historic site imperial garden palace complex ruins tourist attraction

The Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) is a historic imperial garden complex in Beijing, famed for its once-magnificent palaces and artworks and for its destruction by Anglo-French forces in 1860.

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All labels observed (15)

Label Occurrences
Old Summer Palace 11
Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) canonical 3
Yuanmingyuan 2

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural heritage site ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
imperial garden ⓘ
palace complex ⓘ
ruins ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
alternativeName Garden of Perfect Brightness ⓘ
Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) ⓘ
surface form: Yuanming Yuan Ruins Park

Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) ⓘ
surface form: Yuanmingyuan
area over 3.5 square kilometers ⓘ
builtDuring Qing dynasty ⓘ
builtUnder Kangxi ⓘ
surface form: Kangxi Emperor
constructionStart early 18th century ⓘ
country China ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of foreign imperialist aggression ⓘ
symbol of national humiliation in China ⓘ
currentUse historical ruins park ⓘ
patriotic education site ⓘ
public park ⓘ
designedAs imperial garden retreat ⓘ
destroyedDuring Opium Wars ⓘ
surface form: Second Opium War
destructionYear 1860 ⓘ
event burned by Anglo-French forces in 1860 ⓘ
looted by Anglo-French forces in 1860 ⓘ
expandedUnder Qianlong Emperor ⓘ
Yongzheng ⓘ
surface form: Yongzheng Emperor
feature art collections ⓘ
artificial hills ⓘ
canals ⓘ
extensive gardens ⓘ
lakes ⓘ
libraries ⓘ
palaces ⓘ
pavilions ⓘ
temples ⓘ
hasMuseum Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Yuanmingyuan Exhibition Hall
hasPart Changchun Garden ⓘ
Kunming Lake ⓘ
surface form: Fuhai Lake

Qichun Garden ⓘ
Western Mansions ⓘ
heritageStatus Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level in China ⓘ
influenced Chinese discourse on cultural heritage protection ⓘ
Chinese literature and art ⓘ
knownFor Chinese landscape gardens ⓘ
European-style buildings ⓘ
architectural diversity ⓘ
destruction in 1860 ⓘ
vast art and book collections ⓘ
locatedIn Beijing ⓘ
Haidian District ⓘ
locatedNear Peking University ⓘ
Summer Palace ⓘ
Tsinghua University ⓘ
managedBy Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Yuanmingyuan Ruins Park Administration
nativeName Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 圆明园
openToPublic yes ⓘ
orderedDestructionBy James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
surface form: James Bruce 8th Earl of Elgin
perpetratorOfDestruction British troops ⓘ
French troops ⓘ
subjectOf documentary films ⓘ
museum exhibitions worldwide ⓘ
numerous historical studies ⓘ
usedAs administrative center of the Qing court ⓘ
residence of the Qing emperors ⓘ
site for imperial ceremonies ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

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

Summer Palace → nearbyAttraction → Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) ⓘ
Kunming Lake → near → Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) ⓘ
Haidian District → contains → Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Summer Palace
Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) → nativeName → Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Old Summer Palace
this entity surface form: 圆明园
Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) → alternativeName → Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) ⓘ
subject surface form: Old Summer Palace
this entity surface form: Yuanmingyuan
Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) → alternativeName → Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) ⓘ
subject surface form: Old Summer Palace
this entity surface form: Yuanming Yuan Ruins Park
Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) → managedBy → Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Old Summer Palace
this entity surface form: Yuanmingyuan Ruins Park Administration
Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) → hasMuseum → Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Old Summer Palace
this entity surface form: Yuanmingyuan Exhibition Hall
Western Hills of Beijing → near → Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Summer Palace
Renmin University of China area → nearbyCulturalFacility → Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Summer Palace
western Beijing → hasNotableSite → Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) ruins
Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing → locatedNear → Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) ⓘ
subject surface form: Summer Palace
this entity surface form: Old Summer Palace
UNESCO World Heritage Site Summer Palace → locatedNear → Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) ⓘ
subject surface form: Summer Palace
Yuanmingyuan Park station → serves → Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Summer Palace
Yuanmingyuan Park station → nearbyAttraction → Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Summer Palace
Siku Quanshu → copyLocation → Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wenjin Ge, Yuanmingyuan (Old Summer Palace)
Garden of Perfect Brightness → hasAlias → Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Summer Palace
Garden of Perfect Brightness → hasAlias → Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yuanmingyuan
Garden of Perfect Brightness → hasAlias → Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yuan Ming Yuan
Garden of Perfect Brightness → comprises → Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yuanmingyuan proper
Garden of Perfect Brightness → hasMuseum → Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yuanmingyuan Ruins Museum
Western Mansions → locatedIn → Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Summer Palace
Western Mansions → alsoKnownAs → Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western-Style Palaces of Yuanmingyuan
Changchun Garden → partOf → Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Summer Palace
Changchun Garden → partOf → Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yuanmingyuan imperial garden complex
Qichun Garden → partOf → Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Summer Palace
Qichun Garden → partOf → Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yuanmingyuan (Old Summer Palace) landscape system
Yiheyuan → locatedNear → Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Summer Palace