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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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Old Summer Palace	2
Yuanming Yuan Ruins Park	1
Yuanmingyuan	1
Yuanmingyuan Exhibition Hall	1
Yuanmingyuan Ruins Park Administration	1
圆明园	1

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Peking University NERFINISHED ⓘ Summer Palace ⓘ Tsinghua University NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ