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Why does the Summer Palace have to have a promenade?

1. Promenade is the longest promenade among ancient buildings and gardens in China.

2. The promenade is a colorful gallery. There are more than 65,438+04,000 colorful paintings on every beam in the gallery, which are dazzling and magnificent. Its length and colorful paintings were listed in the Guinness Book of World Records in 65,438+0990. Painters condensed the history and culture of China for thousands of years on this long corridor.

3. The promenade is closely connected with the Qianshan scenic spot, with Paiyundian as the center, which naturally divides the scenic spot into two parts.

There are pavilions in the corridor, and there are three pavilions on the east and west wings. These pavilions not only have a scenic effect, but also have a certain distance to lean against the corridor and play a supporting role.

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1, Summer Palace Promenade:

The Summer Palace is between the southern foot of Wanshou Mountain and the northern shore of Kunming Lake. It was built in the 15th year of Qing Qianlong (1750), and was rebuilt in 1888 after it was burnt down by the British and French allied forces in/860. The promenade starts from the Moon Inviting Gate in the east and ends at Zhang Shiting in the west. It passes through the Paiyun Gate in the middle and is symmetrically dotted with four octagonal pavilions with double eaves: Liujiating Pavilion, Jilan Pavilion, Qiushui Pavilion and Qingyao Pavilion. It symbolizes the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter. It is 728 meters long, with 273 rooms and 548 columns. The promenade is famous for its exquisite architecture, twists and turns and colorful paintings. It is the longest corridor among ancient buildings and gardens in China. The promenade is also a colorful gallery. Every beam in the gallery is painted with colorful paintings, with more than *** 14000, which are bright and magnificent. Its length and colorful paintings were listed in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1990. Most of the colorful paintings are landscapes, flowers and birds, and the plots in China's four classical novels (Dream of Red Mansions, Journey to the West, Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin). Painters condensed the history and culture of China for thousands of years on this long corridor. Many of these landscape paintings are copied from the mountains and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River, and were drawn by painters according to the intention of Qianlong.

It faces Kunming Lake and Wanshou Mountain and twists and turns. The promenade is the longest gallery in the world.

It starts from Yueyue Gate of Leshou Hall in the east, passes through Paiyunmen, and reaches Zhangshiting at the western end of Wanshou Mountain, with a total length of more than 700 meters and 273 rooms. On the promenade, carved beams and painted buildings, colorful paintings make it more beautiful and charming. These paintings include peony in the garden, lotus on the pond, birds in the forest, fish in the downstream, pavilions, lakes and mountains. But the most intriguing thing is the vivid composition and vivid form of the character story painting.

2. Summer Palace:

The Summer Palace, an ancient imperial garden in Beijing, formerly known as Qingyi Garden, is located in the western suburbs of Beijing, 0/5 km away from the urban area/kloc-,covering an area of about 290 hectares, and adjacent to Yuanmingyuan. It is a large-scale landscape garden with Kunming Lake and Wanshou Mountain as the background and Hangzhou West Lake as the basis, drawing lessons from the design techniques of Jiangnan gardens. It is also the most well-preserved royal palace, known as the "Royal Garden Museum" and a national key tourist attraction.

Before the Qing Emperor Qianlong succeeded to the throne, there were four large royal gardens in the western suburbs of Beijing. In the 15th year of Qianlong (1750), Emperor Qianlong rebuilt Qingyi Garden with 4.48 million taels of silver to commemorate his mother and filial queen, forming a royal garden area 20 kilometers from Tsinghua campus to Xiangshan. In the tenth year of Xianfeng (1860), Qingyi Garden was burned by the British and French allied forces. In the 14th year of Guangxu (1888), it was rebuilt and renamed the Summer Palace as a summer amusement park. In the 26th year of Guangxu (1900), the Summer Palace was destroyed by "Eight-Nation Alliance" and its treasures were looted. After the demise of the Qing Dynasty, the Summer Palace was destroyed again during the period of warlord melee and Kuomintang rule.

196 1 On March 4th, the Summer Palace was announced as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. Chengde mountain resort, Humble Administrator's Garden and Lingering Garden, which were announced at the same time, are also called the four famous gardens in China, and were listed on the World Heritage List in June1998+0/kloc-0. On May 8, 2007, the Summer Palace was officially approved by the National Tourism Administration as a national 5A-level tourist attraction. In 2009, the Summer Palace was selected by world record association of China as the largest existing royal garden in China.