The historical background of the Yuanmingyuan?

1, the construction of the Yuanmingyuan time: was built in 1709 (forty-eighth year of Kangxi), to 1809 was basically completed, lasted a century, after the Jiaqing, Daoguang, Xianfeng three generations of repeated repairs and expansion, lasted more than 150 years.

2, historical background: the Yuanmingyuan is the Kangxi Emperor gave the Emperor's fourth son Yinzhen a Ming Dynasty private garden built on the site, Yinzhen ascended to the throne as the Yongzheng Emperor, the expansion of the Emperor's long-term residence away from the Palace, the Qianlong period of expansion once again, the Qianlong nine years (1744) completed. Qianlong dynasty, when China's feudal society, the last period of prosperity, Qianlong set the country's skilled craftsmen, with an unprecedented scale expansion and construction of Yuanmingyuan, in addition to the Yuanmingyuan local increase, alterations and improve the famous "forty scenes of Yuanmingyuan" in addition to the east neighboring the newly built Changchun and other gardens.

To the 35th year of Qianlong (1770), Yuanmingyuan, Changchun and Qichun three garden pattern is basically formed, the whole garden east-west width of 2,620 meters, north-south length of 1,880 meters, around the periphery of the total length of about 11,000 meters, **** covers an area of 350 hectares, of which the water is about 140 hectares. Yuanmingyuan is not only known for its gardens, but also a royal museum, which was then the world's extremely rare cultural and artistic treasures, showing the essence of China's ancient feudal culture, while collecting a variety of extremely rich book relics and art treasures.

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The Yuanmingyuan name comes from

The Yuanmingyuan's first owner - the Kangxi Emperor had an explanation. -The Kangxi Emperor had an explanation, said the meaning of the word "Yuanming" is: "round and into the God, the gentleman in the time also; bright and illumination, the wisdom of the people also." Among them, "round" refers to the individual's character is perfect, beyond the ordinary; "Ming" refers to the political performance of bright light, perfect and wise.

According to the Qing Records, Emperor Kangxi walked into the Yuanmingyuan five times. The first time was on November 11, 1707, when the Yuanmingyuan was still the imperial garden of Yinzhen, the later Yongzheng Emperor.

The last time the Kangxi emperor into the Yuanmingyuan, is in the Kangxi 61 years March 25. 69-year-old Kangxi emperor, 45-year-old Yongzheng emperor and 12-year-old Qianlong emperor before and after the three generations of emperors realized the historic meeting, but also the only time recorded in the history of the meeting.

The Kangxi Emperor was particularly fond of peonies, so the Yongzheng Emperor built a peony platform in the Yuanmingyuan and invited his father to come and watch. When Emperor Kangxi was in the mood, he saw his grandson Hongli, later Emperor Qianlong, among the flowers.

The Kangxi Emperor had 35 sons and more than 50 grandsons. The vast majority of these grandsons had never even seen their grandfather's face, and it was the first time that Emperor Qianlong had ever seen him. It is said that the Kangxi Emperor especially like his wit and intelligence, and later also praised Qianlong Emperor's mother to his face to give birth to such a good son, is "a blessed person".

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