Detailed introduction to Chengde Mountain Resort attractions
Chengde Summer Resort is located in Chengde City, Hebei Province. It is the largest existing royal palace in China. Many emperors such as Kangxi and Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty of China handled military and political affairs here in the summer and autumn, met with political and religious leaders of various ethnic groups in China and foreign envoys, and then went north to Mulan Paddock to hunt and train troops in the autumn. Many important historical events, important relics and cultural relics of the Qing Dynasty bear witness to the history of the unification, consolidation and development of China's multi-ethnic country.
Courtyard style
Chengde Summer Resort is a representative example of Chinese palace architecture and gardens. On the basis of combining natural landscape, it inherits and develops the tradition of royal gardens. It is an outstanding representative of China's natural landscape palace and a successful practice of traditional Chinese "Feng Shui" theory; its superb gardening, architectural art and mature and exquisite construction Technology embodies China's cultural characteristics, and also reflects China's unified traditional etiquette thoughts and Chinese aesthetic tastes in the 18th and 19th centuries. As a representative of Chinese classical gardens, the gardening art of Chengde Summer Resort once influenced Europe and occupied an important historical position in the history of world garden design in the 18th century.
The specific layout of the courtyard
The summer resort was built in the 42nd year of Kangxi (1703) and completed in the 57th year of Qianlong (1792), which lasted 89 years. The whole park consists of palace area and garden scenic area, covering an area of about 564 hectares. The palace area of the summer resort was where the emperor handled political affairs and daily life. It adopts a layout of nine palaces, progressive layers, and deep development to show the supremacy of imperial power.
Functionally, it can be divided into two parts: the vestibule and the back chamber. The building size in the palace area is not grand. It is mainly gray, with blue bricks and tiles, and antique colonnades, which is consistent with the rustic atmosphere of the entire villa. The main building of the previous dynasty was Lianbo Jingcheng Hall, commonly known as Nanmu Hall. It faces south and is seven rooms wide and three rooms deep. All are made of nanmu structure and are not painted. Every time it rains, the scent of sandalwood comes to your nostrils, quiet and elegant. It is named after the artistic conception of "living in a secluded place, bringing peace and harmony"
There is a row of 19 bungalows at the back, called "Long Live Zhaotang", which is the boundary between the bedrooms in the front and back dynasties. If the architecture of the previous dynasty was characterized by spacious courtyards, grand buildings and solemn atmosphere, then the latter part is characterized by compact buildings and a quiet environment. The main building of the back bedroom is the "Yanzhiliang" hall, which is a five-room wide, spacious and magnificent building. Two of them contain the emperor's throne, and the westernmost one is where the emperor spent time. There is a small courtyard in the bedroom, called the East and West Courtyard, which is connected to the bedroom through a side door and is the residence of the concubines. The last entrance to the main palace is the "Yunshan Resort" building, which is a two-story building with five rooms wide. There is an artificial rockery in front of the building, with a trail leading to the second floor instead of the inside of the building. The designs are beautiful and diverse. As the end of the main palace, Yunshan Resort Building serves as the transition between the main palace and the garden.