Detailed introduction of Chengde Summer Resort
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 important military and political affairs here in summer and autumn, and met with various ethnic groups in the country. Political and religious leaders and foreign envoys went north to Mulan Paddock to conduct autumn hunting and train troops. Many important historical events, important relics and important cultural relics of the Qing Dynasty that occurred here 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 mountains and rivers to construct a landscape, it inherits and carries forward the tradition of royal gardens. It is a representative example of Chinese palace architecture and gardens. The outstanding representative of the natural landscape palace is a successful practice of the traditional Chinese "Feng Shui" theory; its superb gardening, architectural art and mature and exquisite construction techniques reflect the characteristics of Chinese culture, and at the same time embody the unified traditional etiquette thought of China. and China’s 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 was completed in the 57th year of Qianlong (1792), which lasted for 89 years. time. The entire garden consists of the palace area and the garden scenic area, covering an area of about 564 hectares. The palace area of the Summer Resort was the place where the emperor handled government affairs and lived in daily life. It adopts a layout of nine courtyards, progressive layers, and deep development to demonstrate the supremacy of imperial power.
Functionally, it can be divided into two parts: the front sleeping part and the back sleeping part. The architectural volume of the palace area does not pursue grandeur. It is mainly based on gray tone, with blue bricks and tiles, and simple columns, which is consistent with the rustic atmosphere of the entire villa. The main building of the former dynasty is the Danbo Jingcheng Hall, commonly known as the "Phoebe Hall". It faces south and is seven rooms wide and three rooms deep. It has a rolling shed and rests on the top of the mountain. It is all made of nanmu structure and is not painted. During the drizzle season, The aroma of sandalwood hits your nose, quiet and elegant. It is named after the artistic conception of "Indifferent to clear aspirations, tranquility to distance".
There is a row of nineteen bungalows behind it, called the "Long Live Zhaofang", which is the boundary between the front and back bedrooms. If the front part of the building complex is characterized by spacious courtyards, grand buildings and solemn atmosphere, then the back part of the building is characterized by compact buildings and a quiet environment. The main building of the back bedroom is the "Yanbo Zhishuang" hall, which is a five-room wide, spacious and bright building with a grand layout. Two of the rooms have the emperor's throne, and the westernmost room is where the emperor stayed. There are small courtyards in the east and west of the palace, called East and West Houses, which are connected to the palace by side doors and are the residences of the concubines. The last entrance to the main palace is the "Yunshan Resort" building, which is a two-story building with five rooms in width. There is an artificially stacked rockery in front of the building, and there is a stepping road leading to the second floor instead of the building. The design is exquisite and full of changes. . As the end point of the main palace, Yunshan Resort Building serves as the transition between the two different landscapes of the main palace and the garden.