The splendid cultural heritage information of the Summer Palace
1. The layout of the Summer Palace is surrounded by mountains and water
This is an important law of traditional Feng Shui. Traditional Feng Shui is a science that studies the factors that affect human physical and mental health in a special way. Its essence is to emphasize beauty - a feeling that is beneficial to people's physical and mental health. This kind of beauty is natural, harmonious, soft and pleasant.
Therefore, in traditional Feng Shui, mountains should have a meandering curve, water should have a lingering curve, roads should have a curve of dark willows and flowers, bridges should have a curve of arches, and corridors should have a curve of ileum. . Implicit, embracing, accumulating, and affectionate, then there will inevitably be vitality. So we need to be "surrounded by mountains and rivers". It can be said that this kind of thought is not only the great pole of Chinese garden culture, but also the essence of Chinese culture.
2. Good mountains and good waters are the source of feng shui in gardens.
The Summer Palace is located at the closest point to the mountains in Beijing. The Wanshou Mountain, which is made of earth, is just connected to the "Dragon Vein" of the West Mountain of Beijing. From here, you can trace the Taihang and Qinling Mountains and go straight to Kunlun. "ancestral mountain".
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Architectural layout
The Summer Palace covers an area of 293 hectares and is mainly composed of Wanshou Mountain and Kunming Lake. There are more than 3,000 palace and garden buildings in various forms, which can be roughly divided into three parts: administration, living and sightseeing.
The administrative area centered on Renshou Hall was the place where the Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu sat in court to listen to politics and meet with foreign guests. Behind the Hall of Renshou are three large courtyards: Leshou Hall, Yulan Hall and Yiyun Hall, where Cixi, Guangxu and their concubines lived respectively. The Deheyuan Theater on the east side of Yiyun Hall was one of the three major theaters in the Qing Dynasty.
The Summer Palace starts from the Sea of Wisdom on the top of Wanshou Mountain, and forms a clear-cut central axis consisting of the Pavilion of Buddhist Incense, the Hall of Dehui, the Hall of Paiyun, the Gate of Paiyun, and the Yunhui Yuyufang. At the foot of the mountain is a "corridor" that is more than 700 meters long. There are more than 8,000 color paintings on the beams of the corridor, which is known as the "No. 1 Corridor in the World". Before the promenade is Kunming Lake. The West Causeway of Kunming Lake is modeled after the Su Causeway of West Lake.