Beijing Place Names | The scenery that Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty liked very much - Yuquan Mountain and Jingming Garden
Yuquan Mountain is located at the foothills of Xishan Mountain in Haidian District, Beijing, west of the Summer Palace.
Yuquan Mountain, with its six peaks stretching from north to south, is a branch of the eastern foothills of the Western Mountains.
Its most prominent feature is
The mountain is northwest-oriented, shaped like a saddle, with a depth of 1,300 meters, the widest point from east to west about 450 meters, and the main peak is 100 meters above sea level.
Yuquan Mountain is named after its spring.
The spring water gushes out from the rock gaps in the mountains, and the water rolls around the silver flowers, just like a jade rainbow. Before the Ming Dynasty, there was a saying of "a rainbow hanging from the jade spring", and it was listed as one of the eight scenic spots in Yanjing.
The "Jingxi rice" irrigated with Yuquan Mountain spring water is still a valuable rice.
Legend has it that Yeluchute, the prime minister of the Yuan Dynasty, used Yuquan water to make ink and named it "Yuquan New Ink", which was of the highest quality.
Yuquan Mountain, with its strange rocks and secluded caves, gurgling streams, and flowing springs, is said to be a geomantic treasure.
Since the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, it has been a famous scenic spot in the suburbs of Beijing.
Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty liked the scenery of Yuquan Mountain very much and personally designated the scenery in the garden as "Sixteen Scenes". Each scene was named after four characters and each composed a poem.
And left the following sigh:
This shows how colorful the scenery of Yufeng Mountain was back then.
Since Yuquan Mountain is not open to tourists yet, the only sixteen sceneries we can see today are the "Yufeng Pagoda Shadow".
It is also the finishing touch of borrowing scenery from the Summer Palace to create a garden.
On Kunming Lake in the Summer Palace, you can overlook the Jade Peak Tower.
This is Emperor Qianlong's "Miscellaneous Odes of Jingming Garden", which describes the scenery of Jingming Garden on Yuquan Mountain, one of the "Three Mountains and Five Gardens".
Yuquan Mountain is located outside the small east gate of Yuquan Mountain in Haidian District, Beijing, and to the west of Kunming Lake in the Summer Palace. It is an important part of the "Three Mountains and Five Gardens".
Jingming Garden covers an area of about 0.65 square kilometers and has six garden gates. There are more than 30 groups of large and small buildings in the garden and 4 pagodas of different forms.
The whole park is divided into Nanshan District, Dongshan District and Xishan District.
Nanshan District is the essence, with the palace area, Yuquan Lake and a series of exquisite scenic spots. The northwest sides are screened by mountains, and the peaks are dotted with Huazang Pagoda and Yufeng Pagoda.
Dongshan District includes the eastern foot of Yuquan Mountain and several small lakes. It is famous for its small waterscapes. The northernmost part ends with the Miaogao Tower on the North Peak.
Xishan District is an open and flat area with Dongyue Temple, Shengyuan Temple, Qingliang Zen Grotto, etc., forming a landscape dominated by religious buildings.
Jingming Garden was burned down twice by the British, French and Eight-Power Allied Forces in 1860.
On May 25, 2006, Jingmingyuan, as an ancient building from the Qing Dynasty, was approved by the State Council to be included in the sixth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.
The ancient buildings of Jingmingyuan, which have gone through wind and rain, have now been completely restored and protected, blooming with unique beauty among the many gardens in the western suburbs of Beijing.