The Summer Resort is Chengde in my country. Why was this garden built at that time?

At that time, smallpox was a very terrible and highly prevalent disease. However, in areas like Mongolia and Tibet, the disease was not prevalent in those areas. The disease was mainly found in Popular in Han Dynasty.

In the Qing Dynasty, people who contracted smallpox had a narrow escape from death. Even the royal family was not immune. According to the Qing Dynasty royal genealogy "Jade Announcement", four of the eight princes of Emperor Shunzhi actually died due to this disease. He contracted smallpox and died young. After the death of Emperor Shunzhi in 1661 AD, his third son, eight-year-old Xuanye, inherited the throne. This was Emperor Kangxi. Kangxi's accession to the throne actually originated from Emperor Shunzhi's fear of smallpox. Shunzhi, who was ill, was hesitant to choose his successor, but the advice of Tang Ruowang, a Western missionary who was serving in the palace at the time, finally made him make a decision, because Kangxi had already suffered from acne when he was two years old. Having lifelong immunity to smallpox, the prince turned out to be a blessing in disguise and became another successor to the Qing Dynasty. Emperor Kangxi's northern patrol route generally left Gubeikou and passed through the Luanhe River to Inner Mongolia.

Since the emperor's ceremonial guards had many carriages and horses, they could only walk up to 40 miles a day, and there were few people along the road. Therefore, a small palace was built every 40 miles along the road, and a larger palace was built every 80 miles as a place to stay. A series of buildings including Shicao, Huairou, Miyun, Gubeikou, Baksh Camp, Liangjianfang, Rehe, Diaoyutai, Zhongguan, Tangshan, Boluohetun, and Jierharangtu were built along the way from Beijing to Mulan Paddock. Palace. However, these palaces are only temporary places to stay, and the Karahetun palace is too narrow.

Compared with the Forbidden City in Beijing, the Summer Resort adopts the style of a simple and elegant mountain village, taking the true nature of natural landscapes and absorbing the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River and the north of the Great Wall. It has become the largest existing ancient imperial palace in China. . This Feng Shui treasure land has the following characteristics:

The first characteristic is its geographical location. The Summer Resort is located in the eastern part of the Yanshan Mountains. It is surrounded by undulating mountains. Most of the mountains run northwest and southeast. According to the Feng Shui theory of "looking for the dragon and looking at the situation", it is the dragon's veins.

The second feature is the suitable climate. After the Manchus entered the customs, they were not suitable for Beijing's hot summer climate. Especially after entering Beijing, smallpox broke out frequently. Emperor Kangxi almost died from smallpox. The water and soil in Kyoto were very unfavorable, while Chengde's terrain was high and the wind was refreshing. It is refreshing, with four distinct seasons, sweet water and fertile soil, suitable temperature, dense trees and grass, beautiful scenery, and good water, soil and scenery. It is a rare summer resort, and it is suitable for emperors to nourish their hearts, minds, and bodies, be indifferent to God, and avoid noise. politics.

The third feature is its important location and convenient transportation. After the completion of the summer resort, Rehe became one of the political centers in the early Qing Dynasty that connected Northeast China with Inner and Outer Mongolia, deployed troops on the Sino-Russian border, connected northwest Mongolia and Hui ministries, and controlled the Central Plains in the south. This place is connected to Liaoshen on the left, Mongolia on the right, the capital in the south, and Weichang in the north. It is only 230 kilometers away from Beijing. The emperor stayed here for the convenience of inspection and administration. Although it is located outside the Great Wall, it is "close to the sacred capital".