Contents--The Summer Palace

General Survey
The Administrative Area
The Imperial Living Area

Yulan Palace
Yiyun Hall
Hall of Joyful Longevity
Yongshou Hall
Dehe Garden
Yangrenfeng (Hall of Benevolence)

Scenes of the Southern Slope of the Wanshou Hill--Long Corridor
Central Axis of the Southern Slope of the Wanshou Hill
Other Scenic Spots
Lake Area
Six Bridges at the Western Dike
Scenes of Eastern Dike

Scenic Area of the Rear Hill and Back Lake
Sida Buzhou (Temple of Four Buddhist States)
Suzhou Street
Xiequ (Harmonious Interest) Garden
Why was Wanshou Hill named Wengshan Hill?
Do you know Whose handwriting is on the stele of the Summer Palace?
Why did Empress Dowager Cixi request Emperor Guangxu to Call her father?
Why is the seal on the bronze jar in front of the Hall of Benevolent Longevity so special?
What is special about the17-Arch Bridge?
What was the means of transportation for Empress Dowager Cixi from the Forbidden City to the Summer Palace?
Are You familiar with court food?
Why Couldn't Cixi celebrate her 60th birthday in the Summer Palace?
What do you know about Emperor Guangxu and the Reform of 1898?
How did the eunuch Li Lianying gain Cixi's favor?
Where did the head of the Buddha on the wall of the Sea of Wisdom go?
When were electric lights in use in the Summer Palace?
Why were the walls of the Summer Palace raised in 1905?
- The Eastern Painting Regarding the Tale of Taohuayuan
- The Painting of Sun Wukong's Fight with Nezha
- Painting of Zhang Fei's Fight with Ma Chao
- Painting of the Battle of Zhuxian County
- Painting of Yue Fei's Defeating Liang Gui with a Spear
- Patinting of the Seven Saints in the Bamboo Wood
- Zhao Yun's Fight in Changbanpo
- Painting of Lu Bu's Fight with Liu Bei,Guan Yu and Zhang Fei
Tour Instructions
Annals of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty
Annals of the emperors of the Qing Dynasty

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