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LOGOWelcometotheSummerPalace颐和园EastPalaceGateTheEastPalaceGate,orientedtotheeast,isthefrontgateoftheSummerPalace.Foratimeitwasreservedexclusively（专有的）fortheuseoftheQingemperorsandempresses.Hangingundertheeavesofthegatewayisagildednameboarddecoratedwithninedragonpaternsaninscribedwith（题写）thethreeChinesecharacters”YiHeYuan”inthecalligraphy（书法）ofEmperorGuangxu.HallofBenevolence（仁）andLongevity（长寿）(RenshouDian)Firstbuiltinthe15thyearofEmperorQianlong'sreign(1750)duringtheQingdynasty,thisbuildingwasnamedtheHallofDiligentGovernmentwhenthewholeSummerPalaceareawascalledtheGardenofClearRipples（清漪园）.Inthe12thyearofEmperorGuangxu'sreign(1886),theHallwasrebuiltwhereithadbeenbeforetheAnglo-FrenchAlliedForces（英法盟军）burneditdowninthe10thyearofEmperorXianfeng'sreign(1860).Citingthesayingthebenevolent（仁慈）enjoylongevityfromtheAnalectsofConfucius《论语》,itwasrenamedtheHallofBenevolenceandLongevity.ThiswaswhereEmpressDowager（皇太后）CixiandEmperorGuangxuhandledcourtaffairs,acceptedlaudations（赞词）andreceivedforeigndiplomats（外交官）duringtheirstayintheSummerPalace.Assuch,itwastheSummerPalace'smaingovernmentbuilding.1898，EmperorGuangxumetKangYouwei,leaderofthereformers,andappointedhimreformcounselor,declaringaninstitutionalreform.GardenofVirtueandHarmony(DeheYuan)ThisgardenislyingnorthoftheHallofBenevolenceandLongevity,wasbuiltasatheaterfortheEmpressDowager.Itsconstructionbeganinthe17thyearofEmperorGuangxu’sreign(1891)andlastedforfiveyears.ThegardenconsistsoftheGreatStage,theHallofHealthandHappiness,andQingshanHall.theGreatStage•Thethree-storeytheaterstageisthebiggestandbest-preservedwoodenstageofdelicatedesignandmagnificentstructure,andisthereforeofmuchscientificandartisticvalue.•FamousBeijingOperaactorsoftheQingDynastysuchasYangXiaolouandTanXinpeiwouldcomeheretoperformfortheEmpressDowagerandthestagewasregardedasthe“Cradle（摇篮）ofBeijingOpera”.•TheEmpressDowageralsograntedspecialpermissionforsomeoftheprinces,dukesandcabinetministerstowatchBeijingoperahere.Originallybuiltinthe15thyearofEmperorQianlong'sreign(1750)withpassagewaysinalldirections,thehallwasburneddownbytheAnglo-FrenchAlliedForcesinthe10thyearofEmperorXianfeng'sreign(1860).Itwasreconstructedinthe12thyearofEmperorGuangxu'sreign(1886)astheemperor'slivingquarters.YulanTang(HallofJadeRipples)光绪帝Followingthefailureofthe1898ReformsunderEmperorGuangxu,EmpressDowagerCixiorderedthatthecourtyardbeblockedoff,therebyconvertingitintoaplaceforkeepingtheEmperorunderhousearrest.YiyunGuan(YiyunHall)ThesewerethelivingquartersforEmpressLongYuwhenshe，asEmperorGuangxu'swife,stayedintheSummerPalace.AnieceoftheEmpressDowagerCixi,shehadthetitleofEmpressbestowed（赐予）onherinthefirstmonthofthe15thyearofEmperorGuangxu'sreign(1889).WhenEmperorGuangxuandtheEmpressDowagerCixidiedofillhealthandPuyibecameEmperorin1908,shewaselevatedtothepositionofEmpressDowagerundertheimperialtitleofLongYu.Inthiscapacity,sheissuedanordertogiveupthethrone（宝座）in1911aftertheWuchangUprising.HallofHappinessinLongevity(LeshouTang)Builtinthe15thyearofEmperorQianlong'sreign(1750),theHallofHappinessinLongevityoriginallyhadtwofloors.BurneddownbytheAnglo-FrenchAlliedForcesinthe10thyearofEmperorXianfeng'sreign(1860),itwasreconstructedinthe12thyearofEmperorGuangxu'sreign(1886)toserveasthelivingquartersforEmpressDowagerCixiduringherstayintheSummerPalace.LongCorridor(ChangLang)TheLongCorridorwasoriginallybuiltinthe15thyearofEmperorQianlong'sreign(1750)andthenrebuiltinthe12thyearofEmperorGuangxu'sreign(1886)becausetheAnglo-FrenchAlliedForcesburneditdownin1860.ItstartsfromInvitingtheMoonGateintheeastandendsatShizhangPavilioninthewest,coveringadistanceof728meterswithits273sections.OfallthecorridorsinChineseclassicalgardens,theLongCorridoristhelongest.Onthebeamsaremorethan8,000colorfulpaintingsdepictingstoriesfromChineseclassicalnovels,folktales,landscapesaswellasfloraandfauna（动植物）.Fourpavilions,MesmerizingScenery,HarmonizingwiththeLake,AutumnWaterandClearandCarefree,withoctahedral（八面体）structuresanddoubleeaves,werebuiltintermittently（间歇性）alongthecorridor.TakingtheHallthatDispelstheCloudsasthecenter,theLongCorridorstretchessymmetrically（对称地）totheeastandthewestalongthefootofthehillandthewaterbank,linkingallthestructuresscatteredalongtheLongevityHillsideintoawhole.ClearandPeacefulBoat(QingyanFang)InitiallycalledtheMarbleBoat（石舫）,itwasbuiltinthe20thyearofEmperorQianlong’sreign(1755).The36-meterboatwascarvedoutofhugerocks.TherewasoriginallyaChinese-stylecabinontheboat,whichwasburneddownbytheAnglo-FrenchAlliedForcesin1860.Whenitwasrebuiltinthe19thyearofEmperorGuangxu’sreign(1893),thecabinwasbuiltinthewesternstyleandnamedthe“ClearandPeacefulBoat”pursuant(根据)tothesaying“Lettheriverbeclearandtheseabepeaceful”.ShiqiKongQiao(Seventeen-ArchBridge)Builtinthe15thyearofEmperorQianlong'sreign(1750),this150-meterbridgelinkstheeastbankandtheSouthLakeIsland.ItisthelongestbridgeinanyChineseimperialgardenandwasnamedforitsseventeenarches（拱门）.Over500stonelionsindifferentposesarecarvedonthepostsofthebridge'srailings.Atbothendsofthebridgearecarvedfourstrangeanimals.Strongandp