SummerPalaceWhyit'snamedSummerPlace?EmpressDowagerCiXiandEmperorescapeheateveryyeartheforthmonthtotenthmonth.SoitcalledSummerPalace.EmperorKangxi'sSummerMountainResortinChengde(承德避暑山庄)alsonamedSummerPalace.Inhistory,thereisOldSummerPalace.(圆明园)Later,itbecomedSummerPalace.Let'sgetintotheSummerPalace.HistoryoftheSummerPalacebeautifulandtortuous•In1860,theAnglo-FrenchAlliedForces(英法联军)invadedBeijingandsetfiretomanyofthebuildingswithintheSummerPalace.•In1888,EmpressCiXirestoredthegrandgardens.Thereconstruction(重建)andenlargement(扩大)oftheSummerPalacecontinuedfortenyears.Aftercompletion,sherenamedthegardens'YiHeYuan'('GardenofPeaceandHarmony').Content01BronzeOx02EntrancetotheHeatingSystem03SouthLakeIsland(NanHuDao)BronzeOxCastinEmperorQianlongreign(1736-1795),thisstatuewasalsocalledthe“GoldenOx”.Ithasalifelikebearingandwasplacedhere,itissaid,tocontrolfloodsEntrancetotheHeatingSystem102Thissystem,consistingofawebofchannelsunderthefloor,heatedthehallbycirculatinghotairduringthewinter.Thecharcoalselectedforuseinthecourtwasmadeoffinewood,whichburnedlong,strongandwithoutsmoke.SouthLakeIsland(NanHuDao)InthecenterfrontofKunmingLake,theislandisconnectedtothespaciouspavilionontheeastbankbytheSeventeen-ArchBridge.Theisland,bridgeandpavilionfromanintegratedarchitecturalwholethatechoestheLongevityHillfromadistance.Thesitesontheislandinclude:HallofEmoracingtheUniverse,DragonKingTemple,HallofForesightandsoon.SouthLakeIsland(NanHuDao)Thanks!