Built in 1750 and rebuilt in 1886, the Summer Palace (Yiheyuan) is Empress Dowager Cixi‘s favourite royal garden. The palace is a vast imperial garden in Beijing.
Today you can reach the Summer Palace by taking subway line 4 to the Yiheyuan stop and walking from there.
a masterpiece of Chinese landscape garden design. The natural landscape of hills and open water is combined with artificial features such as pavilions, halls, palaces, temples and bridges to form a harmonious ensemble of outstanding aesthetic value
颐和园是中国现存规模最大、保存最完整的皇家园林。在昆明湖东岸有一个被喻为牛郎化身的镇水铜牛，在西岸有一处被喻为织女化身的耕织图，它们隔着昆明湖遥遥相望。