The Summer Palace, the imperial garden of China in the Qing Dynasty, was originally named Qingyi Garden. It is located in the western suburb of Beijing, 0/5km away from the urban area/kloc-,covering an area of about 290 hectares and adjacent to Yuanmingyuan.

196 1 On March 4th, the Summer Palace was announced as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. Chengde mountain resort, Humble Administrator's Garden and Lingering Garden, which were announced at the same time, are also called the four famous gardens in China, and were listed on the World Heritage List in June1998+0/kloc-0.

On May 8, 2007, the Summer Palace was officially approved by the National Tourism Administration as a national 5A-level tourist attraction. In 2009, the Summer Palace was selected by world record association of China as the largest existing royal garden in China.

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1966 After the Cultural Revolution began, the Red Guards and the rebels repeatedly ran to the Summer Palace under the slogan of "breaking capitalism" and threatened to "dig Wanshou Mountain and fill Kunming Lake".

However, Wanshou Mountain and Kunming Lake are very big, so it is not easy for the Red Guards and the rebels to really start work. Therefore, the Red Guards and the rebels fixed their eyes on the arcade outside the East Palace of the Summer Palace, trying to smash it.

Just as the Red Guards put up a ladder and boarded the archway, ready to pull it down, Premier Zhou Enlai learned the news. He immediately called the management office of the Summer Palace and asked them to stop the Red Guards, and sent his secretary to the scene to explain the truth to the leaders of the Red Guards.

He solemnly conveyed to them his opinion that "the archway of the Summer Palace must be protected and not allowed to be demolished". This archway was thus protected and still stands outside the East Palace of the Summer Palace.

After protecting the archway outside the East Palace of the Summer Palace, Zhou Enlai still felt uneasy and went to the Summer Palace himself. Walking to the promenade of the Summer Palace, Zhou Enlai stopped to admire the paintings on the promenade, but was recognized by some people, who immediately surrounded him.

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People's Daily Online-Zhou Enlai spared no effort to protect Beijing's ancient buildings: the Summer Palace archway is not allowed to be demolished.