Because Yuanmingyuan, after several generations of emperors such as Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Jiaqing and Daoguang, lasted about 150 years and was continuously repaired and perfected. Yuanmingyuan was built in 1707 (forty-six years of Kangxi). It was originally a gift from Emperor Kangxi to his fourth son, Yin Zhen. Kangxi wrote the inscription "Fan Yuanyuan" and "Fan Yuan" was the name of Yongzheng.

After Yongzheng 1722 acceded to the throne, the original garden was expanded. In the south of the garden, Zheng Da Guangming Hall, Qin Zhengtang and many value rooms of the Cabinet, Sixth Department and Military Department were built, hoping to "avoid noise and listen to politics" here in summer.

During the Qianlong period, in addition to the local reconstruction of Yuanmingyuan, Changchun Garden was built in the east and merged into Wanchun Garden in the southeast. The pattern of Yuanmingyuan has basically taken shape. Jiaqing Dynasty mainly rebuilt and expanded Qichun Garden (Wanchun Garden), making it one of the main gardens.

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The west peak of Yuanmingyuan is beautiful, and it is the place where yongzheng emperor and Emperor Qianlong held a wonderful Tanabata feast on the seventh day of July. Here, you can borrow the scenery of the western hills. On the west bank of the river, there are a group of overlapping mountains, majestic and steep, and waterfalls in the mountain stream rush down. Looking closely, it looks like the majestic momentum of Lushan Mountain, hence the name "Little Kuanglu".

Sitting on a stone by a stream, imitating the Yinshan Lanting in Shaoxing. Built in Yongzheng period, commonly known as Liu Beiting. Scholars such as Wang Xizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty lived in Yonghe on March 3, 9 (the last day), and listened to stories in the Lanting of Huiji, where water flowed and poems were written (sacrificial activities).