At the end of the Qing Dynasty, fighting, losing, and signing contracts seemed to be a set trend. Old China was shrouded in boundless darkness, overwhelmed, scarred and alive. At this critical moment, Empress Dowager Cixi misappropriated half of the annual naval funds and rebuilt the Summer Palace. The Reform Movement of 1898 seemed to bring new hope to China. However, in just 13 days, the reform died, and the main battlefield of reformists and conservatives this time was the Summer Palace. After the failure of the reformists, Emperor Guangxu was also imprisoned in the Summer Palace.
In Qingyi Garden of the Summer Palace, there is a huge stone named Qingzhixiu, commonly known as the "prodigal stone". It was originally in the mountains of Dafangshan. After discovering it, Mi Wanzhong, a servant of the Ming Dynasty, spared no expense to move it into his own garden. In order to move it, Mi Wanzhong tried his best, but it failed. The huge stone was abandoned in the country road, and "prodigal stone" Later, Qianlong found this stone as a treasure and ordered it to be moved into Qingyi Garden. At that time, the main entrance of Qingyi Garden had been repaired, and Qianlong ordered to tear down the wall door and move the boulder into the garden. The Empress Dowager suddenly felt ominous and said, "It is ominous to defeat the Mi family and break our door." Although you can't say how the stone is, the Qing Dynasty really went into decline.
In p>19, Eight-Nation Alliance's guns destroyed the once graceful Summer Palace, and China's feudal dynasty, which lasted for thousands of years, fell apart under the impact of imperialism.
I'm standing in the Summer Palace, with a new land under my feet, but I have no intention to browse the magnificent scenery with vast smoke and red flowers. I look up at the traces of history, as if I saw that every pavilion was engraved with a scarred history, and every gust of wind blowing green leaves cried about the decay of the feudal dynasty. Every piece of land witnessed a pale and powerless past, and I seemed to hear moans from history.
As soon as you enter the Summer Palace, you can see the house where Empress Dowager Cixi lives after a long walk. After walking through the house, I don't know how long it took, and then you step into the famous promenade.
as the book says, the promenade really lives up to its reputation. There are thousands of murals on the promenade, each of which is different, including Journey to the West. There is a dream of red mansions; There is the Romance of the Three Kingdoms; There are countless stories about the West Chamber ... Even I, a lover of painting and reading, have many paintings that are not famous, which is full of praise!
The promenade is winding, surrounded by flowers on each side, and there are many varieties, such as Chinese rose, rose and peony. After several more turns, we saw Wanshou Mountain.
From a distance, Wanshou Mountain is surrounded by water, just like Sun Moon Lake, but it is not as beautiful as Sun Moon Lake, only simple beauty, but it gives people an unpretentious feeling. I admire in my heart: How beautiful! There is a golden pagoda on Wanshou Mountain, which shines brightly under the sunshine, making Wanshou Mountain more beautiful.
As soon as we entered the Summer Palace, an arch bridge with garden characteristics and made of white jade and Han stone appeared in front of us: there were many dragons carved on the guardrail of the arch bridge, and mighty little stone lions with different shapes were carved on the columns. After passing the stone arch bridge, I saw Kunming Lake.
Kunming Lake is a big lake in the Summer Palace. Looking from a height, Kunming Lake looks like a peach. Kunming Lake is an artificial lake. I think how much manpower and material resources it will take! Kunming Lake is surrounded by trees, pleasant scenery and clear water, which is really refreshing. On the north bank of Kunming Lake is a long corridor carved with beams and painted columns, which is more than 7 meters long and has 12, paintings, and each painting has nothing in common.
When you walk to the end of the corridor, you will see an attic built against the mountain-Xiangge. Xiangge is the place where Empress Dowager Cixi visited and rested in the Summer Palace. There are red painted beams and columns, gold painted wood carvings and golden walls, and there are many rare treasures in them.
Finally, we came to Suzhou Street, a scenic spot in the Summer Palace. It concentrates the life of Jiangnan folk houses into the garden, and Suzhou Street is built in a circular shape. On one side of the street, there are antique shops, and the ground is built of granite stones. On the other side, there is a waterway with a small arch bridge in the middle, which seems to go back to ancient times.
As soon as I arrived at the gate of the Summer Palace, I saw a plaque under the gorgeous eaves, on which were written three strong ancient characters "Summer Palace". The first thing I saw when I entered the garden cabinet was the Hall of Renshou. I heard that it was called "Qinzheng Hall" in Qianlong and changed to "Renshou Hall" in Guangxu, which was the place for Cixi and Guangxu ministers. This place is extremely elegant and chic. There is a dragon and a phoenix in front of Renshou Hall. According to the tour guide, this dragon represents the emperor at that time and that phoenix represents Empress Dowager Cixi at that time. These two statues were carved by Empress Dowager Cixi after Qianlong's death and the Empress Dowager Empress Dowager Cixi asked the palace minister. The emperor was buried in the earth after his death, so the dragon was dressed in rags and looked like a beggar. After the death of the emperor, Cixi had the highest status and the best clothes, so the phoenix wore elegant clothes. This is really a bizarre thing!
After leaving Renshou Hall, we soon arrived at the promenade. There are many beautiful pictures here, it is said that there are more than 14 thousand, also known as "galleries"
I stood by the promenade and looked around. I saw the 17-hole bridge spanning between Nanhu Island and Longwang Temple. It is one of the famous scenic spots in the Summer Palace. The bridge is 15 meters long, like colorful Changhong flying in the sky on the vast Kunming Lake, and like a dragon floating on the lake. I am amazed at this. According to the tour guide, the area of Kunming Lake accounts for about three-quarters of the Summer Palace, which is huge. I saw the lake sparkling and rippling, which was even more colorful against the blue sky and white clouds. Then we were taken to the Jade Belt Bridge. It's really beautiful! Look at it. It's exquisite and beautiful, and it stands on the west embankment smoothly.
From a distance, it looks like white practice embedded in the long beach and green water. Stand in the middle of the bridge and sit down?
Red carp swim in the clear water, which makes the tourists linger. We also visited the ancient buildings in the Summer Palace, such as the Tingli Pavilion, Paiyun Hall, Ruijiashi, Leshou Hall and so on.
Enter the gate of the Summer Palace, bypass the main hall and come to the famous promenade. Green painted columns and red painted railings, as far as the eye can see. This corridor is more than 7 meters long and divided into 273 rooms. There are colorful paintings on the cross sill of each room, with figures, flowers and scenery. Thousands of paintings are not the same as those of the other two. The breeze is blowing from Kunming Lake on the left, which makes people feel refreshed.
after walking along the long corridor, you come to the foot of Wanshou Mountain. Looking up, I saw an octagonal pagoda-shaped three-story building with yellow glazed tiles shining, which was the Buddha Pavilion. The rows of resplendent palaces below are Paiyun Hall.
standing in front of the Buddha Pavilion and looking down, most of the scenery of the Summer Palace is under your eyes. Lush trees, shaded by yellow and green glazed tile roofs and scarlet palace walls. Right in front, Kunming Lake is as quiet as a mirror; Green as a piece of jasper. Cruise ships and painting boats glided slowly across the lake, leaving almost no trace. Looking eastward, you can vaguely see several towers and the white tower in the city.
come down from Wanshou mountain! It is Kunming Lake. Kunming Lake is surrounded by a long embankment. There are several stone bridges with different styles on the embankment, and countless weeping willows are planted on both sides. There is an island in the center of the lake. From a distance, the island is green, and a corner of the palace is exposed among the trees. Visitors can go to the island to play when they walk over the long stone bridge. This stone bridge has seventeen bridge opening, called seventeen-hole bridge; There are hundreds of stone pillars on the railing of the bridge, all of which are carved with little lions. So many lions have different postures, and no two are the same.