Yuanmingyuan was built in 1707, covering an area of 3.5 square kilometers, with a building area of 200,000 square meters and more than 50 scenic spots/kloc-0. It was originally given by Emperor Kangxi to Yin Zhen, the fourth son of Emperor Huang. Kangxi wrote Yuanmingyuan for it, and Yuanming 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.

Features:

Yuanmingyuan not only brought together several famous scenic spots in the south of the Yangtze River, but also creatively transplanted western garden buildings, which was a masterpiece of gardening art at that time. There are magnificent palaces and exquisite pavilions in the garden.

There is a "shopping street" symbolizing a lively market, and there are mountains and rivers symbolizing pastoral scenery; Some are modeled after the autumn moon in Pinghu, the sunset photos of Leifeng in Hangzhou West Lake, and some are modeled after the lion forest scenic spots in Suzhou. There are also poems and paintings modeled after ancient poets and painters, such as Penglai Yaotai and Wuling Chunjing.