Topic: Historic Buildings in China  Ye Zhuyang  Zhang Wenyi  Yue Qiuxia  Wang Bo  Zhou Hengxu

Introduction The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty—the years 1420 to It is located in the centre of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum.

History  The Forbidden City since the Ming Dynasty in 1406 built,inaugurated in 1420.After 500 years,the Ming and Qing dynasties a total of 24 emperors lived in the Forbidden City.

Appearance  The Forbidden City in Beijing, north and south long 961 meters, 753 meters wide, covers an area of about square meters.The wall 12 meters high, the bottom of the wall 10 meters thick, the top 6 to 7metres thick, by 52 meters wide moat around the protection.

Four Gates: South as the meridian gate,east to donghua gate,west gate of xihua,north gate of basaltic door.Basaltic door to the Palace Museum front door now. 9.9 meters high walls 8.26 meters thick.looks very grant.

 Even in the palace of the four corner has choiceness exquisite Watchtower, cross ridge, polygonal interlaced overlay, is indeed a gorgeous building structure.

Internal introduction  Hall of Supreme Harmony,Hall of Central Harmony and Hall of Preserving Harmony called the "three main halls".Along with the three main halls and on the east side of the mandarin house, the west hall of martial valor called "the outer court".

 Palace of Heavenly Purity,Hall of Union and Palace of Earthly Tranquility called "the inner court".  As the center, on both sides is the emperor and his concubines handle events and places of residence.

 Palace of Heavenly Purity

 Is different from the first half of the majestic, magnificent architectural style, in the second half of the imperial palace more full of life breath, and also to build a garden.

 Imperial Garden

Attractions  In the Forbidden City also has a lot of beautiful scenery, such as the imperial garden, the park was built in the Ming dynasty, the area of about ten thousand square meters, the appearance design is exquisite and the scenery is very pleasant.

Summer palace

Introduction  Situated in the Haidian District northwest of Beijing, Summer Palace is 9 miles from central Beijing. Being the largest and most well-preserved royal park in China, it greatly influences Chinese horticulture and landscape with its famous natural views and cultural interests, which also has long been recognized as“the Museum of royal gardens”.

History  Pre-Qing dynasty The origins of the Summer Palace date back to the Jin dynasty in 1153, when the fourth ruler, Wanyan Liang who is a prince in charge of Hailing, moved the Jin capital from Huining Prefecture to Yanjing. He ordered the construction of a palace in the Fragrant Hills and Jade Spring Hill located in the northwest of Beijing.  Qing dynasty  In the early Qing dynasty, Jar Hill served as a stable for horses in the imperial palace. Eunuchs who committed offences were sent there to weed and cut grass. In the beginning of the reign of the Qianlong Emperor, many imperial gardens were built in the area around present-day Beijing's Haidian District so the rate of water consumption increased tremendously. Around the time, much of the water stored in the Western Lake came from the freshwater spring on Jade Spring Hill while a fraction was from the Wanquan River.

 History Post-Qing dynasty In 1912, following the abdication of Puyi, who the Last Emperor in the Chinese history. the Summer Palace became the private property of the former imperial family of the Qing Empire. Two years later, the Summer Palace was opened to the public and entry tickets were sold. In 1924, after Puyi was expelled from the Forbidden City by the warlord Feng Yuxiang, the Beijing government took charge of administrating the Summer Palace and turned it into a public park.

Attractions  Summer palace radiates fully the natural beauty and the grandeur of royal gardens. Composed mainly of Longevity Hill and Kunming Lake, it occupies an area of acres. There are over 3,000 man-made ancient structures which count building space of more than 70,000 square meters, including pavilions, towers, bridges, corridors, etc. It can be divided into four parts: the Court Area, Front Hill Area, Rear Hill Area and Lake Area.

Sceneries around Summer Palace

Summer palace  Culmination of Chinese and east Asian architecture.  Influential and providing inspiration for many artistic works in China  Preserve our traditional Chinese culture and heritage