COMING TO THE SUMMER PALACE

作者：姚天新|译者:汤博文

页数：291

出版社：外文出版社

出版日期：2009

ISBN：9787119049625

电子书格式：pdf/epub/txt

内容简介

cmpared with the countless number of heritage sites across the length and breadth of china, the summer palace is young in its history. this,however, enabled the summer palace to take advantage of the best in the art of landscape architecture accumulated in a thousand years by the chinese people and to become an unexcelled landmark in the history of the chinese art of landscape architecture. this advantage, plus its position in the politics of modern history and the repeated disasters it has suffered, has turned the beautiful summer palace into a site that is attracting the attention of the people of the whole world.
the author has devoted much effort in preparing the book and explains the intricacies in the history of the summer palace in simple terms. together with you, he inquires into the historical origin of the buildings, structures, gardens, hills and lakes in the summer palace and provides you with accurate information to answer questions you may want to ask during your visit. the book is illustrated with the finest landscape photographs to enhance the attraction of the summer palace.

本书特色

 The Summer PaIace，Or Garden 0f Harmori．
  OUS Peace(Yi He Yuan)，in the northwestern“
  part of Beijing was originally an imperiaI
  garden and traveI 10dge ln the Qing dynasry．
  Despite the devastations lt has suffered in the
  past，incIuding burning-down by the AngIO．
  French AIIied F0rces and plunder by the AIJied
  Forces 0f Eight Powers，it is st-Jl attractinq
  many vis-torS withuresque scenery and
  immense historical value。
  Composed mainIy 0f the Longevity HilI(Wan
  ShOU Shan)and Kunming Lake(KUR Mlnq
  Hu)，the Summer PaIace is 290 hecrares f717
  acres)In area，three一亿urth 0f which is waten
  BuiIt on the刚and on the water are a count．
  1ess number Of ha¨s and pav．Iions，rel．gious
  tempIes and SOUthern—styIe bu．Idings I．ke
  those in the Yangtze DeIta。There are the
  lmpOSIng BenevoIence and Longevity HalJ
  (Pen ShOU D．aR)and Great Opera Stage(Da
  xI LOU)as they were in the past，the clor．
  geous TOwer 0f Buddhist Fragfarce(F0×iaRQ
  Ge)overl00king the lake on the hill，the thFee
  beautiful isIands in the Iake presentinq a
  p-(=tute Of the忆iry Iand，the six b r．dges Of dif．
  terent shapes on the West Causeway that
  combIne harmoniOusIy with the natu raI
  scenery,the pine woods on the shore Of the
  Rear Rivee and the make—bel．ef Business
  5treet compiete with shOps，shOp signs and
  pennants。The ingenious IayOUt Of the garden
  and the beautifulIy designed Structures in it
  make the Summer PaIace an example Of the
  great accompI．shmentS in the Chinese art 0f
  Iandscape architecture．

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