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The origins of the Summer Palace date back to the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty.In 1153, when the fourth ruler, Wanyan Liang (r. 1150–1161), moved the Jin capital from Huining Prefecture (in present-day Acheng District, Harbin, Heilongjiang) to Yanjing (present-day Beijing), he ordered the construction of a palace in the Fragrant Hills and Jade Spring Hill in what is now the northwest of Beijing.
The China World Hotel, Beijing (Chinese: 中国大饭店) is a five-star hotel attached to the China World Mall and next to The China World Trade Center in Chaoyang District, the central business district of Beijing, China. It is operated by the Hong Kong–based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts group (Chinese: 香格里拉酒店集團).
Kunming Lake (Chinese: 昆明湖; pinyin: Kūnmíng Hú) is the central lake on the grounds of the Summer Palace in Haidian District, Beijing, China.Together with the Longevity Hill, Kunming Lake forms the key landscape features of the Summer Palace gardens.
Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing Beijing: 1998 880; i, ii, iii (cultural) The palace was conceived next to the Kunming Lake in Beijing in the mid-18th century under the Qing Qianlong Emperor. It is a prominent example of a Chinese garden, with water features, pavilions, temples, and bridges. It had an important influence on ...
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It consists of an "outer city", and an "inner city" in the southeast of the capital which has also roughly a square layout with sides about 1.4 km (0.87 mi), and the palace, where Kublai Khan stayed in summer. The palace has sides of roughly 550 m (1,800 ft), covering an area of around 40% the size of the Forbidden City in Beijing. The most ...