【正文】 該文章轉(zhuǎn)載自無憂考網(wǎng)： spring –along the lakeside by the marble boatboating on the Kunming Lakeleaving out through the East Gate.(Out side the east gate)Ladies and Gentlemen: Wele to the Summer Palace.(After the selfintroduction of the guideinterpreter)I hope this will be an interesting and enjoyable day for our tour, you will be introduced to time honored historical and cultural traditions, as well as picturesque views and construction of the Summer Palace first started in that time, the Qing Dynasty was in its heyday and China was a powerful Asian country with vast monarch in power then was Emperor supreme power and large sums of money, he summoned skillful and ingenious artisans from all over the country to carry out this construction work in honor of his mother `s 15 years and one seventh of the nation` s annual revenue spent, the Garden of Clear Ripples was pleted and served as a testimony to China` s scientific and technological 1860, this vast royal garden was burnt down along with the Yuanming Yuan(Garden of Perfection and Brightness)by AngolFrench allied 1888, Empress Dowager Cixi reconstructed the garden on the same site and renamed it the Garden of Nurtured Harmony(Summer Palace).Characterized by its vast scope and rich cultural embodiments, the Summer Palace has bee one of the most famous tourist sites in the is the main entrance to the Summer Palacethe East Gate On top of the eaves of the door there is a plaque bearing a Chinese inscription which means “Garden of Nurtured Harmony” , whose calligrapher was Emperor gate that you are now entering was used exclusively by the emperor, the empress and the queer others used the side doors.(Inside the East Gate)the Summer Palace can be divided into two parts: Longevity Hill and Kunming whole garden covers an area of 290 hectares, of whih threefourths consists of a lake and imperial garden features 3,000 roomunits and covers an expanse of 70,000 square meters with more than 100 picturesque spots of layout of the Summer Palace includes three groups of architectures: palaces where the emperor attended to state affairs, resting palaces of the emperor and empress, and sightseeing the East Gate we will e the the office the East gate we will e to the office annex halls on both sides were used for officials on is the Gate of Benevolence and the door there is a plaque bearing the same name in both Chinese and Manchurian gigantic rock in the foreground is known as Taihu rock, or eroded limestone, quarried in Jiangsu Province and placed here to decorated the the marble terrace sits a bronze mythical beast, known as Qilin or was said to the one of the nine sons of Dragon point of peculiar interest is that it has the head of a dragon, antlers of a deer, the tail of a lion and hooves of a ox, and is covered with a unique was considered an auspicious creature that brought peace and grand hall is the Hall of Benevolence and was built in 1750 , and was known as the Hall of Industrious Qianlong ruled that the halls where monarchs attended to state affairs would be named after the rebuilding of the Summer Palace, the hall was renamed, suggesting that benevolent rulers would enjoy long arrangement of the hall has been left the middle of the hall stands a throne made of sandalwood and carved with beautiful the background there is a screen carved with nine frolicking either side of the throne there are two big fans made of peacock feathers, two columnshaped incense burners, craneshaped lanterns and an incense burner assuming the form of Luduan, a mythological animal which was suppose to have the power to prevent small chambers on eight side were where the Emperor Qianlong and Empress Dowager Cixi rested and met officials on formal the verandah in the foreground of the hall there are bronze statues of dragon and phoenixes which served as incense burners on major are hollow and smoke es through holes on their on the veranda are Tai Ping(Peace)bronze water vats made during the reign of Emperor a precaution in case of fire, a fire was lit underneath the vats in the winter to keep the water in them from freezing.(At the entrance of Garden of Virtuous Harmony)we are now visiting the Garden of Virtuous Harmony, where Emperor Qianlong and Empress Dowager Cixi were entertained with Beijing Opera mainly consists of the Dressing House, The Grand Theater Building and the Hall of pleasure grand Theater Building known as the “Cradle of Beijing Opera” was uniquely laid out and magnificently September 10, 1984, the Garden of Virtuous Harmony opened its doors to are also 7 exhibition halls with articles of daily use on display staff here put up court dresses of Qing Dynasty in order to give the visitor a more vivid impression.(In front of the Grand Theater Building)this building is 21 meters in height and 17 meters in width and features three tiers of tilted eaves and of the stages are connected to a raise ,and a winch is installed at the well and 5 ponds were sunk under the ground are trapdoors in the ceiling for fairies to descend, as well as on the floor for demons to underground passages also served as a means of improving resonance and making the performers` voices more the three main theater building of the Qing Dynasty, the Grand Theater Building is the tallest and the other two are Changyin(Fluent Voice)Pavilion in Chengde, an imperial summer building played a major part in fostering the birth and development of Beijing opera: since the pletion of the Grand Theater Building, many performances were held in it in honor of the Empress Dowager Cixi.(A lakeside walk from the Garden of Virtuous Harmony to the Hall of Jade Ripples)we are now standing in the middle of a rockery behind the Hall of Benevolent and appears that there` s nothing special , after we clear the rockery, we will reach Kunming is a application of a specific style of Chinese far away in the lake there is a is filled with peach and weeping willow tr