Beijing | Yuanmingyuan Park | Western Mansions Scenic Area.

| Yuanmingyuan Park | Western Mansions Scenic Area. Beijing | Yuanmingyuan Park | Western Mansions Scenic Area Yuanmingyuan Park was built in the late Kangxi and Yongzheng periods. In 1724, the second year of the Yongzheng period, the expansion of Yuanmingyuan Park officially began. After Emperor Qianlong ascended the throne, he adjusted the landscape and added more buildings to the park. In 1860, the Anglo-French invaders set fire to Yuanmingyuan Park, burning it and the nearby Qingyi Garden, Jingming Garden, Jingyi Garden, Changchun Garden, and Haidian Town. In 1900, the 26th year of the Guangxu period, the Eight-Nation Alliance occupied Beijing, and the buildings and ancient trees in Yuanmingyuan Park were completely destroyed. After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the relics of Yuanmingyuan Park were looted by bureaucrats, warlords, and unscrupulous merchants. Yuanmingyuan Park was built to imitate many famous gardens and scenic spots in China, especially in Jiangnan. Its main buildings include palaces, halls, pavilions, terraces, towers, pavilions, pavilions, corridors, pavilions, rooms, boats, pavilions, halls, bridges, gates, walls, towers, as well as temples, Taoist temples, villages, and streets. The Western Mansions Scenic Area of Yuanmingyuan Park is located north of Changchun Garden. It is the first garden in China to imitate Western architecture and gardens. The Western Mansions Scenic Area was designed and supervised by the Italian missionary Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766) and the French Jesuit missionary Michel Benoist (1715-1744), who worked at the court painting academy at the time, and was built by Chinese craftsmen. It consists of more than ten buildings and gardens, including Xieqiqu, Xianfa Bridge, Wanhua Maze, Yangque Cage, Fangwai View, Haiyan Hall, Yuanying View, Dashuifa, Guanshuifa, Xianfa Mountain, and Xianfa Wall, from west to east. The Western Mansions Scenic Area of Yuanmingyuan Park was planned in 1747, the 12th year of the Qianlong period, and was basically completed in 1759, the 24th year of the Qianlong period. The architectural style is the European Renaissance "Baroque" style, and the garden style is the "Le Nôtre" style. However, in terms of garden and architectural decoration, it also