Xiequyuan of Summer Palace Reopen after Refurbishment
After 440 days of refurbishment and renovation project taken place
, Xiequyuan or more commonly known as Garden of Harmonious Interests in English at Summer Palace has opened its door once again. The management teams have put their largest effort to restore this part to its original appearance.The Garden of Harmonious Interests which is well known as the best preserved garden in a garden is officially opened to visitors on September 10. According to the Municipal Heritage Bureau, a total of 440 days has been spent for the refurbishment project at approximately 13500000 RMB.
Garden of Harmonious Interests is strategically located at the north eastern corner of the Summer Palace and to the east slope of Wanshou Hill (Longevity Hill). The whole area of the garden is nearly 10000 square meters of space I which a lake is perfectly located at the middle of the garden. 15 unique architecture can be found by the lake side have perfectly drawn a perfect image of the most authentic elements of Chinese architecture design. As a result, Garden of Harmonious Interests is absolutely the most significant garden in a garden throughout the nation. After the liberation of People's Republic of China, quite a number time of renovation projects have been taken place to maintain as well as to reserve the garden. However, due to the natural erosion, the entire architecture within the garden is still showing the sign of destruction. Moreover, some of the walking paths within the garden are also broken and causing the issue of safety to be raised.
According to the spokesperson of the bureau, the total area of restoration has reached 2226 square meters including all ancient architecture, 115 rooms along Long Corridor and four stone bridges. The main restoration work carried out within the garden was to restore the green bricks floor according to the ancient maps of the garden; repaired the damaged wooden structures of the entire architecture; repaired the damaged roof tiles and strengthen the entire structure of the original architecture. On top of that, the colorful wall paintings as well as the indoor roof top were all refurbished to their original looks too.
Throughout the renovation and refurbishment project, restoring to its original historical look is the main target of the team. All architecture within the garden was restored to their old looks alike according to the fixed standard of the structure. Some old material like the old tiles as well as ancient bricks is reused within the restoration project. Of course, these old materials are insufficient for the restoration of whole structure. In this case, new materials were used at the back for supporting purpose or sometimes used at places which are not that easy to discover. In this case, it is hope to return the garden to its original look at the most.
No extra entrance ticket is required for entering Garden of Harmonious Interests other than the main entrance ticket of the Summer Palace. So, if Summer Palace is one of the Beijing attractions stated in your Beijing tours itinerary, then you should take the opportunity to take a full glance of this newly restored garden in a garden. You will never regret for spending time within the garden and perhaps, you might not feel the time flies when you are here.
Xiequyuan of Summer Palace Reopen after Refurbishment
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