What are the introduction materials and historical background of Yuanmingyuan?

The introduction materials and historical background of Yuanmingyuan are as follows:

1. Construction time of Yuanmingyuan: it was first built in 1709 (forty-eight years of Kangxi) and basically completed in 1809, which lasted for a century. Since then, Jiaqing, Daoguang and Xianfeng have been rebuilt and expanded many times, which lasted 150 years.

2. Historical background: Yuanmingyuan was built on the former site of a private garden given by Emperor Kangxi of the Ming Dynasty to Yin Zhen, the fourth son of Kangxi. After Yin Zhen ascended the throne of yongzheng emperor, it was expanded into a detached palace where the emperor lived for a long time. During the Qianlong period, it was expanded again and completed in the 9th year (1744).

The Qianlong period was the last prosperous time of China feudal society. Qianlong summoned skilled craftsmen from all over the country to expand and build Yuanmingyuan on an unprecedented scale. In addition to the partial addition, reconstruction and perfection of the famous "Forty Scenes of Yuanmingyuan", Changchun and other gardens have been built in the east.

In the thirty-five years of Qianlong (1770), the pattern of Yuanming, Changchun and Qichun gardens was basically formed. The whole garden is 2620m wide from east to west, with a length of1880m from north to south and a total length of about11000m. * * Covers an area of 350 hectares, including 65,438 water surfaces.

Yuanmingyuan is not only famous for its gardens, but also a royal museum. It was an extremely rare treasure house of culture and art in the world at that time, displaying the essence of China's ancient feudal culture, and at the same time collecting all kinds of extremely rich books, cultural relics and artistic treasures.

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Yuanmingyuan covers an area of more than 350 hectares, of which the water surface area is about 140 hectares, the plot ratio of Yuanmingyuan is 10000 square meters, and the water area is equivalent to a Summer Palace, with a total area equivalent to 8.5 Forbidden City. ?

The Yuanmingyuan Fiona Fang10km is composed of Yuanmingyuan, Qichun Garden and Changchun Garden. The Yuanmingyuan is the largest, so it is collectively called Yuanmingyuan (also known as Yuanming Three Gardens). In addition, there are many affiliated gardens in the east, west and south of Yuanmingyuan, including Jingyi Garden in Xiangshan, Jingming Garden in Yuquan Mountain and Qingyi Garden (the later Summer Palace was built on this basis). , with a total area of more than 5000 mu.