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Added: July 07, 2007
The Summer Palace is located on the western edge of Beijing. It was used as a summer residence by Chinese Imperial Rulers, as a retreat from the main imperial palace now known as the Palace Museum (or "Forbidden City"). It is a museum of traditional Chinese gardening that uses rocks, plants,pavilions, ponds, cobble paths to create a poetic effect.

The gardens that became the Summer Palace date from the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234). The garden can be divided into 3 parts, namely, administration, residence and scenery browsing area.In 1888, the Empress Dowager Cixi with funds from the Imperial Navy restored the grand gardens. After completion, she renamed the gardens "Garden of Peace and Harmony".The Empress Dowager Cixi moved her administration to the renovated Garden of Peace and Harmony.In 1889, the gardens that had long been an imperial pleasureground became the primary Summer Palace

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