Main East Gate ⛩️ Summer Palace Yiheyuan

The North-East gate is the main ticket entrance for the Beijing Summer Palace (pinyin: Yíhéyuán, komoot.de/highlight/200239 ), a vast ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces in Beijing, China, completed in 1764. Mainly dominated by Longevity Hill (万寿山; 萬壽山; Wànshòu Shān komoot.de/highlight/141768 ) and Kunming Lake (昆明湖; Kūnmíng Hú, komoot.de/highlight/200238 ), the Summer Palace covers 2.9 square km (1.1 sq mi), three-quarters of which is water. The design was based on a legend in Chinese mythology about three divine mountains in the East Sea. The centrepiece of the Summer Palace was the "Great Temple of Gratitude and Longevity" (大報恩延壽寺) and a 700 m Long Corridor with artistic decorations. As the Qing Empire declined after the reign of the Daoguang Emperor (r. 1820–1850), the Summer Palace gradually became neglected but recently renovated. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_Palace