Kunming Lake
Kunming Lake is the central lake on the grounds of the Summer Palace in Haidian District, Beijing, China. Together with the Longevity Hill, Kunming Lake forms the key landscape features of the Summer Palace gardens.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake at the Summer Palace in Beijing, China
- Also known as: “Kunming Hu”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Summer Palace and Shi Fang (Marble Boat).
Summer Palace
Park
Photo: Shizhao, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Summer Palace or Yihe Garden was built by the Chinese Empress Cixi as a pavilion for quiet retreat. It is a vast ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces in Beijing.
Shi Fang (Marble Boat)
Photo: Rolfmueller, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Marble Boat, also known as the Boat of Purity and Ease, is a lakeside pavilion on the grounds of the Summer Palace in Beijing, China. It was first erected in 1755 during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor.
University of International Relations
University
Photo: 钉钉, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The University of International Relations is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, China. The Institute for International Relations, later translated into English as Institute of International Relations, was established in 1949 by the first premier of the People's Republic of China, Zhou Enlai, to train diplomats.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Qinglongqiao Subdistrict and Haidian.
Qinglongqiao Subdistrict
Suburb
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Qinglongqiao Subdistrict, is a subdistrict of Haidian District, Beijing. Summer Palace is located in this subdistrict. The subdistrict shares border with Malianwa and Shangdi Subdistricts in the north, Dongsheng Town and Qinghuayuan Subdistrict in the east, Wanliu Area and Sijiqing Town to the south, Xiangshan Subdistrict and Xibeiwang Town to the west.
Haidian
Town
Photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Haidian Town, sometimes referred to as Wanliu Area, and formerly Haidian Township is a town of Haidian District, Beijing, located immediately to the east of Kunming Lake.
Yanyuan
Suburb
Photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yanyuan Subdistrict is a subdistrict of Haidian District, Beijing, It borders Qinghuayuan Subdistrict to its northeast, Zhongguancun Subdistrict to its southeast, Wanliu Area and Haidian Subdistrict to its south, and Qinglongqiao Subdistrict to its northwest. Yanyuan is situated 2½ km east of Kunming Lake.
Kunming Lake
- Categories: reservoir and body of water
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Kunming Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Kunming Lake” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Llagu Kunming”
- Basque: “Kunming lakua”
- Cebuano: “Kunming Hu”
- Chinese: “昆明湖”
- Chuvash: “Куньминху”
- Dutch: “Kunming Lake”
- French: “lac de Kunming”
- French: “Lac de Kunming”
- German: “Kunming Hu”
- Italian: “lago Kunming”
- Italian: “Lago Kunming”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kunmingsjøen”
- Norwegian: “Kunmingsjøen”
- Panjabi: “ਕੁਨਮਿੰਗ ਝੀਲ”
- Russian: “Куньминху”
- Spanish: “Lago Kunming”
- Swedish: “Kunming Hu”
- Swedish: “Kunmingsjön”
- Ukrainian: “Куньмінху”
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