Summer Palace
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces in Beijing, China
- Also known as: “New Summer Palace”, “Yi He Yuan”, and “Yiheyuan”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shi Fang (Marble Boat) and University of International Relations.
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. Shi Fang (Marble Boat) is situated 1 km west of Summer Palace.
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. University of International Relations is situated 760 metres northeast of Summer Palace.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Haidian Town and Yanyuan.
Haidian Town
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
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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.
Zhongguancun District
Neighborhood
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Zhongguancun is a major technology hub in the Haidian District, Beijing, China. Zhongguancun occupies a band between the northwestern Third Ring Road and the northwestern Fourth Ring Road in the northwestern part of Beijing. Zhongguancun District is situated 4 km southeast of Summer Palace.
Summer Palace
- Categories: palace and tourism
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
39.99672° or 39° 59′ 48″ northLongitude
116.2758° or 116° 16′ 33″ eastElevation
84 metres (276 feet)Open location code
8PFRX7WG+M8OpenStreetMap ID
node 4822625121OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Summer Palace” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “القصر الصيفي”
- Armenian: “Ամառային կայսերական պալատ”
- Asturian: “Palaciu de Branu”
- Azerbaijani: “İxeyuan yay sarayı”
- Balinese: “Yihe Yuan”
- Basque: “Udako Jauregia”
- Basque: “Yiheyuan”
- Bulgarian: “Летен дворец”
- Catalan: “Palau d’Estiu de Pequín”
- Catalan: “Palau nou d’estiu”
- Catalan: “Yiheyuan”
- Central Kurdish: “کۆشکی ھاوین”
- Chinese: “清漪园”
- Chinese: “清漪園”
- Chinese: “頤和園”
- Chinese: “颐和园”
- Croatian: “Ljetna palača u Pekingu”
- Croatian: “Yíhéyuán”
- Czech: “Letní palác v Pekingu”
- Dutch: “Zomerpaleis (Peking)”
- Dutch: “Zomerpaleis”
- Egyptian Arabic: “القصر الصيفى”
- Esperanto: “La Somera Palaco”
- Esperanto: “Somera Palaco”
- Estonian: “Suveloss ja keisriaed”
- Estonian: “Suveloss”
- Estonian: “Suvepalee”
- Finnish: “Kesäpalatsi”
- French: “Palais d’ete”
- French: “Palais d’Eté”
- French: “palais d’Été”
- French: “Palais d’été”
- French: “Palais d’Été”
- Georgian: “პეკინის ზაფხულის სასახლე”
- German: “(Neuer) Sommerpalast”
- German: “Neuer Sommerpalast”
- German: “Sommerpalast”
- German: “Yiheyuan”
- Greek: “Θερινά Ανάκτορα του Πεκίνου”
- Hausa: “Fadar Bazara”
- Hebrew: “ארמון הקיץ”
- Hindi: “ग्रीष्मकालीन महल”
- Hungarian: “Nyári Palota”
- Indonesian: “Yihe Yuan”
- Italian: “Palazzo d’Estate”
- Italian: “Palazzo dell’Estate”
- Italian: “Yiheyuan”
- Japanese: “頤和園”
- Javanese: “Yihe Yuan”
- Korean: “이허위안”
- Korean: “이화원”
- Macedonian: “Летен дворец во Пекинг”
- Malay: “Istana Musim Panas”
- Maltese: “Palazz tas-Sajf”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Det nye sommerpalasset”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sommerpalasset i Beijing”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sommerpalasset”
- Norwegian: “Sommerpalasset”
- Panjabi: “ਸਮਰ ਪੈਲੇਸ”
- Persian: “كاخ تابستاني پكن”
- Persian: “کاخ تابستانی پکن”
- Persian: “کاخ تابستانی”
- Polish: “Letni Pałac Cesarski”
- Polish: “Pałac Letni w Pekinie”
- Polish: “Pałac Letni”
- Polish: “Yiheyuan”
- Portuguese: “Palácio de Verão”
- Portuguese: “Yiheyuan”
- Romanian: “Palatul de Vară din Beijing”
- Romanian: “Palatul de vară”
- Russian: “Ихэюань”
- Russian: “Летний дворец”
- Russian: “Летний императорский дворец”
- Russian: “Парк Ихэюань”
- Serbian: “Летња палата”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ljetna palača u Pekingu”
- Slovak: “Letný palác a cisárska záhrada v Pekingu”
- Slovak: “Letný palác”
- Slovak: “Nový letný palác”
- Slovenian: “Poletna palača, Peking”
- Spanish: “Palacio de Verano”
- Spanish: “Yiheyuan”
- Swedish: “Nya Sommarpalatset”
- Swedish: “Sommarpalatset”
- Tamil: “கோடை அரண்மனை”
- Thai: “พระราชวังฤดูร้อน”
- Thai: “อี๋เหอหยวน”
- Turkish: “Yazlık Saray”
- Ukrainian: “Літній палац”
- Urdu: “گرمائی محل”
- Uzbek: “Yozgi saroy”
- Vietnamese: “Cung điện Mùa Hè”
- Vietnamese: “Di Hoà Viên”
- Vietnamese: “Di Hòa viên”
- Vietnamese: “Di Hòa Viên”
- Wu Chinese: “颐和园”
- Yue Chinese: “頤和園”
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