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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 .
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  • Opening hours: 6:30 AM—6:00 PM
  • Type: Park
  • Description: Ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces in Beijing, China
  • Also known as: “New Summer Palace”, “Yi He Yuan”, and “Yiheyuan”
  • Address: 新建宫门路 19, 海淀区, 北京市 100091

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Shi Fang (Marble Boat) and University of International Relations.

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 in , . It was first erected in 1755 during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor. is situated 750 metres north of Summer Palace.

University
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The is a public university in , , 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. is situated 2 km northeast of Summer Palace.

Metro station
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Station is a station on Line 4 of the Beijing Subway. The station provides close access to the North Gate of the . is situated 1¼ km north of Summer Palace.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Haidian Town and Yanyuan.

Town
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, sometimes referred to as Wanliu Area, and formerly Haidian Township is a town of Haidian District, , located immediately to the east of .

Suburb
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Subdistrict is a subdistrict of Haidian District, , 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. is situated 2½ km east of Summer Palace.

Town
Town is a town on southern Haidian District, , . It borders Wanliu Area, Xiangshan and Qinglongqiao Subdistricts to the north, Shuguang Subdistrict to the east, Tiancun Road Subdistrict to the south, Bajiao, Pingguoyuan and to the west. is situated 4 km south of Summer Palace.

Summer Palace

Latitude
39.99018° or 39° 59′ 25″ north
Longitude
116.26593° or 116° 15′ 57″ east
Inception
1873
Operator
北京市颐和园管理处
Open location code
8PFRX7R8+39
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29228773
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Wiki­data ID
Q4132
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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: “Yíhéyuán”
  • 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: “Sommerpalast”
  • German: “Yiheyuan”
  • Greek: “Θερινά Ανάκτορα του Πεκίνου”
  • Hausa: “Fadar Bazara”
  • Hebrew: “ארמון הקיץ”
  • Hindi: “ग्रीष्मकालीन महल (समर पैलस)”
  • 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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