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Yiheyuan—New Summer Palace, 2

ARTIST RESIDENCY CHINA — BEIJING, no. 7

New Summer Palace

The commanding center piece of the symmetrically designed Yiheyuan — New Summer Palace — in Haidian, Beijing, is the Buddhist Temple on top of the precipitously steep Longevity Hill overlooking Kunming Lake. The hill was augmented with excavation of the entirely man-made lake. Photography only serves to mislead regarding the actual contrast of scale, compression and expansion of space, and extremely large quantities of color and ornamentation.

New Summer Palace

central lake gate opposite the Buddhist Temple gate

New Summer Palace

inside the first courtyard of the Buddhist Temple

New Summer Palace

New Summer Palace

hundreds of bronze gifts on pedestals from princes to Empress Dowager Cixi, each one unique

New Summer Palace

New Summer Palace

elaborate cloisonné in special blue

New Summer Palace

paintings under every eaves

Yiheyuan

New Summer Palace

a steep climb from the lake to the temple

New Summer Palace

imperial roof guardians

New Summer Palace

view of the turtle — 17-arch bridge and island beyond the temple roofs

New Summer Palace

New Summer Palace

New Summer Palace

New Summer Palace

Yiheyuan

the temple itself — no photos allowed of the Guanyin Buddha

New Summer Palace

view from the top — the guard’s gate and Beijing Centre City

New Summer Palace

Kunming Lake

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