The origin of the name of the Old Summer Palace is brief

"Old Summer Palace" was named by Emperor Kangxi. The three-character plaque of Xuanye Imperial Book is hung above the lintel of the Old Summer Palace Palace. There is an explanation for the name of this garden, Emperor Yongzheng, saying that the meaning of the word "Yuanming" is:

Round and into the gods, the time of the gentleman is also; Bright and pervasive, the wisdom of the master is also. It means that "circle" refers to the perfection of personal character and transcendence of ordinary people; "Ming" means that the political performance is bright and bright, perfect and wise. This can be said to be the ideal standard for the ruling class in the feudal era to flaunt the virtuous and virtuous appearance.

In addition, "Yuanming" is the Buddha name that Emperor Yongzheng has been using since the time of the prince, and Emperor Yongzheng believes in Buddhism, called "Yuanming Layman", and has a deep study of Buddhism. He is the author of 19 volumes of "Imperial Selected Quotations" and "Imperial Demon Selection and Discernment Records". In the Buddhist sectarian pattern in the early Qing Dynasty, Emperor Yongzheng regarded himself as a Zen master and exerted influence on Buddhism as the "Lord of the World", striving to advocate the "unity of three religions" and "the unity of Zen and purity", and was a very important figure in the history of the development of Buddhism.

When Emperor Kangxi gave the garden to Yinzhen (later Emperor Yongzheng), the name of the garden was "Yuanmingyuan", which was taken from Yongzheng's Buddha name "Yuanming". Hope.

The "Old Summer Palace" was named by Emperor Kangxi. The three-character plaque of Emperor Kangxi's imperial book is hung above the door of the Old Ming Palace. There is an explanation for this "Yuanming" Yongzheng Emperor, saying that the meaning of the word "Yuanming" is:

Round and into the gods, the time of the gentleman is also; Bright and pervasive, the wisdom of the master is also. "Circle" refers to the perfection of personal morality, beyond ordinary people; "Ming" means that the political performance is bright and bright, perfect and wise. This can be said to be the ideal standard for the ruling class in the feudal era to flaunt the virtuous and virtuous appearance.

Extended content: The Old Summer Palace is a large royal garden in the Qing Dynasty, consisting of the Old Summer Palace and its attached gardens, Changchun Garden and Qichun Garden (later renamed Wanchun Garden), commonly known as the "Three Gardens of the Old Ming Palace". The Old Summer Palace covers an area of square kilometers, the scale is magnificent, there are more than 150 scenes, it integrates all kinds of garden styles, it is called "the garden of ten thousand gardens", and is known as "the model of all gardening arts".

In 1860, the Old Summer Palace was sacked and destroyed by the British and French invaders in the battle of the British and French forces, and then set on fire.

The Old Summer Palace is the crystallization of the wisdom and blood and sweat of the Chinese people, and is also a model of Chinese people's architectural art and culture. Not only that, the Old Summer Palace also treasures countless priceless treasures of various styles, extremely rare historical classics and rich and precious historical relics, such as calligraphy and painting of the past dynasties, gold and silver jewelry, Song and Yuan dynasty porcelain, etc., which can be called one of the treasure houses of human culture and is one of the largest museums in the world.

This name was conceived by Yongzheng, who felt that the circle represented the perfection of morality, and the Ming represented the political achievements, so it was called the Old Summer Palace.

The name of Yuantong Beimingyuan was named by Emperor Kangxi, and Emperor Kangxi gave this name in order to motivate his court and politics to be better and make his character better.

Many emperors in the Qing Dynasty were good Buddhas, and the Yuan Ming Dynasty came from Buddhist scriptures, so they would give such a name.

Old Summer Palace", this name was named by Emperor Kangxi. The three-character plaque of Emperor Kangxi's imperial book is hung above the door of the Old Ming Palace. There is an explanation for this "Yuanming" Yongzheng Emperor, saying that the meaning of the word "Yuanming" is:

Round and into the gods, the time of the gentleman is also; Bright and pervasive, the wisdom of the master is also. "Circle" refers to the perfection of personal morality, beyond ordinary people; "Ming" refers to the political book dispersion, the performance is bright, perfect and wise. This can be said to be the ideal standard for the ruling class in the feudal era to flaunt the virtuous and virtuous appearance.

The Old Summer Palace was founded in 1709 (the 48th year of the reign of the Kangxi Emperor of the Hu Zi clan), and was originally given by the Kangxi Emperor to the fourth son of the emperor, Yinzhen. After Yongzheng ascended the throne in 1722, he expanded the original garden, and added the Zhengda Guangming Hall and the Qinzheng Hall in the south of the garden, as well as many duty rooms of the cabinet, the six ministries and the military aircraft department, hoping to "avoid the noise and listen to the government" in summer.

During the reign of Emperor Qianlong, in addition to the partial addition and reconstruction of the Old Summer Palace, he also built a new Changchun Garden in the east and merged it into the Wanchun Garden in the southeast. The pattern of the Three Yuan Ming Gardens was basically formed. In the Jiaqing Dynasty, the Qichun Garden (Wanchun Garden) was mainly repaired and expanded, making it one of the main garden places.

During the reign of Emperor Daoguang, the state affairs were declining day by day, and the financial resources were insufficient, but he would rather withdraw the furnishings of the "three mountains" of Wanshou, Xiangshan and Yuquan, and do not give up the reconstruction and decoration of the Three Gardens of the Old Ming Dynasty.