1、第1页The Location of Old Summer The Location of Old Summer PalacePalaceItislocated8kilometres(5.0mi)northwestofthewallsoftheImperialCityandwasbuiltinthe18thandearly19thcenturyastheplacewheretheemperorsoftheQingdynastyresidedandhandledgovernmentaffairs(theForbiddenCitywasusedforformalceremonies).第2页The
2、OldSummerPalacewasknownforitsextensivecollectionofgardenandbuildingarchitecturesandotherworksofart(apopularnameinChinawastheGardenofGardens,simplifiedChinese:万园之园万园之园;traditionalChinese:萬園之園萬園之園;pinyin:wnyunzhyun).第3页TheImperialGardensattheOldSummerPalaceweremadeupofthreegardens:GardenofPerfectBrigh
3、tnessproper(simplifiedChinese:圆明园明园;traditionalChinese:圓明園圓明園;pinyin:YunmngYun)GardenofEternalSpring(simplifiedChinese:长春园春园;traditionalChinese:長春園長春園;pinyin:ChngchnYun)ElegantSpringGarden(simplifiedChinese:绮春园春园;traditionalChinese:綺綺春園春園;pinyin:QchnYun)第4页 InitialconstructionoftheOldSummerPalaceIni
4、tialconstructionoftheOldSummerPalacebeganin1707duringthereignoftheKangxibeganin1707duringthereignoftheKangxiEmperor.ItwasintendedasagiftfortheEmperor.Itwasintendedasagiftfortheemperorsfourthson,PrinceYong(theemperorsfourthson,PrinceYong(thefutureYongzhengEmperor),whowouldgreatlyfutureYongzhengEmpero
5、r),whowouldgreatlyexpandtheImperialGardensin1725.TheexpandtheImperialGardensin1725.TheYongzhengEmperoralsointroducedtheYongzhengEmperoralsointroducedthewaterworksofthegardens,creatinglakes,waterworksofthegardens,creatinglakes,streamsandpondstocomplementtherollinghillsstreamsandpondstocomplementthero
6、llinghillsandgrounds,andnamed28scenicspotswithinandgrounds,andnamed28scenicspotswithinthegarden.thegarden.Period I第5页DuringtheQianlongEmperorsreign,thesecondexpansionwaswellunderwayandthenumberofscenicspotsincreasedto50(theemperorpersonallydirectedtheconstructionprocess).Thesplendorsofthepalaceandth
7、egroundsweredepictedintheFortyViewsoftheYuanmingyuan,analbumproducedin1744bytheQianlongEmperorscourtpainters.Period II第6页ThelastEuropeanappearanceintheOldSummerPalaceinthecontextoftraditionalChineseimperialforeignrelations,wasadiplomaticmissionin1795representingtheinterestsoftheDutchandDutchEastIndi
8、aCompany.TheTitsinghdelegationincludedIsaacTitsingh,theDutch-AmericanAndreasEverardusvanBraamHouckgeest,andtheFrenchmanChrtien-Louis-JosephdeGuignes.Bothpublishedcomplementaryaccountsofthemission.TitsinghdiedbeforehecouldpublishhisversionoftheeventsPeriod III第7页Looting of the Old Summer Palace by Lo
9、oting of the Old Summer Palace by Anglo-French forces in 1860 during Anglo-French forces in 1860 during theSecond Opium War.theSecond Opium War.The process of invadingThe process of invading第8页In 1860,duringtheSecondOpiumWar,BritishandFrenchexpeditionaryforces,havingmarchedinlandfromthecoastatTianji
10、n(Tientsin),arrivedinBeijing(Peking).第9页In mid-September,twoenvoys,HenryLochandHarryParkswentaheadofthemainforceunderaflagoftrucetonegotiatewithPrinceYiandrepresentativesoftheQingEmpireatTongzhou(Tungchow).第10页On the night of 6 October,FrenchunitsdivertedfromthemainattackforcetowardstheOldSummerPala
11、ce.第11页On October 18,LordElgin,theBritishHighCommissionertoChina,retaliatedagainstthetortureandexecutionsbyorderingthedestructionoftheOldSummerPalace.第12页In1873,theteenageTongzhiEmperorattemptedtorebuildtheOldSummerPalace,onthepretextofturningitintoaplaceofretirementforhistwoformerregents,theempress
12、dowagersCianandCixi.However,theimperialcourtlackedthefinancialresourcestorebuildthepalace,andattheurgingofthecourt,theemperorfinallyagreedtostoptheprojectin1874.Duringthe1880s,anadjacentimperialgardens,theGardensofClearRipples(thepresent-daySummerPalace)wasrestoredfortheuseofEmpressDowagerCixiasanewsummerresort,albeitonasmallerscale.第13页第14页