As China's economy developed and the livelihood of the people improved in the last decade, there has appeared a tourist upsurge, in which the Summer Palace (Yiheyuan - meaning Garden of Harmonious Peace), the most famous classical imperial garden in the world,has become a tourist hot spot.Statistics show that since 1995 the Summer Palace has been visited by as many as 10 million people every year. The increase by several hundred thousand visitors to a garden on a city's outskirts every year is unprecedented anywhere in the world.
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Preface Emperor Qianlon9 Rebuilds the Gardens Changing the Name of the Urn Hill A Garden Within the Garden Mimicking Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty Yelu Chucai, an Important Official of Three Reigns The Marble Boat Interesting Rocks Building a Temple to Win over People Moving a Rock Caused the Ruin of a Family Bronze Ox Pacifies the Waves Replacing a Pagoda with a Tower A Stroll Along the Long Corridor lade Belt and Other Bridges Pavilions Add Splendour Cixi’s Reconstruction of the Garden The Hall of Happiness and Longevity "When the Army and Navy Suffer Defeat, the Court Celebrates" Two Largest Halls Life-prolonging Well A Farmhouse in the Imperial Garden Cixi Watches Pilgrim Parades The Emperor’s Prison The Empress Dowager’s Sumptuous Dining Table The imperial Clinic The Great Opera Stage Listening to Orioles and Strolling in a Picture Each Stream, Lake, Building and Gate Has Its Background Suzhou Street - A Waterside Market in the Palace A Eunuch of"Eternal Life" The Discovery of a Five-ton Bronze Buddhist Statue Visiting the Ruins and Pondering on the Past Recreating the Tower of Bright Scenery Studying at the Serenity Hall The Restored "Pictures of Farming and Weaving"