Beijing Tiananmen square + the forbidden city + summer palace 1-day tour [must-see route private tour in Beijing]

The Summer Palace, an imperial garden from China's Qing dynasty originally named the Garden of Clear Ripples, is located at 19 Xinjiangongmen Road, Haidian District, in western Beijing. Built around Kunming Lake and Longevity Hill, it draws inspiration from the landscape of Hangzhou's West Lake while incorporating elements from...

The southern garden was built incorporating certain design techniques and artistic conceptions of Chinese landscaping, forming a natural mountain-water garden. It stands as one of the best-preserved imperial retreat gardens and is acclaimed as the royal garden museum. The entire park covers an area of 3.009 square kilometers.

Water covers approx. three-quarters of the area, composed of longevity hill and kunming lake. [18] The garden contains over 100 scenic structures, more than 20 courtyards of varying sizes, over 3,000 ancient buildings covering nearly 70,000 m², and more than 1,600 ancient and famous trees.

Located in Beijing, China, it was the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties, formerly known as the Palace Museum. Situated at the center of Beijing's central axis, it features over 70 palaces of various sizes centered around the three main halls, covering an area of approx. 720,000 m² with a floor space of approx. 150,000 m².

Legend has it that the forbidden city has 9,999.5 rooms, but according to on-site measurements by experts in 1973, it actually has 8,707 rooms.

The architecture within the Forbidden City is divided into the outer court and inner court. The outer court centers around the Hall of Supreme Harmony (Taihe Dian), Hall of Central Harmony (Zhonghe Dian), and Hall of Preserving Harmony (Baohe Dian), collectively known as the three great halls, which served as the venue for grand state ceremonies. These halls are flanked by two architectural complexes - the Hall of Literary Brilliance (Wenhua Dian) and the Hall of Martial Valor (Wuying Dian). The inner court's

The central area consists of the Palace of Heavenly Purity, the Hall of Union, and the Palace of Earthly Tranquility, collectively known as the Three Rear Palaces, which served as the main residence for the emperor and empress. Behind them lies the Imperial Garden. Flanking the Three Rear Palaces are the Eastern and Western Six Palaces, where imperial concubines lived and rested. To the east of the Eastern Six Palaces stands the Hall of Heavenly Favor and other structures.

The hall of worship is located to the west of the western six palaces, near structures like the Zhongzheng hall. Beyond the outer court and inner court, there are also architectural complexes in the outer eastern and outer western sections.