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颐和园原名清漪园，由著名宫廷建筑师雷家玺设计，建于1750～1764年。占地约290公顷，主要由万寿山和昆明湖组成．1860年被英法联军烧毁，1888年慈禧太后挪用军费500余万两白银重修，改名为颐和园。园内殿堂楼阁、游廊水榭等建筑，精巧华丽，布局严整，是世界上造景丰富、建筑集中、保存最完整的皇家园林。
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The Summer Palace |
| The Summer Palace, originally named as Qingyiyuan
(Garden of Clear Ripples), was designed by the famous
court architect Lei Jiaxi, and was built between 1750
and l764. Covering about l90 hectares, the imperial garden
is chiefly composed of the Longevity Hill and the Kunming
Lake. It was burned and destroyed by the British-French
allied army in 186O. The Empress Dowager Ci Xi had it
renovated in l888 with the 5 million taels of silver that
had been appropriated for building the Chinese navy, and
changed its name to the present Yiheyuan, or the Garden
of Harmonious Unity. Blended harmoniously with the landscape,
the halls, towers, pavilions, corridors, walkways and
bridges in the gardcn display exquisite workmanship. The
Summer Palacc is the best preserved imperial garden in
the world with rich scenes and concentrated structures.
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