The Xieshang Pavilion in the Qianlong Garden of the Palace Museum in Beijing/ VCGThe Xieshang Pavilion in the Qianlong Garden of the Palace Museum in Beijing/ VCGThe Qianlong Garden in Beijings Palace Museum, also called the Forbidden City, will partially open to visitors this September for the very first time in almost 100 years.An illustration shows a birds-eye view of the Qianlong Garden at the Palace Museum in Beijing./ VCGA illustration reveals a birds-eye view of the Qianlong Garden at the Palace Museum in Beijing./ VCGA illustration shows an aerial view of the Qianlong Garden at the Palace Museum in Beijing./ VCGBuilt in the 1770s, the garden is part of the Palace of Tranquil Longevity in the northeast section of the Forbidden City.
It covers more than 6,000 square meters and features four yard complexes and 27 structures spread among synthetic rock gardens.A gate in the Qianlong Garden of the Palace Museum in Beijing/ VCGA gate in the Qianlong Garden of the Palace Museum in Beijing/ VCGAs part of Emperor Qianlongs retreat after his abdication, the garden embodies his visual perceptiveness and individual tastes.
It is an outstanding example of interior ornamental craftsmanship in 18th-century Chinese imperial architecture.