Built in 1707, the Old Summer Palace (Yuan Ming Yuan) is a
masterpiece integrating the classic garden-building arts of China.
It is reputed as the "Garden of all Gardens," due to its rich and
incomparable landscaping. The beautiful and expansive gardens were
known to the world, and triggered the craze of Chinese gardens in
18th century Europe. Victor Hugo, one of the best and greatest
known French writers, described it as "Achievements generated from
the imagination of a super nation." The Old Summer Palace was also
the second political center in addition to the Forbidden City in
the Qing Dynasty (1636-1911). Five emperors chose the Old Summer
Palace as their venue for administrative governance. They felt it
expressed an ideal of state governing and an appeal of aesthetics.
Meanwhile, it was the base for turning out important national
policies while serving as an important venue for the exchange
between Chinese and foreign envoys. Having gone through a span of
over 150 years, the Old Summer Palace reflects the history of the
rise and fall of the Qing Dynasty. Deserving its honor as the
largest royal art museum, the Old Summer Palace contained
calligraphic works and paintings of many noted artists, numerous
rarities such as secret and valuable books, ancient bells,
tri-pots, precious articles, gold and silver wares, jewelry and
jade as well as rare flowers and trees of that time. In 1860, the
Old Summer Palace was destroyed by British-French Allied Forces and
all the collections inside were looted, resulting in a terrible
disaster in the history of international culture. Today, the Older
Summer Palace represents an important piece of cultural history for
human civilization. At the end of the 20th century, Guo Daiheng,
the author of this book, led over 80 experts, scholars and
professionals in starting a project of Digital Reconstruction of
the Old Summer Palace, an unprecedented task in the history of
international historic parks. Over the past 15 years, the project
has included an orderly development in 3D molding, digital
restoration, and digital experience. Scenes of the Old Summer
Palace in this book are the exact results from a digitalized Old
Summer Palace, which reveals the magnificence of the garden in its
prime.
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