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Maps of Temples, Palaces and Royal Gardens

熱河行宮全圖

Panoramic view of the Rehe Imperial Palace
Hanyu Pinyin Rehe xing gong quan tu
Creator Guan Nianci
Date Qing Guangxu period, 1875-1900
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Techniques Ink and color manuscript
Material paper
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Identifier Library of Congress
Link to Original Database http://lccn.loc.gov/gm71005055
Acquisition Source Hummel, Arthur William, 1884-1975
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Acquisition Date 1930
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The map is not drawn to scale. The elaborate panoramic view depicts a vast imperial garden and palace used by the Qing emperors as a summer residence. Rehe (Jehol) is situated northeast of Beijing. Construction of the complex started in 1703 and finished in 1792. The whole mountain resort covers an area of 5,640,000 square meters. It is the largest royal garden in China. In summers, emperors of the Qing Dynasty came to the mountain resort to escape Beijing's heat. The resort can be divided into three areas: the lakes, plains, and hills. The resort features large parks with lakes, pagodas, and palaces ringed by a wall. The wall is over 10,000 meters in length. Outside the wall are the Eight Outer Temples, built in varied architectural styles. The Eight Outer Temples and the buildings in the palace are identified by pasted yellow labels; bridges, mountains, villages, and other buildings outside the palace are indicated by pasted red labels. Mountains, trees, and walls are shown pictorially. The inscription on the bottom left was made by Guan Nianci, an artist from Suzhou in Jiangsu province. The map was probably drawn during Emperor Guangxu's reign after 1875.        
The map can be studied with the following three maps in the National Palace Museum's collection: title: Rehe bi shu shan zhuang tu (map nos. 021499, 021527, and 021583).