Promenade of the Summer Palace

It was built in the fifteenth year of Qianlong (1750), was burned down by the British and French forces, and rebuilt in the twelfth year of Guangxu (1886). The corridor starts from the Yuemen in the east to the Shizhang Pavilion in the west, with a total of 273 rooms, a total length of 728 meters, and more than 14,000 paintings such as figures, landscapes, flowers and birds are painted on the beams, which is the longest veranda in the classical Chinese garden. In the middle of the corridor, there are four octagonal pavilions with heavy eaves, Liujia, Jilan, Qiushui and Qingyao, which are located near the mountain and water, with the Paiyun Hall as the center, and spread symmetrically to the east and west, connecting the buildings distributed in front of Wanshou Mountain.