Last week, I read an article about the terrible history of the Summer Palace. The Summer Palace, located in the western district of Beijing, of three parks, including the Ming, Changchun and Wanchun, covers an area of about 5,200 mu.
To build the famous royal garden, the Qing government invested lots of manpower and physical resources in it. In order for it to become the European-style palaces built of stone, Emperor Qianlong (employ)western designers to design it and made many skillful craftsmen(工匠)work day after day on it. After 130 years of hard labor, their work finally off. The Summer Palace took its glorious beauty. In a word, its construction style is the (combine)of landscape, painting and poetry.
However, due to the Qing governments being , western invaders have begun to invade it since 1860, resulting in it (damage) badly, little remaining at that time. What's worse, the destruction didn't stop until the end of the war. After liberation, the Chinese government great importance to rebuilding the famous garden. Nowadays, everyone is likely to appreciate its beauty if he is free.
