Summer resort - Hishosanso (English: Bì shǔ shān zhūang)

Japanese: 避暑山荘 - ひしょさんそう（英語表記）Bì shǔ shān zhūang

A villa from the Qing dynasty in Chengde, Hebei Province, China. It is also called Hexiang Palace. It was formerly called Jehol Palace. It was first built in 1701 (40th year of the Kangxi era) during the Qing dynasty, and underwent large-scale expansion work during the Qianlong era, and was completed in 1790 (55th year of the Qianlong era). It was a summer villa for the Qing emperors, and also a temporary palace for political affairs. It consists of two parts, the palace and the gardens, with a total area of 560,000 m2 and a circumference of 10 km surrounded by stone palace walls. The palace, with Danbo Jingcheng Hall as its main hall, is located at the southern end, and there are many lakes and ponds to the southeast, with palaces and pavilions recreating the scenery of Jiangnan, such as Jinshan, Yanyu Lou, and Shuixinxi.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国，河北省承徳市にある清朝の離宮。〈へきしょさんそう〉ともいう。かつては熱河行宮とも呼んだ。清の1701年(康熙40)に創建，乾隆年間に大規模な拡張工事が行われ，90年(乾隆55)に完成した。清朝皇帝の避暑の離宮と同時に政治執務の行宮でもあった。宮殿と苑囿の二つの部分からなり，総面積56万m2，周囲10kmを石積みの宮牆で囲む。澹泊敬誠殿を正殿とする宮殿が南端にあり，東南には湖池が多く，金山，煙雨楼，水心榭など江南の風景を再現した殿閣が立ち並ぶ。

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