ID: 700002926 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002926	Record Type: Built Work

Yuanming Yuan (ruins; unknown Jesuit (designers); patrons, Yongzheng, Emperor of C...; built and expanded from 1707; ...; Beijing (Beijing Shi, Zhongguo, Asia, World, Top of the TGN ...)

Note: Large complex of palace and gardens, built in the 18th-19th centuries, used by the Qing dynasty emperor and others as a meeting place. The complex was destroyed in 1860 during the Second Opium War. The area is now partially occupied by Peking and Tsinghua universities.

Titles:

Yuanming Yuan (preferred,C,U,Chinese (transliterated),,)

Yuan Ming Yuan (C,U,Chinese (transliterated),,)

Old Summer Palace (C,U,English,,)

Garden of Perfect Brightness (C,U,English,,)

Catalog Level: complex

Work Types:

ruins [300008057] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by condition>)

gardens (open spaces) [300008090]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name ), open spaces, <open spaces by form>)

palaces (official residences) [300005734]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, residential structures, dwellings, houses, <houses by occupants>, official residences)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: built and expanded from 1707; destroyed 1860

Creator Display:

unknown Jesuit (designers); patrons, Yongzheng, Emperor of China (Chinese emperor, 1678-1735), Kangxi, Emperor of China (Chinese emperor, 1654-1722), Qianlong, Emperor of China (Chinese emperor, 1711-1799) [preferred,VP]

patron Yongzheng, Emperor of China (Chinese emperor, 1678-1735) [500372570]

patron Kangxi, Emperor of China (Chinese emperor, 1654-1722) [500372571]

patron Qianlong, Emperor of China (Chinese emperor, 1711-1799) [500372572]

designers unknown Jesuit (Jesuit cultural designation) [500355131]

Locations:

Current: Beijing [7001758] Beijing Shi (municipality), China (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: 40.007222 116.2925

Display Materials: unavailable

Dimensions: unavailable

Cultures:

Chinese (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: residential structures

Sources and Contributors:
Yuanming Yuan	........ [VP]
	........ Yuanming Yuan, China Heritage Quarterly (2006)
Yuan Ming Yuan	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Museum, Authority file (2003-)
Old Summer Palace	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ Getty Museum, Authority file (2003-)
Garden of Perfect Brightness	........ [VP]
	........ Yuanming Yuan, China Heritage Quarterly (2006)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

....................... Barmé, Life in Ruins, East Asian History (1996)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Yuanming Yuan, China Heritage Quarterly (2006)
	..... Barmé, Life in Ruins, East Asian History (1996)