Yíhé Yuán is situated on Mount Wan Shou, skillfully connecting the Kunming Lake with the mountain, forming a wonderful layout of “mountain scenery and lake light together as one garden.” A seven-hundred-meter-long painted corridor, along with lifelike paintings such as the “Jade Boat” and “Harmonious Interest Garden,” has solidified the poetic atmosphere between crimson-lacquered beams and columns. The Kunming Lake ripples with azure waves, and the Seventeen-Arch Bridge lies like a dragon on the waves. The bronze ox at the head of the Seventeen-Arch Bridge witnesses the garden’s thousand-year wishes. The Dehe Garden Theater once hosted “Dream of the Garden,” while the Feihang Pavilion’s eaves point upwards, directly reflecting the solemn and dignified atmosphere of Qing Dynasty royal sacrifices to the heavens.
