qing hua yuan

Tsinghua Garden was formerly known as Xichun Garden, the imperial garden of Kangxi Palace (Imperial Garden). It was built during the Kangxi period in the middle of the Qing Dynasty and completed in 1767. Its core landscape is an island surrounded by a large lotus pond. The island is connected to the shore by a white marble arch bridge on the northwest side, and there is another short bridge "Lotus Bridge" on the southeast side of the island. The island is shaded by hills and trees, and has a "lotus pond moonlight pavilion".