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Hill of the Accumulated Elegance
Hill of the Accumulated Elegance
Dui Xiu Shan
Section 25 on 58

Forbidden City
Outdoor Architecture

Histoire de la Chine
Ming Dynasty (from 1368 to 1644)

Area related : Pékin

UNESCO World Heritage Site (Définitif) : 1987

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This artificial hill was made of rocks piled on the original site of Guan Hua Dian (Hall of Appreciated Flowers), against the northern palace wall. Originally named Dui Xui Shan (Hill of Accumulated Embroidery), and in the Qianlong reign period, it was given its present name.
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The hill is about 10 meters high. On the top stands Yu Ying Ting (Pavilion of Imperial Scenery), which reached py a path. At the double Ninth Festival every year, the emperors, empresses and imperial concubines climbed the hill along the path. Halfway up the hill, there is a brick cave running from east to west. A cave at the foot of the hill has an arched roof, with a stone caisson carved in the shape of a dragon. Over the entrance hangs a horizontal board inscribed with two words "Dui Xui" (Accumulated Elegance). Halfway up the hill there are bronze jars to store water. When water runs from the hill, it spurts out of the dragon heads on the backs of lions on the left and right sides of the hill.
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Hill of the Accumulated Elegance