Huanghua formation

Huanghua formation is a garden modeled on a European maze. the phalanx of the Huang-Hua was a rectangle with gates on the four sides. At the center of the formation was an octagonal European Pavilion sitting on a high round foundation, meaning the sky was round and the earth was square. The phalanx was about 89 meters long from south to north and about 59 meters wide from east to west. The phalanx wall was over 1,600 meters long and about 1.2 meters high. As the wall was paneled with grey brick tiles carrying shaped carvings, the phalanx was also called the wan hua formation (formation of yellow flowers). Historic records indicate that on the evening of the moon festival each year in its heydays, the emperor would hold a lantern evening.

 

There are two records about the build time of the Huanghua formation in the 12th year of Qianlong (1747) and the 21st year of Qianlong (1756), but there is no definite evidence for either. (From: www.yuanmingyuanpark.cn/ymyyj/yj040/201612/t20161230_4171...)

 

Taken on March 8, 2019 in Yuanmingyuan Park, Beijing, China.

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