Analysis of the Water Inlets and Outlets of Yuanmingyuan
As the Imperial Garden of Haidian Landscape in West Beijing,Yuanmingyuan has a dense river network that leads water from Yuquan Mountain and Wanquan River into the park,supplemented by its own spring water,and then there are rivers,lakes and canals,and mountain springs and waterfalls.The garden is surrounded by the moat river,and the water from the outer rivers flows into Yuanmingyuan through sluices,culverts,ditches,etc.The main water enters from the east entrance gate ofZaoyuan Gate,flows out of the one-hole gate and seven-hole gate of the east wall of Changchun Garden,the two-hole gate and the five-hole gate of the east wall of Qichun Garden finally,just in line with the trend of"northwest is the head,and southeast is the end".It can be seen from the Yangshilei archives and documents that the number of water inlets and outlets of Yuanmingyuan park is nearly 30,which plays the role of water intake,water outlet,communication water system,and connection of the park.
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