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The Summer Palace in Beijing, China, is the world's largest and best-preserved imperial garden. Spanning 290 hectares in the Haidian District, it centers around the 60-meter-tall Longevity Hill and the vast Kunming Lake, and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998. The Summer Palace or Yihe Garden (simplified Chinese: 颐和园; traditional Chinese: 頤和園; pinyin: Yíhéyuán) was a pavilion built by the Chinese Empress Dowager Cixi for quiet retreat.[1] It consists of a vast ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces located in Beijing. An imperial garden during the Qing dynasty, it includes Longevity Hill (万寿山; 萬壽山; Wànshòu Shān), Kunming Lake, and Seventeen-Arch Bridge. It covers an expanse of 2.9 square kilometres (1.1 sq mi), three-quarters of which is water. Longevity Hill is about 60 metres (200 ft) high and has many buildings positioned in sequence. The front hill is the site of halls and pavilions, while the back hill, in sharp contrast, is quiet with natural beauty. The central Kunming Lake, covering 2.2 square kilometres (540 acres), was entirely man-made and the excavated soil was used to build Longevity Hill. The Summer Palace, which is inspired by the gardens of South China, contains over 3,000 Chinese ancient buildings that house a collection of over 40,000 valuable historical relics from various dynasties. In December 1998, UNESCO included the Summer Palace on its World Heritage List. It declared the Summer Palace "a masterpiece of Chinese landscape garden design. The natural landscape of hills and open water is combined with artificial features such as pavilions, halls, palaces, temples and bridges to form a harmonious ensemble of outstanding aesthetic value". Notably in Chinese history, it is also the Central Route terminus of the South-North Water Transfer Project having traversed 1,267 km (787 mi) from Danjiangkou Reservoir, Hubei, making it Beijing's main water supply. The Beijing Olympic Museum is located in the southern basement levels of the National Stadium ("Bird's Nest") in Chaoyang District. It celebrates Beijing's status as the world's first "Dual Olympic City" by showcasing the legacy of both the 2008 Summer Games and the 2022 Winter Games. Exhibition Highlights & Sections The permanent exhibition—themed "Realizing Dreams at Two Olympics, Together for a Shared Future"—covers roughly 8,604 square met9ers with over 1,300 artifacts, multimedia installations, torches, medals, and costumes: • Grand Winter Olympic Games: Features dynamic LED installations, Bing Dwen Dwen/Shuey Rhon Rhon mascots, and gear from the 2022 Beijing Winter Games. • Highlights of Summer Olympic Games: Showcases iconic 2008 memories, including the opening ceremony fou (drum) and Fuwa mascots. • Dual-Olympic City: Explores Beijing's unique urban and cultural legacy as a double-hosting metropolis