Winter - the Summer Palace, Beijing, China

gooood编辑在寒冬偶然去颐和园，发现偌大的湖面结冰了。查了一下资料，颐和园面积290.8公顷，水面（昆明湖）面积约占四分之三，约220公顷。这么大的一个天然冰场，220公顷，能容下多少冬季欢乐？（对比数据：天安门广场面积是44公顷。）夏宫在冬季凭空多出上百公顷的地面（冰面）供人溜达玩乐，算是北方景观的一大特色。为此编辑在短期内又再去了一次。

今冬，你溜了吗？

winter | the Summer Palace
Lake become ice lake. Huge！Enjoy！
photo by gooood editor-in-chief Xiang Ling.

TIP: The Summer Palace (simplified Chinese: 颐和园; traditional Chinese: 頤和園; pinyin: Yíhé Yuán) is a vast ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces in Beijing, China. The Summer Palace is mainly dominated by Longevity Hill and the Kunming Lake. It covers an expanse of 2.9 square kilometres (720 acres), three-quarters of which is water.

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. In the Summer Palace, one finds a variety of palaces, gardens, and other classical-style architectural structures.

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.” It is a popular tourist destination but also serves as a recreational park.

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编辑一直想进行几次凉爽的旅游，比如坐邮轮看南极冰山；夏秋驱车前往俄罗斯冷冽凉快的贝尔加湖；智利Torres del Paine国家公园 ；夏季新疆天池等等带有凉爽感觉的旅游路线。希望未来有机会能实现。