Summer Palace
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Travel Tips for Visiting Summer Palace

1. Entrance Fee

Tickets		Price (Yuan/person)
Tickets		Low Season	Peak Season
Full Price		20	30
Half Price		10	15
Price of Through Ticket		50	60
Prices of the "Yuan Zhong Yuan" Area (园中园)	Garden of Harmonious Delights (德和园)	5	5
	Tower of Buddhist Incense (佛香阁)	10	10
	Wenchang Courtyard (文昌院)	20	20
	Danning Hall at Suzhou Street(苏州街澹宁堂)	10	10
Price of Monthly Ticket		30	30
*Notes:* 1. Free for children below 1.2 meters; free for children at Children's Day (June 1^st). 2. Half ticket prices for Chinese students and overseas students (not including students of adult education) with valid student's identity card (not including the "Yuan Zhong Yuan" Area). 3. Half prices for groups with letters of introduction by their units at International Women's Day (March 8^th) and China's Youth Day (May 4^th) (not including the "Yuan Zhong Yuan" Area). 4. Free for Beijing elders above 65 years and half prices for ecdemic Chinese elders above 70 years old with valid elder card (not including the "Yuan Zhong Yuan" Area); 5. Beijing residents can buy monthly ticket by virtue of valid identification card; ecdemic Chinese residents can buy monthly ticket as well by virtue of Temporary Residence Permit in Beijing or Permanent Residence Credential. 6. Free for disabled people with valid certificate of disability (not including the "Yuan Zhong Yuan" Area). 7. Free for Chinese servicemen and police officers with valid certificate (not including the "Yuan Zhong Yuan" Area). 8. Half prices for Chinese beneficiaries of social security benefit with valid Credential. 9. Free for people with valid Retire Card (not including the "Yuan Zhong Yuan" Area). 10. Tour guides leading tour groups should show their valid official tourist certificates; tour guides without official tourist certificates should buy entrance tickets. 11. No Refund and No Exchange for tickets.

2. Common Visit Routes

From East Palace Gate (the main entrance)

(1) About 3 hours: East Palace Gate (东宫门) – Hall of Benevolence and Longevity (仁寿殿) – Garden of Harmonious Delights (德和园) – Wechang Courtyard (文昌院) – Jade Ripples Hall (玉澜堂), Yiyun Hall (宜芸馆) – Hall of Joyful Longevity (乐寿堂) – the Long Corridor (长廊) – Hall of Dispelling Clouds (排云殿) – Tower of Buddhist Incense (佛香阁) – the Marble Boat (石舫) – Scenic Spot of Farming and Weaving (耕织图景区) – Ruyi Gate (如意门)

(2) About 2.5 hours: East Palace Gate (东宫门) – Hall of Benevolence and Longevity (仁寿殿) – Garden of Harmonious Delights (德和园) – Wechang Courtyard (文昌院) – Jade Ripples Hall (玉澜堂), Yiyun Hall (宜芸馆) –Hall of Joyful Longevity (乐寿堂) – the Long Corridor (长廊) – Hall of Dispelling Clouds (排云殿) –Tower of Buddhist Incense (佛香阁) – the Marble Boat (石舫) – cruise to South Lake Island (南湖岛) – Seventeen-Arch Bridge (十七孔桥) – Statue of Bronze Ox (铜牛) – Newly-built Palace Gate (新建宫门)

(3) About 2 hours: East Palace Gate – Hall of Benevolence and Longevity (仁寿殿) – Garden of Harmonious Delights (德和园) – Wechang Courtyard (文昌院) – Jade Ripples Hall (玉澜堂), Yiyun Hall (宜芸馆) – Hall of Joyful Longevity (乐寿堂) – the Long Corridor (长廊) – Hall of Dispelling Clouds (排云殿) – Tower of Buddhist Incense (佛香阁) – Suzhou Street (苏州街) – North Palace Gate (北宫门)

(4) About 2.5 hours: East Palace Gate – Hall of Benevolence and Longevity (仁寿殿) – Garden of Harmonious Delights (德和园) – Wechang Courtyard (文昌院) – Jade Ripples Hall (玉澜堂), Yiyun Hall (宜芸馆) – Hall of Joyful Longevity (乐寿堂) – the Long Corridor (长廊) – Hall of Dispelling Clouds (排云殿) – Tower of Buddhist Incense (佛香阁) – Suzhou Street (苏州街) – Danning Hall (澹宁堂) – Garden of Harmonious Interests (谐趣园) – East Palace Gate (东宫门)

From North Palace Gate

(1) About 3 hours: North Palace Gate (北宫门) – Suzhou Street (苏州街) – Si Da Bu Zhou (四大部洲) – Tower of Buddhist Incense (佛香阁) – Hall of Dispelling Clouds (排云殿) – the Long Corridor (长廊) – the Marble Boat (石舫) – cruise to South Lake Island (南湖岛) –Seventeen-Arch Bridge (十七孔桥) – Statue of Bronze Ox (铜牛) – east dyke of Kunming Lake (昆明湖东堤) – Wechang Courtyard (文昌院) – Jade Ripples Hall (玉澜堂), Yiyun Hall (宜芸馆) – Hall of Joyful Longevity (乐寿堂) – Garden of Harmonious Delights (德和园) – Hall of Benevolence and Longevity (仁寿殿) – East Palace Gate (东宫门)

(2) About 3 hours: North Palace Gate (北宫门) – Suzhou Street (苏州街) – Danning Hall (澹宁堂) – Garden of Harmonious Interests (谐趣园) – Hall of Benevolence and Longevity (仁寿殿) – Garden of Harmonious Delights (德和园) – Jade Ripples Hall (玉澜堂), Yiyun Hall (宜芸馆) – Wenchang Courtyard (文昌院) – Hall of Joyful Longevity (乐寿堂) – the Long Corridor (长廊) – Hall of Dispelling Clouds (排云殿) – Tower of Buddhist Incense (佛香阁) – the Marble Boat (石舫) – Scenic Spot of Farming and Weaving (耕织图景区) – Ruyi Gate (如意门)

(3) About 2 hours: North Palace Gate (北宫门) – Suzhou Street (苏州街) – the Marble Boat (石舫) – the Long Corridor (长廊) – Hall of Dispelling Clouds (排云殿) – Tower of Buddhist Incense (佛香阁) – Hall of Joyful Longevity (乐寿堂) – Garden of Harmonious Delights (德和园) – Wenchang Courtyard (文昌院) – Hall of Benevolence and Longevity (仁寿殿) – East Palace Gate (东宫门)

From Newly-built Palace Gate

(1) About 2.5 hours: Newly-built Palace Gate (新建宫门, the gate was built decades of years after other gates, hence the name) – east dyke of Kunming Lake (昆明湖东堤) – Wenchang Courtyard (文昌院) – Hall of Benevolence and Longevity (仁寿殿) – Garden of Harmonious Delights (德和园) – Jade Ripples Hall (玉澜堂), Yiyun Hall (宜芸馆) – Hall of Joyful Longevity (乐寿堂) – the Long Corridor (长廊) – Hall of Dispelling Clouds (排云殿) – Tower of Buddhist Incense (佛香阁) – Suzhou Street (苏州街) – North Palace Gate (北宫门)

(2) About 4 hours: Newly-built Palace Gate (新建宫门) – South Lake Island (南湖岛) – Seventeen-Arch Bridge (十七孔桥) – Statue of Bronze Ox (铜牛) – cruise to the Marble Boat (石舫) – Scenic Spot of Farming and Weaving (耕织图景区) – Suzhou Street (苏州街) – Tower of Buddhist Incense (佛香阁) – Hall of Dispelling Clouds (排云殿) – the Long Corridor (长廊) – Hall of Joyful Longevity (乐寿堂) – Garden of Harmonious Delights (德和园) – Jade Ripples Hall (玉澜堂), Yiyun Hall (宜芸馆) – Wenchang Courtyard (文昌院) – Hall of Benevolence and Longevity (仁寿殿) – East Palace Gate (东宫门)

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