Changchun Garden is located in the south of Yuanmingyuan and the west of Peking University. The original site was the "Tsinghua Campus" built by Ming Shenzong's grandfather Li Wei in the Ming Dynasty. There are thousands of lakes, Houhu, Yihaitang, Qingyage, Shuiyin Pavilion and Huaju Pavilion in the park. According to the historical records of the Ming Dynasty, the park covers an area of about 1.200 mu, and is called "the first garden in Beijing".

In the Qing Dynasty, Changchun Garden was built on the former site of Tsinghua campus, using the remaining water veins and rocks, as a summer palace in the suburbs. Ye Tao, a court painter, was responsible for the overall design of the landscape, and hired Zhang Ran, a gardener from the south of the Yangtze River, to manage the water by overlapping mountains, and at the same time renovated the Wanquan River system to introduce the river water into the garden. In order to prevent flooding, a west embankment (now the east embankment of the Summer Palace) was built in the west of the park.

Since the completion of Changchun Garden, Emperor Kangxi lived in the garden for about half a year, and Kangxi died in Qingxi Bookstore in the garden in sixty-one years (1722). With the decline of the Qing dynasty, the construction and repair of gardens were gradually abandoned. By the time of Daoguang, Changchun Garden was in ruins, forcing Daoguang Emperor to live in Qichun Garden in Yuanmingyuan with Empress Gong Ci (Empress Xiao He Rui). In the tenth year of Xianfeng (1860), the British and French allied forces invaded Beijing and burned the Yuanmingyuan. In the 26th year of Guangxu (1900), Eight-Nation Alliance occupied Beijing, and Changchun Garden was once again looted by nearby residents and the Eight Banners defenders, and all the trees and rocks in the garden were divided up. By the time of the Republic of China, the ruins of Changchun Garden had become a wilderness, leaving only two glazed mountain gates, Enyou Temple and Moon Temple.

Changchun Garden Site is located in Peking University Resource Middle School, Peking University Staff Dormitory and Peking University Changchun Garden New Dormitory. When Beijing built the North Fourth Ring Road, it discovered the Yuanmen base site. 198 1 Enyou Temple and Moon Temple Gate were listed as cultural relics protection units in Haidian District, Beijing.

1 Changchun Garden, Baidu Encyclopedia