The chief designer of Yuanmingyuan is Yongzheng, and its construction drawings are all meticulous paintings by China, which can't be used as architectural drawings anyway. However, there was a family named Lei in China at that time, which was a very famous architectural family. Lei Jinyu, the leader of the family, once restored the burned palace with his amazing memory after the fire in the Forbidden City, and was taken by Yongzheng and upgraded to the chief architect of the royal building. It was under his leadership that Yuanmingyuan first made a model with mud and wood according to the architectural drawings of meticulous painting. In the process of making the model, they will submit each scene to Yongzheng for review. After his correction and modification, they will complete the architectural model of the whole Yuanmingyuan, and the real building is based on these models and expanded in the same proportion.
The western architecture of Yuanmingyuan was designed and built in Qianlong period. Its chief architect was Qianlong, and the chief architect and chief designer was the imperial painter at that time-Italian missionary Lang Shining. According to his memory of European architecture when he was young, he designed the Western architectural complex in Yuanmingyuan, and assumed the task of general engineering guidance.
Before the Western architectural complex was completed, Qianlong gave it to his favorite concubine: Xiang Fei. Narrator: An emperor with one third of the wealth in the world can give his love to the woman he loves in any way he wants.
after more than 15 years and six emperors (Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Jiaqing, Daoguang and Xianfeng), it has the longest construction time in the world and the largest investment is our Yuanmingyuan.