东宫门是颐和园的主要进入口，分主门、和两侧门。主门是皇帝、皇后、太后专用，侧面是官员走的门。
The East Palace Gate " (东宫门) is the major entrance to the Summer Palace with two side doors: the main door in the middle exclusively reserved to emperors, empresses and queen mothers and the side one for officials. The road leading to the entrance for emperors is chiseled with two relief dragons playing with a ball: a symbol of Chinese imperial dignity.
颐和园是光绪皇帝亲自所建。光绪皇帝在1875年到1908年期间在位，是慈禧垂帘听政时期。
The handwriting or calligraphy（书法） of the Summer Palace ( 颐和园 ) was by Emperor Guangxu who ruled the country from 1875 to 1908 under the supervision of Empress Dowager Cixi.
长廊有728米（796.2米）长，是连接万寿山和昆明湖的画廊。1990年被誉为世界最长之廊。是湖畔漫步的最佳人行道，独具艺术画廊，在横梁和天花板上展现14000多幅艺术精品，包括风景、花鸟、人物故事，真是中国古代历史的再现，映衬在令人陶醉的自然风光里。
The Long Corridor （长廊） is a 728 meters long (796.2 yards) gallery linking the Longevity Hill to the Kunming Lake. Longest corridor gallery in China, the building was even ranked as the longest one in the whole world in 1990. Used as a perfect promenade along the lakes, the Long corridor is a unique art gallery, featuring more than 14,000 pictures of landscapes, flowers, birds, human figures and stories on its beams and ceilings. Real carrier of China's ancient history, the corridor is giving an additional touch to the place surrounded by an amazing natural scenery.
颐和园标志性建筑是佛香阁，佛香阁高41米（131英尺），8面3层4重檐，阁内有8根巨大铁梨木擎天柱，相互对称，是中国古典建筑史上最复杂工艺的精品。
Symbol of the Summer Palace, the Tower of Buddhist Incense (佛香阁Fo Xiang Ge) is an elaborate work of Chinese classical architecture. Located on a hill in the center of the Summer Palace with buildings distributed symmetrically around its base, the tower is of a 40 meters height (131 feet), three-storied with 8 facades and quadruple-layered eaves, the whole supported by 8 pillars of lignum vitae wood: one of the most complicated structure ever realized.
万寿山后面是苏州街，位于后湖中间。苏州街是为了给皇帝、皇后、妃子们在水乡购物的体验。当时，太监们都扮演商贩的角色，增加真实的购物体验。
The Suzhou Market Street (Suzhou jie) is located behind the Longevity Hill, in the middle section of the Back Lake. The function of the market was to give to the Emperor and his Empress and concubines the experience of shopping in the Water Town. At that time, the eunuchs would act as clerks and shopkeepers, lending an air of realism to the experience.
