Louis XIV, the sun king of Yuanmingyuan and Versailles, and Louis XIV, the sun king of Emperor Kangxi, spent money like water. Emperor Kangxi lived frugally, but both of them liked architecture and gardens in common, which was the most expensive hobby. "Thrifty" Kangxi didn't think there was anything wrong with spending a lot of money on gardening. Kangxi's hobby was manifested in Yuanmingyuan, and Louis XIV made Versailles reflect his kingship and aesthetic taste. Garden Motivation: Why did Louis XIV build Versailles? He doesn't like Paris and doesn't trust the people of Paris, because he was involved in the rebellion of the stone-throwing party when he was a child. He is also very picky, saying that he hates the stench of the Louvre and that Saint-Germain Palace is too small, so he ordered the construction of Versailles in 166 1. Yuanmingyuan is well protected: Kangxi's idea of building Yuanmingyuan is said to have come from his several southern tours. He was fascinated by the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River, and let the painter keep painting all the way, just like people keep taking pictures now. After returning to the palace, the more I watched it, the more I liked it, and the more I thought about it, the more I regretted it. Finally, I made up my mind to replicate in Beijing. When Yuanmingyuan was built is still controversial. The most common saying is that the Yuanmingyuan was built in the forty-eighth year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (1709), which is based on the textual research of Old Things in the Forbidden City compiled and published during the Qianlong period. The second common saying is that this place was originally the hometown of the Ming Dynasty, which was rebuilt in the forty-eighth year of Qing Emperor Kangxi and was given to the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Zhen. According to the hometown theory of Ming Dynasty, Xu Shujun's Preface to Yuanmingyuan, which began in the tenth year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (187 1), contains the above two statements, the statement that Yuanmingyuan was built around the thirty-ninth year of Kangxi, the statement that Kangxi was forty years old and other general statements. In 2005, Yin proposed that the Yuanmingyuan should be built no later than the 46th year of Kangxi (1707). The date of such a big royal project is unclear, which shows that the record management of archives in Qing Dynasty is very problematic. Those historians recorded the details of royal life in every way, but did not record the exact date of the expensive royal project. Small things are clear, big things are confused, and combined with my own experience, I feel that this kind of wind is prevalent around me. Location: Yuanmingyuan is located in the northwest of Haidian Town in the northwest suburb of Beijing. In ancient times, there were dense Shui Bo and lush vegetation. This area is called "Shan Lingyun". Since Liao and Jin Dynasties, there have been many royal palaces and temples nearby. In the Yuan Dynasty, private people began to build private gardens here, which became more popular in the Ming Dynasty. After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the private gardens left over by the Ming Dynasty were returned to the Chen Feng Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and then these former private gardens were distributed to members of the royal family and ministers of the Qing Dynasty. Yuanmingyuan Garden is generally composed of Yuanmingyuan Garden, Changchun Garden and Qichun Garden, which are interrelated and integrated. The area is about 3.5 million square meters, and the perimeter is 10 km. The total construction area exceeds 6,543,800+6,000 square meters. But the scale of Kangxi is not large, only 300 acres. Later, Yongzheng Qianlong carried out a large-scale expansion. Versailles Palace of Versailles is located in the town of Versailles, which is 0/8 km southwest of Paris/Kloc-. 1624, French king Louis XIII bought the forest, wasteland and swamp with an area of 117 mu near the original site of Versailles at the price of1Wan Li Foer, and built a two-story red brick building as a hunting palace. At that time, there were only 26 rooms in the Palace of Versailles. The first floor was the furniture storage room and armory, and the second floor was the king's office, bedroom, interview room, clothes storage room, staff bedroom and other rooms. 1660, French king Louis XIV visited the castle of viscount Fouquet, the finance minister, and was deeply impressed by the grandeur of his house and garden. At that time, the palace on the outskirts of Paris could not be compared with it. 16 1 year, Louis XIV hired Lenotel, the designer of Viscount Voldemort's castle, and the famous architect Levo to design a new palace for him. And bought 6.7 square kilometers of land for this purpose. 1669 expansion project officially started. In order to ensure the smooth construction of Versailles Palace, Louis XIV ordered that the use of stone materials in other new buildings be banned nationwide within 10 year. The construction of this palace took a lot of manpower and cost 200 million francs. 1688, the main project of Versailles was completed. 17 10, the construction of the entire palace and garden of Versailles was completed, and it immediately became the largest, grandest and most luxurious palace building in Europe, the aristocratic activity center, art center and the birthplace of cultural fashion in France and even Europe. In order to attract people to settle in Versailles, Louis XIV also ordered the construction of a large number of residential shops in the town. The meaning of the garden name Yuanmingyuan was named after Kangxi. What does this mean? He didn't say. Yongzheng made an explanation after he took office, saying that the word "round" means "complete and comprehensive", while the word "bright" means "wise and wise", which means that "round" means personal moral perfection, surpassing ordinary people; "Ming" means bright, perfect and wise political achievements. It is nothing more than flaunting one's moral cultivation and intelligence beyond ordinary people. Explain the expectation of the title of Emperor Kangxi. The word Versailles is not a noble word. The word may come from the Latin versare, which means "keep turning". The word was associated with cultivated land in the Middle Ages. Semailles also has something in common with French semailles, which means "seeds sown". The textual research on the etymology of Versailles is very interesting, because when it comes to Versailles, people will immediately think of splendid scenes and absolute power, but the name itself tells people that this is a land that people look down upon.