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Inscription: The Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing (China)

Document type
Decision
Reference number
VIII.B.1
Date
Nov 30, 1998
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Status
Active
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Treaty
Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (Nov 23, 1972)
Meeting
22e session du Comité
Website
whc.unesco.org
Abstract

Property: The Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing

Id. N°: 880

State Party: China

Criteria: C(i)(ii)(iii)

The Committee inscribed this site on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (i), (ii), and (iii):

Criterion (i): The Summer Palace in Beijing is an outstanding expression of the creative art of Chinese landscape garden design, incorporating the works of humankind and nature in a harmonious whole.

Criterion (ii): The Summer Palace epitomizes the philosophy and practice of Chinese garden design, which played a key role in the development of this cultural form throughout the east.

Criterion (iii): The Imperial Chinese Garden, illustrated by the Summer Palace, is a potent symbol of one of the major world civilizations.

The Delegate of Thailand suggested that the wording of the citation from criterion (iii) would read better and also add dignity to this site if the proposed wording would read: "The Imperial Chinese Garden, together with the Summer Palace, is a potent symbol of one of the major world civilizations". In short, the wording "illustrated by" be substituted by "together with".