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fig. 3 Draft plan of Jade Spring Hill southside by the Lei Family of Imperial Builders
ॱ˕ ូབྷ㣈ἔᦾ൶ڙ㒴₝ូ

morning before dawn, mule carts carrying large water Ⴅᥨᦪ̃᥅םݣଦ䢲ἔᦾ൶˗ᨤ᜴᪹˞᧵䢲
tanks would leave the city to Jade Spring Hill and bring Ւᆵྴܕ䢲⨑͠ᒶ̑ǐǚ
back water in the afternoon. These carts carried small
yellow flags and had the right of way wherever they went.
⁳᢬ۿ≹٫̺৬Շ᥅ㇲႧء䢲ᴰ᧊㨣䢲ۺ
When the emperor went on his tours or hunts, water from
the Jade Spring was also transported with the entourage. It ଦ᣷૰ྐྵἔᦾ൶㐾᥅Ն೫ϕǐ᣷૰᪹ᓞᕲ
was used to brew wine used in the Palace, and rice grown Ⅽ䢲㬋㌸Ѐຯ⮏૯᥅➘䢲ዢ⮏റ㷌ᑳ䢲➘˖
from water around the hill was reserved for Imperial use ⿄͠㹩♃⩳ຎ䢲ྐྵ⾾↿㟓֨৬ۛἔᦾ൶۪᥅䢲
because of its superior quality. It is not an exaggeration
׍˗ڏ㔈ᓁ՞⛸⛸ྐྵ⾾↿㟓㐭৬䢲⁳⎘᢮㟓
to say that the Jade Spring was the source of life for
the Imperial family. Unsurprisingly, its use was strictly Ն೫ǐ⻍́Ǐ㌸㍽⩮㐻᢬㌸䢲㓅⿀⒤ڭㅒ㊌ǐ
controlled and forbidden for commoners. ̺֨๺໠Ǐ६ἁᓁ̷㍭ἔᦾ᥅͠ϭྼ䢲᪹
೫ྼ㔑̑͠ἔᦾ᥅㕪㐤䢲ᦾ᥅Ბᬗ⁥⁧֨Ϝ
The scenery around the Jade Spring Hill is renowned as
one of the Eight Sceneries of Yanshan. Its old name was ⅲ᥅␸䢲ㇲ㕷᜴ω䢲ᆓ᳦̹ᕖ↪ܕⅲǙ̺⾾
the ‘Falling Rainbow of the Jade Spring’, but was later ␸ǚ䢲പ㟓˖ㆳՇངǐᐅἔᦾ൶᥅ۿ͠をᒶ
renamed ‘the Leaping Jade Spring’ by Qianlong in 1751, ⅴ೰ⅲݬ⣾䢲۫׍रᙂⅲ┹ዂ䢲ˏ⧝́˙օ
since the ‘Falling Rainbow’ in the old title, originally a
᥷۪ǐ
waterfall, no longer existed. The ‘Leaping Jade Spring’
is depicted in great detail in Zhang Ruocheng’s Yanshan
Bajingtu (The Eight Sceneries of Yanshan) (fig. 2). Here ἔᦾ൶ⅲᓣ⨓ᒶ̺᷄Ջᓣ̃ˏ䢲۵␴Ǚἔᦾ
we see two groups of palace buildings of the Garden of ঺ⵒǚ䢲ྯ⁳ᑞ̖㡲ॏǙ঺ⵒǚ˙ᅠᓁᓣ䢲

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