Lost bronze relic from Summer Palace returned(1/5)

The bronze window panel on Baoyun Pavilion in the Summer Palace of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) is displayed in Beijing, Jan. 10, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Yi Haifei)

The bronze window panel was returned by three contributors on Wednesday. Built in the 20th year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1755), the landmark and the highest building in the Summer Palace - Baoyun Pavilion on the Hill of Longevity is the only surviving Qing imperial architecture entirely built in bronze. It is 7.55 meters high and weighs 207 tons. All its component parts, the beams, pillars, supporting brackets, rafters, tiles, couplings, etc., were cast in bronze by traditional technical methods called Lost-Wax Casting.

The bronze window panel on Baoyun Pavilion in the Summer Palace of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) is displayed in Beijing, Jan. 10, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Yi Haifei)

Baoyun Pavilion in the Summer Palace of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) is displayed in Beijing, Jan. 10, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Yi Haifei)

Baoyun Pavilion in the Summer Palace of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) is displayed in Beijing, Jan. 10, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Yi Haifei)

Baoyun Pavilion in the Summer Palace of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) is displayed in Beijing, Jan. 10, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Yi Haifei)