长廊彩画

颐和园长廊彩绘故事

长廊的枋樑上绘有人物、山水、花鸟、风景绘画。其线条细腻，形象逼真，立体感强。其中约200幅人物故事彩画出自民间传说、神话故事、中国古典文学名着，内容丰富多彩，贯穿中国五千年历史，引人注目。

The Summer Palace was first built in 1750, the 15th year of the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty. It was burned down by the British and French invasion forces in 1860, and was rebuilt in 1886, during the reign of Emperor Guangxu. The Long Corridor has 273 sections decorated with more than 8,000 colored paintings, with a total length of 728 meters. It was named the largest painted corridor in the world by The Guinness Book of Records in 1990.

The beams of the Long Corridor are painted with colored human figures, landscapes, and flowers and birds, all very delicate, vivid, and true to life. The most fascinating of them are the over 200 paintings depicting historical figures, folk tales, myths, legends, and stories from classical novels and historical records. These works are rich in content, covering the 5,000-year history of China.

曹操献刀《三国演义》中的故事。中国东汉年间，公元190年，西凉刺史董卓领兵二十万抢占京城洛阳，废少帝刘辩，立刘协为献帝，自封为相国，上压天子，下欺群臣。朝中许多大臣都想除掉他，曹操就是其中一个。一天，他身藏一把宝刀前去行刺，不料被董卓发现，他急中生智，跪倒向董卓献刀。

颐和园长廊彩绘故事

This is a story from the classical novel The Romance of the Tree Kingdoms. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, in 190, Dong Zhou led 200,000 troops to capture Luoyang, the capital city. He dethroned Liu Bian and made Liu Xie the emperor, with the title Emperor Xian, and himself the prime minister. He had the emperor and all the ministers under his thumb. A conspiracy was hatched, led by Cao Cao, who one day was discovered to be carrying a concealed sword, as he intended to assassinate Dong Zhuo. The quick-witted Cao Cao however pretended to have brought the precious sword as a present for Dong Zhuo, and thus escaped execution.

定三分隆中决策《三国演义》中的故事。公元196年，诸葛亮隐居南阳，自称“卧龙先生”，有经天纬地之才。刘备预兴汉室，三顾茅庐请诸葛亮出山。第三次终于得见。诸葛亮建议刘备北让曹操，南让孙权，先取荆州，再取西川，然后图中原。后来，诸葛亮辅助刘备，按隆中决策形成了三足鼎立的天下。

颐和园长廊彩绘故事

This is another story from The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. In 196, Zhuge Liang was living in seclusion in Nanyang. General Liu Bei, who wanted to restore the rule of the Han Dynasty, paid three visits to Zhuge Liang's thatched cottage to ask for his help. Liu Bei was finally received by Zhuge Liang on his third visit. Zhuge Liang suggested that Liu Bei give way to Cao Cao in the north and Sun Quan in the south and first take Jingzhou, then Xichuan, and finally the Central Plains. Later Zhuge Liang assisted Liu Bei in carryng out their plan made in Longzhong and built the ShuKingdom, determining the triangular balance of power of the three kingdoms.

周敦颐爱莲周敦颐生于北宋年间，是中国道学创始人。他为官秉公办案，不畏权贵；办案不辞劳苦，积劳成疾；后辞官归故里，在庐山莲花峰下养病。他喜爱莲花，写下了至今还在中国广泛流传的名篇《爱莲说》：莲“出淤泥而不染，濯清涟而不妖”。他讚美莲花的同时，也表达了个人的心志和为人。

颐和园长廊彩绘故事

Zhou Dunyi, of the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), was the founder of a school of Taoism. As an official, he was renowned for his integrity. Resigning his post because of illness, he returned home to live in seclusion at the foot of Lotus flowers, and wrote a famous essay, entitled, "Love for Lotus Flowers," part of which goes: "Born in mud, lotus flowers are not sullied; washed by clear ripples, they are not coquettish." He expressed his firm will and attitude towards life by singing the praises of lotus flowers.

徐庶走马荐诸葛《三国演义》中的故事。颍川徐庶为刘备军师，几番计谋大败曹军。曹操用计将徐母接到曹营，模仿徐母字迹写信给徐庶，让他速去救母命。徐庶为人至孝，见信泪如雨下，告别刘备辞行。刘备送徐庶一程又一程，依依不捨，别时泪如泉涌，久久目送徐庶远去身影。忽然，徐庶拨马而回，向刘备推荐一奇士，此人居住襄阳城外二十里的隆中，就是三国时大名鼎鼎的诸葛亮。

颐和园长廊彩绘故事

From The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Xu Shu was Liu Bei's military advisor. Cao Cao, Liu Bei's arch-enemy, wrote a letter to Xu Shu in which he pretended to be the latter's mother, and begged Xu Shu to rescue her from Cao Cao's camp. When he left, Xu Shu recommended the master strategist Zhuge Liang to Liu Bei as his replacement.