The shooting location is at a distance from the scenery, so it's best to use a medium-telephoto or 2x lens to capture the scene. You can use the leaves as a foreground and vary your composition.
Equipment Settings: Lumix S5, lens 20-60mm.
Post-processing: Use Lightroom software.
Ticket Information: Off-season ticket is 25 CNY. A separate ticket for the Fragrant Buddha Pavilion is required, which costs 10 CNY and can be purchased on-site.
Opening Hours: Winter schedule 06:00-19:00.

The Summer Palace - Steps of the Buddha Fragrance Pavilion

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No. 19, Xinjiangongmen Road, Haidian District, Beijing, within the Summer Palace.

Photography Tips

The shooting location is at a distance from the scenery, so it's best to use a medium-telephoto or 2x lens to capture the scene. You can use the leaves as a foreground and vary your composition. Equipment Settings: Lumix S5, lens 20-60mm. Post-processing: Use Lightroom software. Ticket Information: Off-season ticket is 25 CNY. A separate ticket for the Fragrant Buddha Pavilion is required, which costs 10 CNY and can be purchased on-site. Opening Hours: Winter schedule 06:00-19:00.

Walking Guide

Enter on the one-way street, then take the stairs and turn left. — step-by-step photo guide

Enter on the one-way street, then take the stairs and turn left.

Go straight and turn right after entering the door. — step-by-step photo guide

Go straight and turn right after entering the door.

Go straight, turn left, and continue until you reach the entrance of the Fragrance Pavilion, then enter. — step-by-step photo guide

Go straight, turn left, and continue until you reach the entrance of the Fragrance Pavilion, then enter.

Just go up the steps and around the corner, and you'll be there. — step-by-step photo guide

Just go up the steps and around the corner, and you'll be there.

Go straight into the door. — step-by-step photo guide

Go straight into the door.

Take a car to the New Palace Gate of the Summer Palace, walk straight for 200 meters, then turn right. — step-by-step photo guide

Take a car to the New Palace Gate of the Summer Palace, walk straight for 200 meters, then turn right.