Summer Palace
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Summer Palace
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Summer Palace
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Summer Palace
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Summer Palace
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Plan of the Summer Palace (ca 1888)

The Summer Palace was once the site of the emperor’s imperial garden and today is a popular tourist destination in China.

The Summer Palace of Beijing, China sits amid the man-made Kunming Lake which was created in 1750. The dredged soil was used to create what is now called Longevity Hill, upon which the many palace buildings rest. The Summer Palace is made up of beautiful pavilions, temples and picturesque bridges stretching over small waterways. Today the Summer Palace serves as a beautiful park for visitors, with its literal name in Chinese meaning “Gardens of Nurtured Harmony”

The Summer Palace in Beijing

The Summer Palace (simplified Chinese: 颐和园; traditional Chinese: 頤和園; pinyin: Yíhé Yuán; literally "Gardens of Nurtured Harmony") is a palace in Beijing, China. The Summer Palace is mainly dominated by Longevity Hill and the Kunming Lake. It covers an expanse of 2.9 square kilometres, three quarters of which is water.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer Palace
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