Summer Palace (Day 2), The Great Wall (Day 3) and A Great Day (Day 4) Photo 5

Summer Palace (Day 2), The Great Wall (Day 3) and A Great Day (Day 4)

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June 21st 2012
Day 2 We went to the Summer Palace today. This is where the Emperor spent the summer. It was very beautiful! A big lake that you could walk around and a long pathway with hand painted pictures all the way down it- 1/2 mile of it. If I (K) was the Emperor, I would live here instead of the Forbidden City- much more green and open spaces not as much concrete. The lake and the entire area was all m ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more