At the entrance of the Summer Palace

Visit to the Summer Palace

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August 27th 2014
Geo: 39.9193, 116.412Today we took the Metro to visit the Summer Palace. It cost us 35 cents each to ride the metro for over 45 minutes. The Summer Palace was a former playground for Emperors during the summer heat of the Imperial City. The palace is a huge park-like area with lakes, gardens, bridges and palaces. It covers 720 acres of which 3/4 is water. The central Kunming Lake covers 240 ... 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