A tiny piece of the Summer Palace! Here are some of the dragon boats you can take across Kunming Lak
A tiny piece of the Summer Palace! Here are some of the dragon boats you can take across Kunming Lake. It’s a huge complex, and very beautiful too. We were pleasantly surprised by how nice, natural, and spacious it was. It was full of trees and the water was sparkling. I’ll post more pictures of the buildings, but one thing I can’t imagine is how it all belonged to one person!You see so many Chinese there now, but imagine how it used to be when it was the palace for the emperor (or empress, in Cixi’s case)? What a view! I read that the emperors would take these elaborate, beautiful boats across the lake to arrive back at the entrance, and that’s what we did too! -- source link
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