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The Summer Palace in Beijing.
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The "I" was here picture!
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This place is one of the finest examples of garden architecture in China.
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Beside the lucky guardian.
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The offical name of the park is Yiheyuan (Garden of Good Health And Harmony) by Empress Dowager Cixi, in 1988.
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The moon shaped lake Kunming Lake later known as Big Lake or West Sea or West Lake. Later this whole area was renamed Qingyiyuan (Park Of Pure Ripples).
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The pillar into the Palace of Renshoudian (Benevolent Longevity). The light would shine through this into the palace mirrors.
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A boating platform to West Lake.
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Entrance into the long corridors along the West Lake.
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The passage runs along the edge of the water.
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The ceiling pictures tell a story.
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Unfortunately the empress's birthday palace was under repairs so only a painted sign was here.
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The way to the island where Cixi could see the traders.
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The imperial crusier, and not the Star Wars kind.
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A view of the Gate of Renshoudian.
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