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Beautiful Gardens of the Summer Palace

Our first glimpse of the Summer Palace was over a huge man made lake. This was built by one of the Emperors for his mother's 60th birthday. It is amazing but is only about a metre deep. Take away the modern day speed boat and small boats and it would have been a very tranquil place in which to relax.

From across the lake you could see the Summer Palace and the beautiful temple high on the hill. These were our next destination on the tour.

The living quarters of the Summer Palace were quite modest when compared to the Forbidden City but would have been an amazing place to spend the summer.

The living quarters were linked to the rest of the Summer Palace by a 700m metre covered walkway decorated with beautiful artwork - this was so the royal family wouldn't get wet during the summer rain as they walked from one section to another.

Once we traversed the many tour groups we made it one of the most interesting parts of the tour - the marble boat.

We were told the story of how the chinese believed that the people were represented by water and the royalty by stone (marble) - if the water sank the marble it meant that the people were very unhappy with the rulers.

If the marble floated it meant that there was peace and harmony. The Emperor had a boat made of marble (bottom section) and wood (top section) that permanently floated on the water - this ensured that there was always peace and harmony amongst everyone.

As we left the beautiful gardens of the Summer Palace I couldn't help but think that I would like this as my summer house!

>>> Post by Shawn from United Kingdom

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*About Summer Palace*
-- The Covered Walkway & the Marble Boat -- The Garden of Harmonious Interests -- Historical Overview -- East Palace Gate -- The Hall of Benevolence and Longevity -- Hall of Jade Billows -- Garden of Virtuous Harmony -- The Hall of Joyful Longevity	-- The Covered Walkway -- The Hall of Dispelling Clouds -- Tower of Buddist Incense -- The Marble Boat -- The 17-Arch Bridge -- Bronze Ox -- The Rear Hill and Rear Lake -- A Bridge over Garden Waters

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