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The Summer Palace is a virtually museum

We then went to the Summer Palace. Mom and I were expecting one large palace type building that we would walk through...wrong! The Summer Palace is virtually a museum of traditional Chinese gardening that uses rocks, plants, pavilions, ponds, cobble paths and other garden styles to create a poetic effect between different scenes.

It was used by the imperial family as a vacation spot during the summer and each emperor added their own touch to the grounds. The grounds were really beautiful for us to walk around; however, we felt that it had become very touristy with many people trying to sell us stuff everywhere we went.

If we had had more time we would have liked to have taken a boat ride across the lake as there are many temples dotted along the edge of the water.

>>> Post by Shannon from Australia

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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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