Summer Palace and Corridor Painting Story Collection

Author: Compiler: Li Nianpei
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: The Summer Palace of Beijing, the largest and best-preserved of all Chinese imperial gardens, boasts many features - a lake that occupies three-fourths of its 290 hectares, a traditional seventeen-arched bridge, a hill with palatial buildings as well as quiet spots dotted by rustic pavilions and cottages, a 36-metre Marble Boat that reminds visitors that the garden was built by the despotic Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty with funds earmarked for a Chinese navy