Stone lion on The 17 arch bridge summer palace bejing china


The Summer Palace or Yihe yuan (traditional Chinese: ???; simplified Chinese: ???; pinyin: Yíhé Yuán; literally "Gardens of Nurtured Harmony") is a palace in Beijing, China. The Summer Palace is mainly dominated by Longevity Hill (60 meters high) and the Kunming Lake. It covers an expanse of square kilometers, three quarters of which is water. The central Kunming Lake covering square kilometers was entirely man made and the excavated soil was used to build Longevity Hill. In its compact 70,000 square meters of building space, one finds a variety of palaces, gardens, and other classical-style architectural structures.


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Location: summer palace bejing china
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