May 2, 2005
The Summer Palace is the largest and best preserved Royal Garden in China. It was used by the Imperial courts to escape the summer heat of Beijing. Throughout its 800 years of history, the palace and garden has been built and rebuilt throughout the wars. The Summer Palace was opened to the public after the last Qing Emperor Puyi was thrown out in 1924.
Our tour group boarded a dragon boat to cross the man-made lake to get to the summer palace. Incredible to think that this was a man-made lake and even more incredible was that it was done before there were bulldozers.
The Marble boat was created in 1893 for the Empress to sit on and view the lake.
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