Thursday, July 2, 2015

北海公园、颐和园、长城、避暑山庄、普宁寺

Beihai Park by boat

Jade Islet in the center of the lake
The Tibetan-style White Dagoba is visible topping Jade Islet
The Summer Palace:
"former playground for emperors fleeing the suffocating summer torpor of the old imperial city" -Lonely Planet







View of the Summer Palace's Kunming Lake, manmade as present for the emperor's mother
Round 3 of me vs Great Wall, this time the Jinshanling portion (very few tourists)


Imperial summer resort, like the Forbidden City but
with gardens and lakes to make it cool


                                                    

Punning Temple in Chengde city



Great Wall visible in distance


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