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 |
Imperial summer resort, like the Forbidden City but |
with gardens and lakes to make it cool |
Great Wall visible in distance |
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