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Summer Palace
The Summer Palace was an imperial garden and summer retreat in the Qing dynasty. It's a vast complex of palaces, lakes and parks in the north-western part of modern-day Beijing. Two most recognisable features of this place are the Longevity Hill and the man-made Kunming Lake. The palace covers 2.9km², of which three quarters is water.
The Longevity Hill is approximately 60m high with many buildings built ...
I visited Beijing for the first time in 2009. By the time of my second visit in June 2016, I had vague memories of the Chinese capital city and was very excited to visit it again.
Formerly known as Peking, it is rich in history. It has been the political, cultural and educational centre of China for much of the past eight centuries. The city is surrounded by mountains on three sides and that's why it was ...
