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I must admit, of all Beijing's ancient treasures, the Summer Palace is by far my favourite. There is no single clear tangible reason for this. Instead, it is for a whole host of small reasons that I love it more than the Forbidden City, the Temple...
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From journal The Historic Parts of Beijing
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Brief introduction The Summer Palace is located in the northwest suburb of Beijing. It was built in 1750 by an Emperor Qianlong to celebrate his mother's birthday. It was originally named Garden of Clear Ripples. Historically it was burned down...
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From journal Some memory about China
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The summer palace is perhaps one of my favourite places we visited in Beijing. It is approximately ten miles from the centre of Beijing.You can get there by bus or taxi the fares are very cheap. A lot of taxi drivers can not speak English so when...
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From journal Highlights of China
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When you consider that the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square are adjacent to each other, and that the Temple of Heaven is only a 30 minute walk from the two, it easy to see why the Summer Palace could be forgotten amongst the excitement. The...
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From journal Living life to Mao
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The Summer Palace is a good taxi drive (around 60 RMB on the meter) from the centre of Beijing, but better than attempting the journey by public transport.
We spent the whole day at The Summer Palace, and every turn or climb into the hills...
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From journal Visiting Outer Beijing
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This is a large park with numerous buildings used to relax in the summer (no surprises from the name then). In the middle is a huge lake, which freezes in the winter. I went in early February and was very cold--the cold air coming in off the frozen...
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From journal Site Seeing While on Business
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The Summer Palace began as the Gold Mountain Traveling Palace in the 12th century. At that time, water was diverted from the Jade Spring to form the Gold Sea, which was the beginning of the lake that is now called Kunming Lake. When the lake was...
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From journal Beijing Bowling Classic
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The Summer Palace built in 1750 was originally a royal garden. It was destroyed during the 1860 Opium War and rebuilt in 1888 by the Empress who used money intended for the Chinese Navy. Her extravagance included the reconstruction of a marble...
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From journal Beijing Now! Before The Olympics
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This is an incredible day trip while in Beijing. The structures are beautiful and the layout is exquisite. It's no wonder that this immense palatial retreat used a huge amount of the treasury of the Qin Dynasty and the Marble Boat bankrupted the...
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From journal China Discovery
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Given a choice between shopping, resting in the hotel or visiting the Summer Palace, far too many of my classmates went for the first two options. The nice thing was that the 15 or so of us who went had a smaller group and could travel a bit more...
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From journal MBA Students on the Loose in Beijing