Surrounded with green mountains on three sides and with the southern side left open, the palace occupies an area of 1.39 sq km, including 80 000-sq-meter lake area. It is a copy of the Winter Palace in Beijing, which was burned down by the eight allied forces of the West during the late Qing Dynasty. Near 2 000 skillful artisans and craftsmen, literature and history experts, artists and sculptors took part in the construction. The New Yuan Ming Yuan Palace is a rare imitation of Chinese traditional architecture of the long past, functioning as an important educational base for Chinese patriotism.
Palaces
Links: www.new-yuan-ming-palace.com.cn
By: kjfitz
Did anybody notice the odd looking "swastika" dock in the lake?
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