Guide to China
Must See China
- Army of Terracotta Warriors (Bingmayong)
- Cloud Ridge Caves
- Forbidden City
- Grand Buddha
- Great Wall
- Jiuzhaigou
- Karakoram Highway
- Nanjing
- Summer Palace
- Tai Shan
- Xi'an
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One of Beijing's most visited sights, the immense park of the Summer Palace requires at least half a day of your time. Nowadays teeming with tour groups from all over China and beyond, this dominion of palace temples, gardens, pavilions, lake and corridors was once a playground for the imperial court. Royalty came here to elude the insufferable summer heat that roasted the Forbidden City.
The site had long been a royal garden and was considerably enlarged and embellished by Emperor Qianlong in the 18th century. He deepened and expanded Kunming Hu with the help of 100,000 labourers, and reputedly surveyed imperial navy drills from a hilltop perch.
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