Summer Palace
Yiheyuan

Summer Palace compound from the highest point overlooking Kunming Lake






Suzhou Street originally buildt for the Qianlong emperor.











We began to ascend, walking should not be taken lightly.






More stairs






Still further up

























Seventeen-arch bridge is visible in the distance





One of the many corridors within the palace






Knowing some of the characters makes it more interesting






Imagine you were an Emperor looking down Kunming lake through this window.






This is taken from the highest point






We began to descend from this point on...






The southern end of the Summer Palace








Kunming Lake







The Long corridor is to the right






The "marble boat" that does not go anywhere.
Marble bottom and the structure was made of woods painted white to look like marble.





Longevity Hill

Note: We started climbing from the bottom on the other side of the hill,
The first picture was taken from the highest point at the top building,
then we descended to exit at the East door.





Some architectural details

Temple of the Sea of Wisdom






The head portion is new
















The typical roof






The Red Wall

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(c) Yongkie Hurd
May 2009