Summer Palace, Beijing

Summer residence of the Qing Royal family. Built in the 18th Century. Now a large park, centered on Kunming Lake. Unfortunately all buildings were closed and most had their windows covered. The pics are of the temple, the emperor's residence, the empress's residence and the empress dowager's residence. The indoor picture is through one of the few uncovered windows in n the empress dowager's residence. The last pic is of the so called Long Corridor, said to be the longest in the world at 700 meters. You can see paintings on all parts of the structure. There are said to be more that 10,000 paintings here.Read more