• Liu Ding Liu Shia; Summer Palace

    13 Ekim 2025, Çin ⋅ ☀️ 64 °F

    Liu Ding Liu Shia is the combined name of this Deity Hall that sits just beyond the entrance to the Juyong Pass base.
    After our Great Wall experience, we toured the Summer Palace: a resort of the Emoress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty. She had de facto control of the Chinese government from 1861 until her death in 1908. Quite an interesting history about her. The Summer Palace covers a vast area (2.9km/1.1 mi, 3/4 of which is water) and includes Longevity Hill, Running Lake and Seventeen Hole Bridge.
    -- Fun fact: the lake was entirely man made, & the excavated soil was used to build Longevity Hill.
    The Chinese don't waste anything. :)
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