Summer Palace
is where the Royal people hang out
without the need to go too far from Forbidden City
I took more photos than I did at Forbidden City
because it was a perfectly sunny day
The Long Gallery a.k.a. The Long Corridor 長廊
longest in the world, rectified by Guinness
14000 paintings of folk tales,
auspicious flora and fauna, sceneries
I kept pondering
the angle design must be kinda complicated
the paintings were all drawn above eye level
but when you look up to take a look
the painting is a comfortable sight
not as if they are slanting
more over, it is not drawn on flat wall
these are pillars and beams
which presents more difficulties
most of the Chinese characters are developed
from the shape or outline of the actual object
can you trace a “宮”character in the layout?
“宮”exactly stands for palace
oh man
the Marble boat, was under renovation
woof woof
too bad his buddy on the left wing
has gone missing
the poor phoenix
the Bronze Ox
overlooking the Kunming lake
symbolizes the “stabilization” of the lake,
to avoid water overflowing and flood
by the way, I was thinking that
translated as Summer Palace is a little misleading
because there is another Royal Park
which is meant for a getaway from summer heat
Cheng De Imperial Summer Villa 承德避暑山莊
which is situated in the He Nan province
230km away from Beijing
this marked a complete 3 days Royal Journey:
Forbidden City
Temple of Heaven
Summer Palace
