Old Summer Palace
Yuanmingyuan, Old Summer Palace, Yuan Ming Yuan, Yuan Ming YuanChina, Beijing
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Old Summer Palace
Yuanmingyuan, Old Summer Palace, Yuan Ming Yuan, Yuan Ming YuanChina, Beijing
Yuanmingyuan (gardens of perfect clarity) is a garden and palace complex destroyed in 1860, located 8 km northwest of the Forbidden City, east of the preserved Summer Palace of Emperor Qianlong.
The Summer Palace was destroyed by the British and French who captured Beijing at the end of the Second Opium War. The priceless collection of porcelain and other contents of the palace were looted. Reports periodically appear in the press about plans to restore the palace to its original form, but so far only a miniature copy of it in the southern city of Zhuhai has been rebuilt.
The Summer Palace was destroyed by the British and French who captured Beijing at the end of the Second Opium War. The priceless collection of porcelain and other contents of the palace were looted. Reports periodically appear in the press about plans to restore the palace to its original form, but so far only a miniature copy of it in the southern city of Zhuhai has been rebuilt.
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