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Pavilion interior of long Corridor.

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The beautiful Marble Boat in Kuming Lake

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Traditional Chinese painting on Long Corridor.

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Weeping willows, Pavilion, and lotus plants.

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This is called Long Corridor, 728 meters long with 14,000 paintings. It is the longest painted gallery in the world.

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Weeping willow next to the Oriental decorative windows. I rented the same boat to tour the Kuming Lake.

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The omnipresent lotus plants.

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Painting on Long Corridor.

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The ornate archway. You can see this type of archways in many different places in Beijing and other places in the world.

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Chinese style of Ferry on Kuming lake. Kuming Lake is a man-made lake. The dug up soil and mud from Kuming lake was used to build Longevity Hill. It sounds like a lot of work, but it was way easier than building the Great Wall.

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The 17 Arch Bridge over Kuming Lake

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Yihe Yuan (Summer Palace) has been a UNESCO Heritage Site since 1998. It is the most popular and beautiful park in Beijing. In the picture is Longevity hill. It is an artificial hill made from the soil excavated from Kuming Lake.

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The Hall of Embracing the Universe.

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Traditional painting inside the ferry cabin.

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