Beijing: Summer Palace
Click on a thumbnail below to view the picture or click on one of the menus/sub-menus above.
China_D01_100 China_D01_101 China_D01_102 China_D01_104 China_D01_82
China_D01_84 China_D01_86 China_D01_89 China_D01_90 China_D01_91
China_D01_93 China_D01_95 China_D01_97    

The Summer Palace lies 20 kilometers northwest of the center of Beijing. It is the largest imperial garden in existence in China. The whole Summer Palace covers an area of over 290 hectares including more than 3,000 buildings, such as halls, pavilions, towers and so on. The Summer Palace used to be called the Garden of Clear Ripples.