Thursday, September 06, 2012

Summer Palace

Turns out, SYA China has a schedule with half-days on Wednesdays.  It was a beautiful day, and clear skies as you can see, the temperature was in the 70's with no humidity, so I headed to the Summer Palace, which is quite easy to reach by Subway.  Here at the North Entrance, you enter with a climb up Longevity Hill.

At the highest point, I believe The Hall of Buddhist Tenets


Can there be a more "Chinese" picture?  A pagoda in the far off distance!

Overlooking Kunming Lake.  And you can see Beijing has developed right up to the edge of the Summer Palace complex.

In the distance, South Lake Island

An entire boat made of marble.



The Qilin, a mythical creature that is a good omen because it signals the passing or arrival of a wise sage or leader.

The temple of Buddhist Virture

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