Marble Boat 石舫 at Kunming Lake

One of the more intriguing structures at the Summer Palace is the presence of a Marble Boat. Actually, it just looks like a boat and it doesn’t move or anything. It is a pavillion built during the time of Emperor Qianlong. The Marble Boat has a solid stone foundation but the rest of the structure is made of wood. The pavillion was done in a traditional Chinese design. However, like much of the Summer Palace, this boat was likewise burned down but foreign troops.
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