When the Anglo French troops invaded, much of the Summer Palace was destroyed, however during the time of Emperor Guangxu 光绪 reconstruction started. The Hall for Listening to Orioles 听鹂馆…

You’ve got to hand it to the Chinese people, they practically name everything. I was walking along the shores of Kunming Lake when I wandered into a few structures on…

The way down the Wanshou Hill wasn’t really that eventful. This was where the main palace area was and naturally there were a lot of these structures. What I did…

As one walks down from the Tower of Buddhist Incense, one will pass by some more structures, such as the Hall of Virtuous Splendor 德辉殿, which are reconstructions of older…