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press and t her entqurage, she has this to say about Kimming Lake at the Summer Palace oft the outskirts of the city:
“Her majesty’s own barge lay at the foot of the marble steps....She descended the steps and entered the barge. Her majesty sat in the yellow, throne-like chair in the middle of the raised platform...When I stepped on, ‘she’ motioned me to come near her and sit at her right...There were two rowers on the barge who stood with their long oars to guide it, for it was attached by great yellow ropes to two boats, manned by twenty four rowers each...
“We were rowed across the lake to one of the islands, and when we looked back at the Palaces, the memorial arches, the temple-crowned hills, the curious camel-back bridges, and the beautiful white marble terrances jutting out into the lake with its islands, the scene was indeed fairy-like.”
I had wanted to experience the Summer Palace as its former inhabitants had done and on this visit in June, we were taken directly to the boats and for a ride such as Miss Carl had taken—without, however, the ceremony and festivity associated with a royal outing.
The buildings at the Summer Palace, which was the Empresses’ favority place to be, are so numerous and it is such a popular tourist attraction, that exploring it from the lake is particularly to be preferred. The lake occupies three quarters on the park’s area.
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