Sunday, July 10

Yuanmingyuan, also known as the Old Summer Palace, is a site filled with palaces and gardens used by emperors in the Qing dynasty, China’s last dynasty. The complex contains both Chinese and western architecture, and still retains much of its bygone glory through reconstruction following its destruction by French and British troops during the Second Opium War in 1860.

Fuhai Lake

 

Huanghuazhen, which is surrounded by a maze

 

Scale model of Yuanmingyuan

 

It was a really hot day. Popsicles were an absolute necessity.