according to Chinese state media. But the expense involved in rebuilding the entire Old Summer Palace could be uniquely astronomical. In 2008, a full-size replica of the complex – essentially a ...

The Old Summer Palace—which occupied an area about eight ... and it eventually became the primary residence for the Chinese rulers. If history has shown us anything, it is that one of the ...

BEIJING - On the 150th anniversary of the sacking of Beijing's famed Imperial Garden, 70-year-old historian Young-tsu Wong reckoned the feelings of grief mixed with desolation that once hung over ...

Chinese officials are spending more than ... The copy of Beijing’s Old Summer Palace, or Yuanmingyuan, has opened to tourists at a film studio in the eastern town of Hengdian even though it ...

"The Old Summer Palace represents the essence of Chinese traditional culture. Why can't we rebuild it?" he said. "There is nothing left in the Old Summer Palace apart from ruins, and if people can ...

The Old Summer Palace (known in Chinese as ‘Yuanmingyuan’ or Garden of Perfect Brightness) was ransacked by British and French troops in 1860, before being partially burnt down on the orders ...

Shaped like a drum, the blue and white garden seat excavated from a goldfish pond inside the ruins of the Old Summer Palace in the Chinese capital, Beijing, sports an auspicious lotus pattern that ...

Although built in the early 15th century, the Old Summer Palace was used as a primary place ... thinking of the reconstruction as a symbol of Chinese repossession of power.

during a group wedding held in the Old Summer Palace, or Yuanmingyuan park, in Beijing, China, May 18, 2013. A total of 30 couples of newlyweds took part in event with traditional Chinese style ...

according to Chinese state media. But the expense involved in rebuilding the entire Old Summer Palace could be uniquely astronomical. In 2008, a full-size replica of the complex – essentially a ...

according to Chinese state media. But the expense involved in rebuilding the entire Old Summer Palace could be uniquely astronomical. In 2008, a full-size replica of the complex – essentially a ...