April 23, 2024
Tag: Peking
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Qianlong’s Marble Boat That Doesn’t Float
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[elementor-template id=”3378″] Qianlong’s Marble Boat That Doesn’t Float The Marble Boat, in the Summer Palace, Peking. Remembered by those who have visited as the Marble Boat and known by the Chinese as the Boat of Purity and Ease, is not marble and it is not a boat. This remarkable structure is a two-story pavilion made…
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A restauranteur’s worst nightmare is an empty dining room. Do you wonder why so many postcards of restaurant interiors show empty dining rooms? So do I! It is doubtful that many were ever mailed, maybe they were pasted in scrapbooks. I was so concerned, I wrote a poem.