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Tue
20
Oct '09

Ruins of the Old Summer Palace

In our last post we talked about the history of the Summer Palace and how it came to be in ruins. In this post we would like to show you some pictures of those ruins, and we thought of making some comments about why anyone would cause such massive destruction to such a beautiful place. However, on second thought we decided to let the ruins speak for themselves. So here they are.

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  1. Ling Williams Says:

    It is so sad!! To see the destruction of such magnificent art, such beautiful manifestation of beautiful minds became the victim of politics, revenge and unconscious actions. Human behavior can be so disappointing at times.

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