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<\/a><\/p>\nMirror\u00a0Bridge, a pagoda and a small rental boat on Kunming Lake.<\/p>\n
A cat visiting the gardens.\u00a0He was not happy about having his nap disturbed.<\/p>\n Seventeen Arch Bridge was built about 250 years ago and links one shore of Kunming Lake with an island, Nanhu.<\/p>\n Hall\u00a0of Buddist Incense, rental boats and Kunming Lake.<\/p>\n The front of one of the dragon boats transporting visitors from one part of the lake to another.<\/p>\n The side and back of one of the lake boats.<\/p>\n The Long Corridor, a very long covered way which enabled the imperial family and other notables to travel a vast distance without being affected by the elements.\u00a0 It is highly decorated with paintings which according to what I read need renewing every 12 years.\u00a0 The ones I saw were not particularly spectacular.<\/p>\n A Chinese door, bamboo and the usual elderly bottle collector.<\/p>\n The marble boat paid for\u00a0with money\u00a0 embeezled from the navy by the Empress Cixi.<\/p>\n Some of the trees\u00a0were starting to change colour.<\/p>\n Qing era boathouses.<\/p>\n One of the\u00a0many canals and bridges within the gardens.<\/p>\n Suzhou Street.\u00a0 One of an emperor’s favourite concubines missed her home so he developped an area of narrow canals lined with shops to make her feel more at comfortable.\u00a0 They were renovated in more recent times.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n