copy of Suzhou
At the Summer Palace, one emperor decided to have a copy built of Suzhou’s canals attached with little shops – already back then they were masters in copying things…
In December 1998, UNESCO included the Summer Palace on its World Heritage List. It declared the Summer Palace “a masterpiece of Chinese landscape garden design. The natural landscape of hills and open water is combined with artificial features such as pavilions, halls, palaces, temples and bridges to form a harmonious ensemble of outstanding aesthetic value.”