Wednesday, August 03, 2005

China | Chengde | Qing Emperors' Residence


The relatively modest living quarters of the Qing emperors at the Chengde Mountain Resort. They liked to think they were roughing it when they came here for the summer, although of course they had several hundred servants and concubines in waiting, to say nothing of officials, bodyguards, troops, and assorted hangers-on.

Living Quarters


Throne of the Qing Emperors

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