It seems that the measures to improve air quality are at least a little bit working because today we had a blue sky and could see as far as the mountains close to Beijing which seldomly ever is the case.
The old summer palace (yuang ming yuan) was crowded by Chinese men with trendy weekend dress and Chinese women with umbrellas to protect from the strong sun. Basically the so-called old summer palace are ruins and a nice park with a lotus pond. What makes it so interesting is the place's history: Constructed in 1747 by Jesuit missionairies in European style, the old summer palace was ironically destroyed by the Europeans (the English and French) in 1860. Also interesting to know: at the same time when European style was en vogue in China, the European kings and queens had Chinese rooms built in their residences and collected Chinese porcelain vases.
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