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The Water View Platform

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The Water View Platform is located at the southern end of the European-style buildings in the Western Mansions area of the Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan). It was where Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty would watch the water displays. The site includes the platform base for the emperor’s throne, the stone-carved screen behind the throne, and the Baroque-style stone gates on both sides. It was destroyed by the Anglo-French Allied Forces in the tenth year of the Xianfeng reign (1860). After the second year of the Xuantong reign (1910), the remaining carved stone screen...

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The Water View Platform is located at the southern end of the European-style buildings in the Western Mansions area of the Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan). It was where Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty would watch the water displays. The site includes the platform base for the emperor’s throne, the stone-carved screen behind the throne, and the Baroque-style stone gates on both sides. It was destroyed by the Anglo-French Allied Forces in the tenth year of the Xianfeng reign (1860). After the second year of the Xuantong reign (1910), the carved floral core of the remaining stone screen was transported by Zaotao to the Langrun Garden, and was returned to its original location in 1977.