Now we are walking continuely along the Long Corridor, the next
scene we are going to visit is Marble Boat.
Look over there! Halfway up the slope there stands the Hall of
Listening to Orioles. It was the place for emperor and empress to
enjoy opera and court music. It issaid the singing of orioles is
very pleasing. Before the Garden of Virtuous Harmony was built,
Empress Dowager Cixi enjoyed opera and music here. Now the hall is
one of the most famous restaurants in China, featuring imperial
dishes and desserts.
This is the famous Marble Boat. A famous scientist of China’s
Eastern Han Dynasty once said, “Water can float the boat, but it can
also tip it over.” A prime minister of Tang Dynasty Wei Zheng once
used these words to persuade Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang
Dynasty. He said people are water and the emperor is the boat.
People can support a good emperor. However, they also can overthrow
the dynasty. Emperor Qianlong built this huge boat in the Garden in
order to make the allusion concrete. On one hand, Emperor Qianlong
encouraged himself to run the country well. On the other hand, he
wanted to show that his rule of the Qing Dynasty was as firm as the
Marble Boat and there was no fear of overturning the boat. The
Marble Boat was the place for Emperor Qianlong to sample tea and
enjoy the scenery of Kunming Lake. Emperor Qianlong once came here
to engage in the freeing of captive animals. In the times of
Qianlong, the Marble Boat was a Chinese styled stone boat with a
Chinese style wooden superstructure on the top of it. When it was
rebuilt in the times of Guangxu, a foreign and Chinese elements
mixed resulting in two wheels to be added to the boat, one on each
side. The floor was paved with colored bricks. All of the windows
were inlaid with multiple-colored glass. A big mirror was installed
on the superstructure for viewing rain.
Our tour is drawing to a close after we visited the Marble Boat.
Today we only visited the major scenic spots of the Summer Palace. I
have left other spots of interest for your next visit.
I will now show you out through the Ruyi Gate. Our coach is waiting
for us outside the gate. I do hope you enjoyed today’s tour. Thank
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