A little confused about this. I am certainly not an expert, but it appears from the [Wikipedia article] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Summer_Palace) that this was constructed during the early 1700s during the reign of the Kangxi Emperor. I don’t see any reference to Kublai Khan or that it dates so far back.
WilliamHTaftsays
That facade looks pretty rococo to be from 12th century China
Mrs-Peacocksays
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure-dome decree
Petrarch1603says
This is where Flashman romped with the Dowager Empress
Novusod says
What is looks like now: https://i.imgur.com/PSLvdw4.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Yuanmingyuan_Haiyantang_20130126.JPG
lotusbloom74 says
A little confused about this. I am certainly not an expert, but it appears from the [Wikipedia article] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Summer_Palace) that this was constructed during the early 1700s during the reign of the Kangxi Emperor. I don’t see any reference to Kublai Khan or that it dates so far back.
WilliamHTaft says
That facade looks pretty rococo to be from 12th century China
Mrs-Peacock says
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure-dome decree
Petrarch1603 says
This is where Flashman romped with the Dowager Empress