The Summer Palace Of Beijing, the largest and best preserved of all Chinese imperial gardens, boasts many features-a lake that occupies three-fourths of its 290 hectares, a traditional seventeem-arched bridge, a hill with palatial buildings as weell as quiet spots dotted by rustic pavilions and cottages, a 36-metre Marble Boat to remind visitors that the garden was built by the despotic Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty with funds earmarked for a Chinese navy....
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PART Ⅰ I.ANCIENT LEGENDS，FAIRY TALES AND FABLES Mother of Sericulture 嫘祖养蚕 The King Calls on a Young Farmer 尧王访舜 Yaowang Fang Shun 娥皇和女英 Ehuang He Nuying jiang Ziya the Peculiar Angler 姜太公钓鱼 Jiang Taigong Diaoyu King Wen Visits a Wise Man 王文访贤 Winwang Fang Xian Thousand League Eye and Wind Borne Ear 千里眼和顺风耳 Qianlian He Shunfeng'er chenxiang Rescues His Mother 劈山救母 Pi Shan Jiu Mu Han River Nymphs 江妃 Jiang fei …… Ⅱ.THE EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY（770 B.C-221 B.C） Ⅲ.THE HAN DYNASTY(206 B.C-220 A.D) Ⅳ.THE THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD(220-265) Ⅴ.THE JIN(265-420)AND THE SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN DYNASTIES(420-589) Ⅵ.THE TANG KYNASTY(618-907) Ⅶ.THE FIVE DYNASTIES(907-960) Ⅷ.THE SONG DYNASTY(960-1279) Ⅸ.THE YUAN DYNASTY(1279-1368) Ⅹ.THE MING DYNASTY(1368-1644) PARY Ⅱ Ⅺ.THE STORY OF THE WHITE SNAKE Ⅻ.PILGRIMAGE TO THE WEST XⅣ.THE RED CHAMBER DREAM XV.THE ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS XVⅡ.THE YANG FAMILY OF GENGRALS ……
