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Juanqinzhai and the Qianlong Garden, the Forbidden City, Beijing
Text and photograph courtesy World Monuments Fund, a Partner and Cooperating Organization with dgCommunity Culture and Development.

The Qianlong Emperor’s Juanqinzhai (Studio of Exhaustion from Diligent Service), an 18th-century jewel box tucked away in the northeast quadrant of the Forbidden City, is part of a decade-long, multimillion-dollar conservation initiative undertaken by the World Monuments Fund in partnership with the Palace Museum, Beijing. Completion of the five-year restoratio more...
November 12, 2008
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