Dashuifa/Great Fountains (Beijing)

China / Beijing / Peking / Beijing
 ruins, interesting place
Composed of pyramids, formal pools, fountain statues, and rock and shell formations. The pyramids were of carved stone raised in pools surrounded by thirty jets, with eight larger cascades around the centerpiece. Marble arches were crowned with bright ceramic flowers. The fountain in the main pool was in the shape of eleven animal figures: one deer and ten hounds. When streams of water spouted from all eleven animals at the same time, they created the impression that the deer was being chased by the hounds. Panorama photos - tinyurl.com/286vmk8
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Summer_Palace
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Coordinates:   40°0'43"N   116°18'23"E
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