The spot of cache is beside a sparsely populated road, which is around a pool. A small island located in the middle of the pool, and a pavilion is preserved, but no bridge link the island.
Our cache is a little special, sensory acuity is needed.
Following the sacking of the Old Summer Palace, the Imperial Court relocated to the Forbidden City, where it stayed until 1922, when the Last Emperor, Puyi, was expelled by a republican army. built the Summer Palace near the Old Summer Palace, but on a much smaller scale than the Old Summer Palace.
In the present day, the ruins of the European-style palaces are the most prominent building remnants on the site. This has misled some visitors to believe wrongly that the Old Summer Palace was made up only of European-style buildings.
A few Chinese-style buildings in the outlying Elegant Spring Garden also survived the fire. The Chinese imperial court restored these buildings and tried to rebuild the whole complex of the Imperial Gardens, but was unable to raise the money and resources due to the difficult situation of China at the time. In 1900, many of the buildings had survived or had been restored were burnt for good by the expeditionary forces sent to quell the Boxer Rebellion.