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Chengde Palace, Chengde, China, 1981

Chinese Emperor Kang Xi commissioned the construction of the palace of Chengde in 1703 as a summer resort. The property is now a public park, containing landscaped gardens, ancient gnarled pines, lotus ponds, artifacts, and artwork.

(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Journey Into China, 1982)

Photograph by James L. Stanfield