Hm, if I recall correctly, the story goes that Cixi took the money from the navy to build the stone boat in the summer garden. Whether that's been relegated to rumor...uh, no idea. ^^;

Did you guys get a chance to play on the pedal boats? Or has those been removed? It's been a while since I've visited the summer gardens.

I like Imperial style food. Clearly, I was made for royalty. XD (Well, you have to remember that the Qing dynasty had a lot of food from the minorities coming in rather than being dominated by Han cuisines.)