'Pavilions in the Heart of the Water', at the Imperial mountain resort, Chengde

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: FD-s304. Pavilions in the Heart of the Water or Water Centre Bower (Shui Xin Xie), at the 'Mountain Hamlet for the Escape from the Summer Heat' (Imperial Summer Resort), Chengde. In the hills in the background is an unusual pestle-shaped rock, the Sledgehammer Peak (磬锤峰).