CHINA Sunset brings once-a-year brilliance to ancient Summer Palace bridge

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Sunset brings once-a-year brilliance to ancient Summer Palace bridge

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20:57, December 11, 2019

Sunbeams shine across all openings of the Seventeen-Arch Bridge at the Summer Palace in Beijing during twilight on Dec 11, 2019. (Photos: Chinanews)

Ancient designers of the Summer Palace made the bridge vertical with the sunset point of the Tropic of Capricorn. The Summer Palace was built in 1750 during the Qing Dynasty.

Sunbeams shine across all openings of the Seventeen-Arch Bridge at the Summer Palace in Beijing during twilight on Dec 11, 2019.

Ancient designers of the Summer Palace made the bridge vertical with the sunset point of the Tropic of Capricorn. The Summer Palace was built in 1750 during the Qing Dynasty.

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