Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty built this stone boat to symbolise that the Qing Dynasty will never fall. It did anyway, due to Empress Dowager Cixi's squandering ways. It was the last dynasty in China.
Edit: Okay, I found out that the tour guide cheated my feelings. It's made of wood but it's painted to look like marble.
The locals told me that it's made of stone/marble/concrete...
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Yeah, I loved that boat when I went there when I was a mere tiny seven year old... *reminiscing happily*
It kinda sucks that it isn't all marble isn't it? But my dad told me that the top pillar-bit is marble and just the bottom is wood-painted-marble. Still... all marble would have been cool! XD
You'd have to be a lucky empress to be able to order the workers to take away their building marble to build her own posh boat! Bah. Ah well, it's still amazing... maybe I should take a leaf out of her book!
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Wood?
And thats why Dynasty's never last when the boats are made of wood. -shakes head-
Its like in England, at the tower of London, they keep seven ravens. For there is a legend that if the ravens left the tower...
the Tower of London, the White Tower, the Monarchy, and the entire Kingdom would fall.
Good reason to keep the ravens.
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It kinda sucks that it isn't all marble isn't it?
You'd have to be a lucky empress to be able to order the workers to take away their building marble to build her own posh boat! Bah. Ah well, it's still amazing... maybe I should take a leaf out of her book!
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"Some people are like slinkies, not really good for anything, but you can't help but laugh when one tumbles down the stairs." - Unknown.
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