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第 14 课:At the Summer Palace in Beijing-5

B:Now we've entered.

A:It shows you are good friends of the Chinese people.

B:We've very glad to hear that. What is the hall for?

A That's the Hall of Benevolence and Longevity, a place for Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu to receive officials and foreign envoys.

B:The throne seems carved with a dragon design, doesn't it?

A:Yes. It was carved with a nine-dragon design,

symbolizing the supreme power of the emperor.

Well, let's go to the Hall of Happiness and Longevity,

the residence of Empress Dowager Cixi.