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A stately place by the lake where history was written

By Jin Dan (chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2016-09-05 16:15
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A stately place by the lake where history was written

A view of the garden of West Lake State Guest House in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.[File photo/IC]
That may go far beyond what the builders or former owners of these gardens may have thought.

The West Lake State Guest House was an estate combined from three manors owned by three notable families in late Qing Dynasty, respectively surnamed Liu, Kang and Han.

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