Chinese Zodiac (CZ12 / Sap ji sang ciu / 十二生肖) English Subtitles

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Building of the Old Summer Palace started in 1709.

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Took more than 150 years to complete.

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Its magnificence awed the world.

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Envoys called it The Garden of Gardens.

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Haiyan Hall was its largest Western mansion,

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where the 12 Chinese Zodiac statues stood,

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each majestically spouting water at noon!

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Foreign armies breached Fort Dagu in July 1860,

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shattered the Empire's feeble defence.

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On 6th October 1860,