Stand In Silence
Land of Dragon II
by Julia Lu
Acrylic on canvas (August 2005)
18 x 24 x 1 3/4" Sides painted
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Artist Note
The image is the Ruins of Yuanmingyuan
(the Perfect and Bright Garden).
It was also called the Old Summer Palace
by Western tourists.
With an area of 346 hectares, it had been built into
the largest and most magnificent garden
during the reign of Emperor Qianlong in the Qing period,
but it was destroyed in the late 19th century
when China was invaded.
It is now deserted.
Standing
on my hometown beach,
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