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Marble boat inside the Summer Palace.
This is popularly known as the marble boat. Its real name is Boat of Purity and Ease. It was build in 1775 and is 36 meters long. There is a saying going "water can carry a boat, and it can also capsize a boat. By following that allusion, the marble boat was built to mean that the Qing dynasty would be as solid as a rock and never fall apart.
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