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| | Travel in China,Puppet Emperor's Palace & Exhibition Hall |
 | | Puyi, manipulated from cradle to grave, was the last of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) line, given power by the devious Empress Dowager Cixi. |
 | | Puyi ended his sad life as a gardener, probably happy for once to be beholden to few men. |
 | | The rear palace gives visitors a glimpse of the grandness that was the facade of life here: a swimming pool, a tennis court, a few gardens, courtyards and even a bomb shelter, are the accoutrements of the emperors empty life (a life that is chronicled within on diary pages that are attached to the wall). |
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