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| The intricately-decorated covered staircases on both sides of the Hall of Dispelling Clouds, leading up to the Hall of Virtuous Light. Between 1884-95, Empress Dowager Cixi spent the entire Qing navy budget to reconstruct and enlarge the complex to celebrate her 60th birthday. |
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