Next stop--the government-owned, pearl jewelry store.
Fresh-water pearls are a major industry in China, and they have been harvested at the Summer Palace lake for a long time.
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| Let me jog your memory. We're back in Beijing and have just left the Summer Palace after having taken that touristy dragon-boat ride across the large, manual-labor-dug lake. Next stop--the government-owned, pearl jewelry store. Fresh-water pearls are a major industry in China, and they have been harvested at the Summer Palace lake for a long time. |
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| Here our store guide is explaining how fresh-water pearls differ from salt-water pearls. | ||||||||||||
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