Before "Squid on a Stick," Nanluoguxiang was famous as the home of the dashing Mongolian Prince Sengge Rinchen (1811-1865)
The Burning of the Yuanmingyuan: 150 Years Later
The multiplicity of meanings associated with the Yuanmingyuan (The Old Summer Palace) and the complicated circumstances of its destruction make for fascinating history as well as an opportunity for the CCP's educational minions to leech that history of any real substance -- other than as a crude device to teach 'patriotism.'