Kublaikhan,grandsonofthegrealGenghisKhan,hadhissummerpalacebuiltinthePlainofGoldenLotuses.Theplain,lyingbytheancientHu'erhuMountains,hashiddendeepihtoitamostpreciousrelicoftheYuanDynasty(1271-1368),TheremainsofShangtu,the700-year-oldcapitalexclaimedbyMarcoPoloinhisbook,liesatNorth42degreesinlatitudeandEastLyingatthefootoftheWolong(SleepingDragon)MountainsandthebankofShandian(Thunderstorm)River,it'sabout20kilometers,oftheThunderstormRiveristhegrasslandwherewildflowerscalled"goldenlotuses"arenowblooming.
