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Wandering behind Longevity Hill, the water of Kunming Lake forms Back Lake. Visitors can get there by passing the Marble Boat toward the north. With fewer buildings north of the Summer Palace, the landscape surrounding Back Lake is secluded and elegant. Exuberantly green forests and twisted paths lend unique beauty in contrast to the scenery in front. Longevity Hill stands alongside Kunming Lake with water on three sides. Back Lake functions as a fireproof strolling place with a vista point. At its banks, there are the Studio of Distant Views (Tiaoyuanzhai), Garden of Harmonious Interests (Xiequyuan), and Suzhou Market Street . Since the Studio of Distant Views is high and faces the southern outside street, Empress Dowager Cixi used to stand there to see the common people's flower market on the eighth day of the fourth month of the Chinese lunar calendar.