Experts track relics from old palace

Painting dates back to Song Dynasty in Boston Museum: expert

China has recovered significant records of the Old Summer Palace from a recent effort to trace and document relics taken from the garden that are now in foreign countries, a park official said yesterday.

A team of experts has collected several hundred photos of the historical royal garden during their recent trip to the United States where they visited museums, libraries and private collectors, Chen Mingjie, director of the park's management office, told China Daily yesterday.