Soaked for two straight days, Beijing’s faced its first heavy downpour of the rain season, which lasted until Saturday, casting a shadow on the summer heat in the capital. The downpour didn’t hinder the operations of the Palace Museum, whose hundred-years-old drainage system kept the crammed architectural complex functioning as normal.

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