In such an environment, for the King of Sweden to make a Chinese palace the birthday present for his beloved wife is in fact nothing more than fitting for the age. In fact, some idea of the cultural exchange that was taking place by the mid-18th century can be gained from the fact that the Chinese emperor, Qianlong, even built his own European-style palace at his Summer Palace in the mid-18th century.
在這樣的文化環境之下，斯堪地那維亞半島上的瑞典國王，以一座中國宮殿做為愛妻的生日禮物，的確是再適當不過了。無獨有偶，同在十八世紀五十年代，中國的乾隆皇帝也在他的圓明園裡，建造了一個規模龐大的歐式宮殿。