Girl in China dips feet into lake at historic Beijing site, says family is rich so can do as she pleases after warning
- Young woman visits lake at Old Summer Palace, dangles feet over side of boat
- Staff ask her to stop, she insolently refuses, threatens to jump in water
A disrespectful visitor has attracted outrage on mainland social media for dipping her bare feet in the lake at a world-famous historical tourist site in Beijing.
Viral video footage from April 7 at the Old Summer Palace, also known as Yuanmingyuan Park, shows a female visitor perched on the side of a small wooden boat and dangling her feet in the water, the news website china.com.cn reported.
Her shoes and socks were left near a seat she had been sitting on in the boat, the report said.
An employee asks her not to dip her feet in the lake, telling her: “It is dangerous and disrespectful to history.”
The young woman ignores his advice and says: “I am a minor. I am only 16. I am rich second generation and I just like doing this.”
The employee told her that putting her feet in the water was not allowed and that he would be punished if there was an accident, to which the girl replies: “It is you, not me, who will receive punishment. It’s not my concern.”