The infamous marble boat built by the equally infamous Cixi. The funds used to build this useless vessel were supposed to be used to modernize the royal navy, but Cixi felt this little beauty was more...useful? Marble boat, navy...chabuduo (close enough). The boat is actually made of wood and painted to look like marble, but now a lot of the pain is peeling and you can see the wood underneath.
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