【正】 Behind Peking University and to the west of Tsinghua lies a huge area-over 300 hectares with a circumference of ten kilometres-now deserted. These are ruins of Yuan Ming Yuan, once the largest and an indescribably magnificent garden in 18th century Beijing. What you see now are just broken pillars and collapsed structures which bring lo mind scenes of ancient Rome and Greece.Yuan Ming Yuan, or the Old Summer Palace, before its destruction, was referred lo as the Garden of Gardens, since it was a combination of gardens of different styles. Chinese and Western. Yuan Ming Yuan actually consisled of three gardens the earliesl was called Yuan Ming