The Summer Palace at Peking and the Imperial Park, which were built in the eighteenth century, were the results of the creation of mountains and control of water needed to recreate the southern scenery in the north, and the gathering together of the best scenery by the most excellent masters of Chinese gardening.
圓明園與避暑山莊這兩座興建於十八世紀的山水宮苑，就是中國最優秀的造園師們，造山理水、南景北移，博采風光、集錦一園的成果。