Beijing University and Tsinghua University BeijingⅥ
Surrounding the Tsinghua University are numerous institutes of higher education as well as famous gardens and historical sites, while in the university, it is the peaceful campus with green trees and waters. Having been divided into east zone and west zone, the west zone of Tsinghua University is the old district with American campus layout and numerous western style buildings made of bricks and stones, e.g. the ancient architecture Gongzi Hall, Guyue Hall, Shuimu Tsinghua Building. An area embracing the lotus pool, which has been described in the famous prose The Lotus Pool by Moonlight (荷塘月色)- a familiar article with Chinese written by Zhu Ziqing, is the typical traditional Chinese imperial garden. The east zone of the university was built in 1950s with the main building in the Soviet Union style, and a series modern buildings of classrooms, offices, gym, natatorium and dormitories built since 1990s are just grand and magnificent.