A carefully carved stone bridge at the West Gate was also donated by alumni. It is a famous alumni bridge, winding and flowing, which contains the charm of the north and south of the river. There is an old ginkgo tree next to it. She is an old man in Yanyuan. Facing the west gate is the main building of the campus, which is now the office building. Two China watches moved from Yuanmingyuan stand on the open space. The west gate faces west, which is the relic of He Mingyuan, a famous garden in Qing Dynasty. A piece of green land and lotus pond in the south are Shaoyuan, the former site of the painter Mi in the late Ming Dynasty. ?
Simon and Alumni Bridge left many memories for Peking University alumni. For Mr. Hou Renzhi, who is over 90 years old, many beautiful moments in his life seem to be inferior to the autumn when he first entered the Yanyuan Garden more than 70 years ago. He wrote emotionally: "As soon as I entered the west school gate, there was a pond half an acre and a stone bridge. When I came, there was still water under the bridge. I was really happy to see it at that time. When I came in, I remembered one of Zhu's poems: When the half-acre square pond opened, the sky was high and the clouds were light. I asked where the canal was so clear, because there was flowing water at the source. " . ?
For Peking University, the position of Simon is extremely important, whether in history, today or in the future. As one of the landmark buildings of Yanyuan Garden, Ximen has become an important representative of the image of Peking University and an important window for people to understand Peking University. Today's West Gate is not only the campus gate for teachers and students to go in and out, but also a symbol of Peking University, which contains rich spiritual and cultural contents. When I entered the West Gate, I entered the spiritual shrine of Peking University and boarded this sacred academic hall.