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Chinese people started to build gardens more than 2,000 years ago. Chinese gardens are a special form of 1.
traditional
（tradition）Chinese culture and art.
At the entrance to a Chinese garden, there is 2.
usually
（usual）a huge stone or wall to screen（挡住）your view. This is to give you a pressed-in feeling, in order to later produce unexpected joy when you turn around the hall to see the amazing rock formations（假山）3.
and
a lake. The best example is the Summer Palace.
Rock formations play an important role in the design of a Chinese-style garden. Without 4.
them
（they）, a garden could not be considered a Chinese-style garden. They are as important to a Chinese-style garden as sculptures are to 5.
a
European-style garden. The Garden in Yangzhou is famous 6.
for
its Four Seasons Rockeries（假山花园）.
Gardens in the south are mostly small in size. Chinese garden designers 7.
use
（use）the method of "borrowing scenery with a mirror" 8.
to create
（create）a sense of space. A mirror is hung opposite a window to take in the outside scenery. A fine example of this is Shi Shan Fang, a rockery in He Garden, Yangzhou. A big mirror 9.
is built
（build）on the wall of its west corridor. The whole garden will be seen in the mirror wherever the 10.
visitors
（visit）are.
