Approached by a friend, Guo brought the exhibition to Liverpool.
Ken Martin, owner of the View Two gallery and a former architect, has great interest in China.
"This exhibition is amazing and imaginative," he said. "British people like gardens as well." He hoped that this exhibition could help local people understand Chinese garden better.
The exhibition was due to last for one week, but Martin prolonged it till Sept. 7.
Gary Millar, Lord Mayor of Liverpool, noted that the exhibition was stunning. "I love the facts that not only the walls were made to represent the Old Summer Palace, but visitors could fly like a bird to see what the garden looked like," he said.
He said Liverpool has close ties with China. "The city boasted the oldest Chinese community as well as the largest arch in China Town," he said.
Liverpool was a city of diversity. There are people from 120 countries, speaking 60 different languages.
With Chinese culture flowing in like currents, he was sure the exhibition would be welcomed by people in Liverpool.
After the exhibition, the pictures and video are to be shown in Russia.
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Gary Millar, mayor of Liverpool addresses the opening ceremony of the exhibition on Chinese Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) held at the View Two gallery in Liverpool, Britain, Aug. 19, 2013. More than 20 computer-drawn pictures on Yuanmingyuan' rebuilding and a video clip demonstrating more than 100 original scenes in the garden are presented at the exhibition, by a team led by Guo Daiheng, a senior architect and professor with the School of Architecture at China's Tsinghua University. [Xinhua/Yin Gang]
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The video has also been used for tour guide in Yuanmingyuan. Holding the digital guide, visitors could see different angles and details of the buildings on the screen.
Guo's work has not ended as she and her team still have a lot to do. "We are currently drawing the Western Building," she said. "It would take years to finish."
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