On a quiet campus of the present Beijing Administrative College, there is a small piece of ground where Eastern and Western cultures meet. It is called ZHALAN. For a long time this was the cemetery of some Western missionaries who served at the imperial court as astronomers, mathematicians, doctors, geographers, musicians and painters. They were highly respected scholars and they established a link between East and West since the 17th century. Zhalan was a gift of the Emperor Wanli and Emperor Shunzhi to for the graveyard of Matteo Ricci and Adam Schall, two Jesuits who lived in Beijing in late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty. Many events occurred during those nearly 400 years. Today it is a protected cultural relic unit and there are 63 tombstones from the original cemetery. It is a peaceful place, which has witnessed centuries of flourishing cultural exchanges where Western and Chinese cultures, although different, harmoniously combine.