A teacher shows the 2018 Tsinghua University acceptance letter with a 3D paper sculpture of the symbolic Second Gate ¨C the "Old Gate" of the college in Beijing, China, 3 July 2018. Tsinghua University recently posted their new 2018 acceptance package online, which includes a 3D paper sculpture of the college's "Old Gate". This art work, made by faculty and students at Tsinghua, contains more than 30 components and over a hundred interlocking structures created using laser cutting technology. As the candidate opens the package, the sculpture pops out from the page. The Old Gate is a three-arch monument with two words inscribed on the lintel: Tsinghua Yuan, written by Natong, a famous scholar from the Qing era. It was built in 1909 and has become a landmark and well-known representation of Tsinghua University. "To include a 3D sculpture of the Old Gate in the acceptance package, " said the Tsinghua Admission Office, "is to convey its elegance and solemnity throughout history, and also to carry other meanings in the new era: inspiration and wisdom, youth and the future." The university posted the acceptance letter on their official Weibo account, captioned "When you cross the Old Gate in August, a new world will emerge in front of you, and a brand-new Tsinghua awaits your discovery and creation." The Old Gate, therefore, is no longer just a gate; but a turning point, a milestone, and the beginning of adult life for these new undergraduates.
