Abstract:The Yin Ruins is the site of Late Shang Dynasty capital, and many sites of palaces, mausoleums, handicraft workshops, roads and water networks had been excavated. Many scholars have also carried out related studies. By analyzing the research literatures published in the past two decades, this article finds out that Yin Ruins in the Late Shang Dynasty has a mild and humid climate, and has the social, economic and technical conditions for constructing gardens. Combining with literatures on elements, such as structures and ponds, and functions of imperial garden, the following conclusion is drawn that imperial garden in the Late Shang Dynasty is an early garden with ponds as the main body, structures and roads as important parts, or with plants and animals distributed in it, and with multiple functions of viewing, soil taking, storing water and sacrificing.