Yuyuan Garden

Yuyuan Garden, located in Anren Street, Shanghai, is a famous classical garden, covering an area of over 30 acres. It is connected with City God Temple and Yuyuan Commerce Market in the southeast. With a history of more than 400 years, the garden is the historic and cultural relics under state protection. It is built in 1577 by a government officer named Pan Yunduan of the Ming Dynasty."Yu" means pleasing and satisfying in Chinese.

This garden was especially built for Pan's parents so as to enable them to enjoy a tranquil and happy life in their old ages. In the garden there are ragged pavilions, extraordinary rocks and small mountains with beautiful scenery of lake. That is why the garden gained its name of"second to none in the middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River".

There are pavilions and pagodas, rockeries, ponds and over 40 other ancient buildings. All of these buildings are well-designed, well laid out. With the characteristic of being tranquil, pretty and exquisite, the garden has been considered as an embodiment of Southern-style landscape architecture art. As a consequence, it has earned the reputation of"the shining pearl" among all classical gardens in the middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River.

It is also the best place gathering all the quintessence of ancient garden art in the Ming and Qing dynasties. After its opening, it has attracted a number of domestic and foreign tourists because of its beautiful scenery and various historic relics.

Tips: Transportation: you can take No.11, 126, 926, and 66 buses to get there.