Brief information on Yuyuan Garden
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Located to the northeast of Shanghai鈥檚 old city, Yuyuan Garden is the only surviving garden built in the Ming Dynasty. It adjoins Fuyou road in the north, Anren Street in the east, and Yuyuan market and the Temple of the City God in the southwest. The garden was first built in 1559 during the Ming Dynasty by a government officer named Pan Yuanduan. Although he constructed the garden for his parents, he enjoyed the area himself since his parents passed away soon after the garden was finished in 1577.
The original garden was severely damaged. The Yuyuan Garden you see today is the restored one which was started in 1956. Now occupying an area of 20,000 square meters, Yuyuan has more than forty deftly designed ancient constructions, like the giant Rockery, the Iron Lions, Exquisite Jade Rock, and the Deyue Pavilion, all of which are divided by dragon walls, wound corridors and beautiful flowers. Among them, Exquisite Jade Rock is the true treasure of the garden. The rock is 3.3 meters high with 72 holes as clear as jade. The unique feature of this rock is that if you burn a joss stick just below the rock, the smoke will magically float out from all the holes. Similarly, if you pour water into the rock from the top, the water will flow out from each hole.
Yuyuan garden is regarded as the most beautiful garden south of the Yangtze River. The pavilions, halls, stones and streams in the garden form a unique picture featuring 鈥渙ne step, one beauty; every step, every beauty.鈥 It vividly shows the quintessence of Southern Chinese landscape design in the Ming and Qing Dynasty.
Hours: 08:00-17:00
Location: Huangpu District
Transportation: Buses: 11銆26銆64銆71銆145銆581銆715銆730銆736銆801銆926銆929銆932銆969銆980
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