Introduction of Yuyuan Garden

Yuyuan Garden is located in the northeastern part of Shanghai's Old City Hall, with Fuyou Road to the north, Anren Street to the east, and the Old City God Temple and Yuyuan Shopping Center to the southwest. It is the only remaining Ming Dynasty garden in the Old City Hall. Inside the garden, the pavilions are different, the mountains and rocks are lofty, the lake is brimming with light, and it has been known as "the wondrous beauty of Jiangnan". The Yuyuan Garden was built during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, and was originally a private garden of the Pan family. The Yuyuan Garden was built in 1559, more than 400 years ago. It was originally a private garden in the Ming Dynasty, covering an area of more than 30 acres. In the garden, there are Sui Hall, large rockery, iron lions, fast building, moon building, Yu Linglong, Jade Water Corridor, listening to the Tao Pavilion, Han Bi Building, the inner garden of the Jing Guan Hall, the ancient stage and other pavilions, as well as rockery, pond and other more than 40 ancient buildings, well-designed, delicate layout, to the secluded and beautiful, exquisite and transparent, with a small in the big features, reflecting the style of the southern gardens of Ming and Qing dynasties architectural art, is a pearl of the Jiangnan classical gardens. It is a pearl among the classical gardens in Jiangnan.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, during the revolt of the Dagger Society, the Yuyuan Garden was used as a command center in the north of the city. Yuyuan Garden through the rise and fall, increasingly dilapidated. After the liberation, the people's government of the Yuyuan Garden for large-scale repairs, when most of the landscape restored. The whole garden can be divided into four major scenic spots. Inside the Garden, there are hundreds of plaques and inscriptions, most of which are handwritten by famous artists. In 1959, the Yuyuan Garden was listed as a municipal cultural relics protection unit, and in February 1982, it was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection unit.