Yuyuan Garden is a 400-year-old classical Chinese garden located in the Shanghai's Old Town, not far from the Bund. Located to the south of the Bund, the Old Town is what remains of the walled fishing town that was Shanghai when the British arrived in 1843; modern Shanghai has grown up around it. The Old Town used to be a maze of tiny alleys, but in recent years the streets have been widened and are now crowded with tourists. At the center of the Old Town you can find the Chenghuang Temple and the Yu Garden, in which stands the Huxining Teahouse, said to be the model for the willow-pattern plates much loved by colonial era Europeans.
The garden was originally the private property of a Si Chuan official named Pan Yuen Duan. He spent twenty years and all his savings constructing the garden for his parents enjoy in their old age. Due to the clever use of space and perspective, though the garden looks small from the outside it is very big inside. The garden has the 5-dragon-on-wall characteristics; it was divided into pavilion, monument, temple and storeys. It is said to have seven sights a visitor should see.
In front of Yu Hua hall is Yu Ling Long a Tang dynasty relic standing 3,3 meters in height with 72 cavities on the stone. If water is poured into any one of the cavities, water will run out of all cavities. In the northwest of Dian Chuen house is a place where the Xiao Du organization of Shanghai used to hold their meetings. In addition, there is also an artificial mountain, Xin Ting Lake, De Yue house, Wan Hua house, a summerhouse that stands in the water and a pair of lion statues dating from the Yuan dynasty. The garden's park is in the style of Junnan and it is also a famous sight in it's own right.China Tour Packages Including Shanghai- China Best City Tours 8 Days Visits: Beijing-Xian-Shanghai
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