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As one of the typical garden attractions in southern China, Yuyuan
Shanghai Garden is
located virtually in Shanghai center, the downtown of old Shanghai, close to the Bund. With a total area less than 5 acres,
there are over 40 Shanghai garden attractions in the inner and outer gardens. Both
gardens were built in the Ming Dynasty classical style.
This portion of Shanghai garden attractions feature traditional Chinese style
architectures, unique natural scenic rocks, impressive woods and ponds as well
as dragon-lined walls, ancient doorways, zigzagging bridges.
This Shanghai garden displays various valuable collectibles such as century old furniture, calligraphy and paintings of famous
artists, clay sculptures, brick carvings, inscriptions and couplets. Another highlight in
this popular shanghai attraction is a exquisite jade stone that weighs five tons
and is porous. This naturally shaped and translucent grotesque rock came from
Tai lake in Wuxi, Jiangsu province. The rock originally was Emperor Huizong's private collection.
In fact,
Yuyuan is the most famous Shanghai garden in Shanghai. Close to the
Shanghai gardens is an old Shanghai bazaar, a large number of small streets and lanes where vendors sell their products and food to the tourists and local people.
This Shanghai garden is called garden Yuyuan because Yu in Chinese means "peace and health", a place of peace and comfort in the
center of busy Shanghai. This Shanghai gardens can date back to the Ming Dynasty.
Yuyuan Shanghai Garden was first built as a private garden created by Pan Yunduan. He
spent nearly 20 years and entire savings to construct a garden in an attempt to please his
old parents.
In the past over 400 years, Yuyuan Shanghai Garden underwent several episodes of restoration and reopened several times.
The Yuyuan Shanghai Garden once was in a mess. Because of the downside of Pan's family after Pan Yuduan's death, Yuyuan was slowly out of use. Although
restorations were conducted later by a group of local rich people, repeated civil wars in the mid-19th century
had again caused huge damages to this historical old Shanghai garden. After Shanghai's liberation
in 1956, city government rebuilt the garden, as a part of Shanghai restoration, and recovered its elegance and beauty as in the old days. Yuyuan
Shanghai Garden was finally reopened to public in 1961. Chinese government declared
this old Shanghai garden a national monument in 1982. The new Shanghai Yuyuan Garden
has become a popular tourist site, attracting a huge number of visitors from
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Shanghai
this China's biggest and most prosperous city oozes an atmosphere of vitality and a dynamic which can rival New York in the
US and Paris of France in terms of modernity.
Shanghai attractions are abundant, including ancient and recent history remains.
New high-rises and modern architectures constitutes an unique type of
tourist attractions. In addition, tourists can table short trip to visit
a number of travel sites surrounding Shanghai, where real life of
ordinary people in China can be seen. Gorgeous night scene is another
tourist highlight that will linger in visitors' mind owing to its ornate feature after their Shanghai travel experience. As night descends the entire city is lit up by dizzily colorful lights joined occasionally by the bright moon hanging in the sky.
