![]() ![]() You’ll have to walk along Anren Street to reach Yu Garden. It is just one stop from Nanjing Road to Yu Garden. Take Subway Line 10 and get off at Yu Yuan Station. 137 Anren Street, Huangpu District, Shanghai ![]() Perhaps, you’d like to avoid the weekends just to get more ‘breathing space’ at the Yu Yuan Bazaar.Īddress: No. This Taoist temple, first built during the Yongle era of the Ming Dynasty, has a history of 600 years old.Īlthough Yu Yuan is super touristic, I still enjoyed visiting the garden. If you’re up for more sightseeing after satisfying your hungry bellies, you can check out the City God Temple (城隍庙) which is just a stone’s throw away. ![]() The ones stuffed with minced crab and crab roe are amazing. The savoury glutinous rice ball is another noteworthy dish. You can drink the soup with a straw and eat the rest of the dumpling after that. I recommend trying the Tang Bao (汤包), a huge soup-filled dumpling with crab roe. At every turn, you get a different view of the area.įeeling exhausted and hungry after your visit to Yu Yuan? Don’t worry! The nearby Yu Yuan Bazaar houses hundreds of shops selling everything from silk, arts and crafts, antiques, souvenirs, to local street food, light bites, hearty Chinese cuisine, and more. The latter, on the other hand, is an 18-metres long bridge which zigzags across the lake. It’s very relaxing to enjoy a cup of tea here. The former is a tea house that sits in the middle of the lake. Upon leaving Yu Yuan, you’ll come across the Huxinting Pavilion and Nine-turning Bridge. From traditional Chinese architecture, sculptures and carvings, to pavilions, lotus ponds, rockeries, bridges and dragon walls, you can admire the beauty and grandeur of Yu Yuan from different corners of the garden. The entire complex is beautifully made up of all the different elements that a classical Chinese garden should have. Each scenic area boasts its own unique sights and is separated from each other by dragon walls with undulating grey-tiled ridges, each terminating in a dragon’s head. Yu Yuan features six scenic areas namely, the Sansui Hall, the Wanhua Chamber, the Dianchun Hall, the Huijing Hall, the Yuhua Hall, and the Inner Garden. In 1982, Yu Garden was listed as an important national relic protection unit. Subsequently, the garden was inherited by Zhang Zhao Lin, the husband of Pan Yun Duan’s grand-daughter, and then passed on to different owners. Yu Yuan was first established in 1559 as the private garden of Pan Yun Duan, a government official in the Ming Dynasty. Located within a close proximity to The Bund, Yu Yuan (豫园), also known as Yu Garden, is the only fully restored classical Chinese garden in Shanghai. ![]()
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