Yu Yuan (Shanghai)

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Yu garden
Yu Yuan Tea House
Jiuqu bridge to the tea house with 9 bends

The Yu Garden ( Chinese  豫園  /  豫园 , Pinyin Yùyuán ) in Shanghai is one of the most beautiful examples of garden art in China .

history

The Yu Garden was built in 1559 by Pān Yǔnduān (潘 允 端), a high official of the Ming Dynasty , as a private garden for his father on an area of ​​two hectares.

The parks were damaged during the First Opium War , the Taiping Uprising and the Second Sino-Japanese War . At the end of the 1950s, the gardens were renovated and the park opened to the public in 1961. The garden has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China in Shanghai since 1982 .

Subdivision

Dragon head

The garden offers a number of architectural features and is divided into six parts according to the Suzhou style:

  1. Sansui Hall (三穗 堂, Sānsuìtáng ),
  2. Wanhua Chamber (萬 花 樓 / 万 花 楼, Wànhuālóu ),
  3. Dianchun Hall (點 春 堂 / 点 春 堂, Diǎnchūntáng ),
  4. Huijing Hall (會 景 樓 / 会 景 楼, Huìjǐnglóu )
  5. Yuhua Hall (玉華 堂 / 玉华 堂, Yùhuátáng ),
  6. Inner garden (內 園 / 内 园, Nèiyuán ).

Each of these six parts is separated from the others by dragon walls made of gray bricks that end in a dragon's head.

Web links

Commons : Yu Garden  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Coordinates: 31 ° 13 ′ 45 ″  N , 121 ° 29 ′ 15 ″  E