Yuyuan Garden
Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai is located in the northeastern part of the Yuyuan Tourist Business District. It is adjacent to the Shanghai Chenghuang Temple and the Shanghai Yuyuan Tourist Mall. It is a well - known classical garden in the south of the Yangtze River and a famous scenic spot at home and abroad. In 1982, it was approved by the State Council as a "Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level".
Yuyuan Garden was first built during the Jiajing and Wanli reigns of the Ming Dynasty, and it has a history of more than 450 years. The garden's owner, Pan Yunduan, once served as the Chief Administrator of Sichuan. In order to let his father enjoy his later years in peace, starting from the Jihai year of the Jiajing reign in the Ming Dynasty (1559), Pan Yunduan began to build the garden on his family's vegetable fields by piling up rocks, digging pools, constructing pavilions and planting bamboos. After more than 20 years of painstaking management, Yuyuan Garden was finally completed. The Chinese character "豫" means "peace" and "tranquility", and naming the garden "Yuyuan" implies "bringing joy to the elderly".
When Yuyuan Garden was first built, it covered an area of more than 70 mu. It was carefully designed by Zhang Nanyang, a famous garden - designer in the Ming Dynasty, who also participated in the construction. The whole garden was grand in scale and beautiful in scenery. Currently, Yuyuan Garden covers an area of 2 hectares. With scattered pavilions and towers, craggy rocks and lush trees, it is characterized by its secluded beauty and exquisite layout, with the feature of making a small space appear large, reflecting the architectural art style of the Jiangnan gardens in the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Inside Yuyuan Garden, historical sites such as the "Library", the birthplace of "Shanghai - style calligraphy and painting", and the "Dianchun Hall", the headquarters of the Shanghai Small Swords Society Uprising, are still preserved. Ancient people through the ages have praised Yuyuan Garden as "the most magnificent and beautiful in the southeast" and "the top garden in the southeast". Many domestic and foreign political leaders and celebrities have visited Yuyuan Garden, making it a rare cultural card for Shanghai.
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