![]() Yu Garden reflects the garden style of Jiangnan garden architecture in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The entrance is off the forecourt at the end of the bridge. Today, Yu Garden occupies an area of 2 hectares (5 acres).The approach to the garden is across a Nine-turn bridge crossing a small pond with a teahouse. Design Īnother view of the Pavilion of Listening to Billows, 2009. They were opened to the public in 1961 and declared a national monument in 1982. They were damaged again by the Japanese in 1942 before being repaired by Liangshun Han (Rockery Han ) appointed by the Shanghai government from 1956 to 1961. During the Taiping Rebellion, the Small Swords Society ran its headquarters in the Dianchun Hall by the time Qing troops recovered the garden, the original structures had nearly all been destroyed. ![]() During the First Opium War, the British army used the Huxinting Teahouse as a base of operations for several days in 1842. The gardens suffered damage numerous times during the 19th century. A group of merchants renovated the increasingly decrepit grounds in 1760 and in 1780 the West Garden was opened to the general public. "Spirit Park"), today's East Garden, was purchased by a group of local leaders in 1709. A section was briefly organised by Zhang Shengqu as the "Academy of Purity and Harmony" ( 清 和 書院, Qīng-Hé Shūyuàn) and the Ling Yuan ( 靈 苑, Líng Yuàn, lit. The garden was later inherited by Zhang Zhaolin, Pan Yunduan's granddaughter's husband, and then passed to different owners. The garden was the largest and most prestigious of its era in Shanghai, but eventually its expense helped ruin the Pans. In particular, of Pan Yuduan's journal entries from 1586 through 1601, nearly three quarters of them are related to various public performances that were held in the garden, with the Leshou Tang being the main venue for these events. From Pan's own records, the garden served as hub for many social activities when he lived there, and those events influenced the texture of Shanghai society. The grounds were designed to be a complex of different gardens within one centre, Leshou Tang. In its original form, Yu Garden has many manufactured waterways, paths, rockeries, plants and buildings. However, Yunduan's appointment as governor of Sichuan postponed construction for nearly twenty years until 1577. Thus, Yu Garden is also known as "Garden of Peace and Comfort". He named the garden Yu Yuan, yu(豫) meaning "pleasing and satisfying to one's parents." His motivation to build this garden is to show filial piety to his parents and make them enjoy in their old age. Pan Yunduan began the project after failing one of the imperial exams. ![]() Yu Garden was first built in 1559 during the Ming Dynasty by Pan Yunduan as a comfort for his father, the minister Pan En, in his old age. Rumours about its origin include the story that it was meant for the Huizong Emperor ( Northern Song Dynasty from 1100 to 1126 AD) at the imperial garden in Bianjing, but was salvaged from the Huangpu River after the boat carrying it had sunk. Ī centerpiece is the Exquisite Jade Rock ( 玉 玲珑) a porous 3.3-m, 5-ton boulder. This garden is accessible from the Shanghai Metro's Line 10 and Line 14 Yuyuan Garden station. It abuts the Yuyuan Tourist Mart, the Huxinting Teahouse and the Yu Garden Bazaar. Garden of Happiness ) is an extensive Chinese garden located beside the City God Temple in the northeast of the Old City of Shanghai at Huangpu District, Shanghai. Yu Garden or Yuyuan Garden ( traditional Chinese: 豫 園 simplified Chinese: 豫 园 pinyin: Yù Yuán, Shanghainese Yuyoe pronounced, lit.
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