Shanghai Yuyuan Photo: Yuyuan

The Yuyuan garden is considered amazing place in Shanghai. Translated from the Chinese name of the garden is translated as "joy" or "peace". Really, this place is a area of relaxation and joy among a huge modern metropolis with its traffic jams and fast-paced lifestyles.

The Yuyuan garden has existed for over 400 years. It was built during the reign of the Ming dynasty in 1559. The founder of the garden became pan Undoing that spent on the construction of almost all their savings. But after his death no one cared for the garden, and he quickly fell into disrepair. Finally, in 1956, local city authorities decided to restore the garden, and they managed to bring the place almost to its primordial form.

Yuyuan impressive number of architectural structures: gazebos, bridges, arches, terraces. And none of them are the same. The area of the Park, amounting to just over 2 hectares of land, divided into 6 parts. All parts are interconnected by passages and galleries that are not made randomly, but according to all the rules of Feng Shui for the correct direction of the movement of qi energy.

Tourists can visit the ancient tea Hosington. The transition to it is a stone bridge with 10 sharp turns that are designed to ensure that evil spirits could not enter the building. In the garden there is a huge stone dragon with a frog around the mouth.

Near the garden there is a large shopping area where you can buy anything you want. Most importantly, it does not get lost.

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