Yu Garden is a classic Chinese garden. Bearing the burden of being the most complete classical garden in urban Sh?nghai and therefore a must-see for every tourist, this overexposed garden overflows daily with hordes of visitors, and is no longer the pastoral haven it once was.
Built between 1559 and 1577 by local official Pan Yunduan as the private estate for his father, Yu Garden is a maze of M?ng Dynasty pavilions, elaborate rockeries, arched bridges, and goldfish ponds, all encircled by an undulating dragon wall.
