Yu Garden 豫园 is located in the Huangpu District, northwest of old Shanghai, south of Fuyou Street. To the east is Anren Street and to the southwest is the Temple of the City God.
Yu Garden is in the style of the classical gardens of the Ming Dynasty. Built in 1559, it was initially one of the private gardens of Pan Yundan, governor of Sichuan Province, who designed it to please his father. The word 豫 has the same pronunciation as 愉 "to delight." Subsequently, the garden passed through several owners and suffered damage from wars and fires multiple times. Today, it is a typical garden of Jiangnan, the "south" of China. It is a major tourist attraction in Shanghai.
Yu Garden was opened to the public in 1961. As early as 1959, it had been declared a protected cultural site of Shanghai. In 1982, it was promoted to the rank of national protected cultural site.
Visit of Yu Garden
Yu Garden is divided into four parts: west, east, central, and inner garden.
The western part 西部 of Yu Garden
In the western part, we find the Pavilion of Three Ears 三穗堂 , which was the place where harvests were stored:

The Pavilion for Admiring the Great Rockery 仰山堂 is a pavilion that overlooks a 14-meter-high ensemble composed of yellow stones extracted from Zhejiang Province and topped with a small kiosk from which one could once admire the Huangpu River.

The Great Rockery 大假山 mentioned above:

Another famous curiosity is the command center (点春堂 ) of the secret society of the "Small Swords" 小刀会 :

The stone lions of the Yuan Dynasty 元代铁狮 :

The eastern part 东部 of Yu Garden
In the eastern part of the garden is one of the "Three Rocks of Jiangnan" (江南三大名石 ). The one in Yu Garden is named Yulinglong 玉玲珑 :

In the eastern part of Yu Garden is also the Gallery of Water that Accumulates Jade 积玉水廊 :

The central part 中部 of Yu Garden
In the central part of the garden is the Chamber for Admiring the Moon 得月楼 :

North of the Chamber for Admiring the Moon, we discover the Rockery that Washes the Clouds 浣云假山 . Inside the rockery is a fountain that can be heard from the Chamber for Admiring the Moon. The rockery takes its name from the sound of the fountain water.

The inner garden 内园 of Yu Garden
The inner garden 内园 of Yu Garden is a relatively small space. There is the stage for the ancient theater:

and the pond of nine dragons:
