Yu Garden / Yuyuan Garden @ Shanghai, China

Yu Garden or Garden of Happiness is a extensive chinese garden located in the central of Shanghai. The layout of Yu Yuan, which contains several gardens-within-gardens, can make strolling here a bit confusing, but if you stick to a general clockwise path from the main entrance, you should get around most of the estate and arrive eventually at the Inner Garden and final exit. Occupying just 2 hectares (5 acres), it appears quite expansive, with room for 30 pavilions.


Entrance gate to Yu garden area.

Many traditional chinese looking building.

Rows of shops.




Walking towards Yu Garden. Many tourist around and its quite crowded.


Traditional building.

Many art works which is delicate on sale.

Modern and touristy.

Inside Yu Garden area there are many food stalls available as well.

Visit the City Temple of Shanghai.

People praying to the god.

Smoky environment. The visitors are praying to the god.


A lady burning incense.

Statue of god in the City Temple of Shanghai.

Photo inside the temple. God guards.


A small temple but many visitors.


This is the main attraction. The Yu Garden.

There are some stalls around Yu garden. This guy is drying the tea leaves.

Scenery around Yu Garden.

Statue of Guan Yin at the middle of the Yu Garden lake.

GPS/Coordinate: 31.227236, 121.492083
Address: 218 Anren St, Huangpu, Shanghai, China
Public transport: Yuyuan Garden station on line 10.