▲ The Nine-Turn Bridge and Mid-Lake Pavilion are the centerpieces of Yu Garden and the Shanghai City God Temple Tourist Area, where ancient and modern elements meet and chat.
▲ The Chinese dragon wall at Yu Garden.
▲ The treasure of Yu Garden - the Exquisite Jade Rock; located in front of the Yuhua Hall, renowned for its four distinctive features: "wrinkles, leaks, slenderness, and perforations". The particularly fascinating spectacle of "water flowing from hundreds of holes while smoke emerges from hundreds of pores" is especially intriguing.
▲ A classic Chinese Jiangnan-style garden with over 400 years of history, featuring elegant landscapes with hills and water.
▲ Stand beneath the Chinese Dragon Wall and above the flowing streams on small bridges to experience the beauty of artistic conception.
▲ Here you can find typical Chinese Taoist elements - the representations of the Twelve Flower Goddesses; oh, not the sculpted goddess in the picture below! If you're curious, take a stroll on the zigzag bridge below, look down, and you'll see the representations of China's 12 monthly flower goddesses!
▲ You are not a fish, how can you know the happiness of fish?
▲ The site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China, a typical Shanghai shikumen house, was quite inconspicuous in Shanghai in 1921. More than 30 years later, even the attending delegates could not be entirely certain of its location.
▲ The Memorial of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China showcases how countless Chinese people sought the path to national prosperity and people's well-being over nearly 100 years starting from 1842, and narrates how the Communist Party of China progressed from Shanghai's Shikumen all the way to Beijing's Tiananmen.