The 500-year-old Guyi Garden makes a stunning return, and it's the perfect time to admire the plum blossoms
The Guyi Garden, one of Shanghai's top five gardens, is in the prime of its 500-year elegance.
In spring, visit for the bamboo; in summer, for the lotus; in autumn, for the chrysanthemums; and in winter, for the plum blossoms. The garden is beautiful in all seasons and is a perennial favorite on the travel list of Shanghai residents.
Now, in the winter of Shanghai, as the plum blossoms bloom and all things revive, the poetic essence of the winter garden reaches its peak. The garden, adorned with wax plum trees, succumbs once again to the beauty of classical Chinese aesthetics.
📸Tour route:
❶South Gate Entrance
Nanxiang Wall: Right after entering, a welcoming screen wall stands with the pattern of 'White Cranes Flying South', outlining the historical legends of Nanxiang Town.
❷South Pavilion: Stroll east to the South Pavilion. Immerse yourself in the leisure of a Jiangnan garden.
❸Xiangyun Pavilion: Ascend the steps to Xiangyun Pavilion, located atop Turtle Hill, offering panoramic views of Yuanyang Lake and Qingqing Garden.
❹Qingqing Garden: A realm of bamboo. The place with the richest variety of bamboo species, over 30 types of green bamboo complement the pavilions and towers, creating an elegant scenery.
❺House of Indispensable Bamboo: The red columns of the gallery add depth, and the courtyard is filled with golden yellow wax plums.
❻Flower God Temple: The garden has dozens of red, green, white, and wax plum trees, offering plum blossoms throughout the seasons, looking forward to the winter's 'snow yielding to the fragrance of plums'.
❼Deficient Corner Pavilion: Atop Bamboo Branch Hill in Guyi Garden, the people of Nanxiang built this pavilion missing its northeast corner, hoping future generations will not forget the national humiliation.
❽Unmoored Boat: Enjoy the waterside view. Once the painting and calligraphy studio of the garden owner, it is surrounded by water on three sides and faces a pond of lotus flowers in summer, which is particularly beautiful.
🎈Address: No. 218, Huyi Highway, Nanxiang Town, Jiading District, Shanghai
🚌Public Transport: Take Metro Line 11 to Nanxiang Station, then walk west for 15 minutes; or take bus routes 62 or 821.
⏰Tour Duration: 3-4 hours
🎫Ticket Price: Full ticket price is 12 yuan per person
🅿️Parking: Guyi Garden Restaurant parking lot
👀Nearby Attractions: Yunxiang Temple, Nanxiang Old Street, and other attractions
‼️Important Information:
✔No need to book in advance for garden entry, just go directly to the ticket office to purchase tickets.
✔Tourist guide maps are available for free at the visitor center to the left after entering the South Gate.
✔Wax plum viewing spots include the Plum Blossom Stele Corridor, Plum Blossom Hall, and Bonsai Garden.
✔Next to the South Gate is the Guyi Garden Restaurant, where you can try the famous Nanxiang steamed bun delicacies if you have time.
The ancient garden is located in Nanxiang Town, Shanghai. It is a typical Jiangnan garden. It covers a bit large area. There are three small lakes in the middle. The surrounding area is the courtyard and green space. The matching is more reasonable and there are more points to see.
Spring to autumn, it is another year. I went to visit the ancient garden and returned with a load. It coincided with the beautiful season of peony flowers. I saw the story of spring everywhere in the ancient garden. The park is small and exquisite, and it has a different charm of Jiangnan. Yiyetang, buildings such as boats are scattered on the world, as if they are a fairyland. Peony flowers bloom, tourists are like weaving, and they live up to the spring. Come quickly, you will definitely feel the happiness brought to us by spring.
The ancient garden was built in the Ming Jiajing years, the original name of the garden, taken from the "green bamboo raft" sentence in the "Poetry Book". The ancient garden is characterized by bamboo, with bamboo paths through the elegant garden, the green bamboo is very dignified, the beautiful, three or five groups, the road is hugged, forming the unique garden art of the ancient garden. From the plum flower hall to the north, you will enter a secluded bamboo path. This is the most abundant area of ancient squatting garden bamboo. You can see Yazhu, Xiaoshun Bamboo, Danzhu, Zaoyuan Bamboo, Golden-set jade Bamboo, Zizhu, Feibai Bamboo, Turtle Jia Bamboo, Tang Bamboo, Zifang Bamboo and Wubu Chicken Bamboo, etc. Zhu Yimian, continuous. Address: No. 218 Changi Highway, Nanxiang Town, Jiading District: 12 yuan/person; children under 6 years old (including 6 years old), children under 1.3 meters (including 1.3 meters) and people over 65 years old are exempt from tickets; minors under 6 years old (excluding 6 years old) - 18 years old (including 18 years old) are exempt from tickets; Full-time college students half-ticket; 60-65-year-olds tickets are discounted at 10 yuan / sheet.
The ancient garden is suitable for summer or winter. There are lotus flowers in summer and plum flowers in winter. If it is not the flower season, he is an ordinary small park. At the end of July, I returned home and my mother went to eat Xiaolong next door to stroll around, just when the lotus blossomed.
Very good garden green design garden, it is recommended to see, very comfortable
In the 500-year history of the long river, the ancient garden has been damaged and rebuilt several times, and has always adhered to the style of Ming Dynasty architecture and Jiangnan gardens, forming five characteristics of green bamboo, quiet qushui, flower and stone paths, Ming-style architecture, and Lian poetry. 9.7 More than 10,000 square meters of area, creating an irregular lake surface, undulating terrain, graceful stone paths, curved bridge corridors, dense woods, small flower environment . . exquisite and compact layout, built into endless space. N times to go, N times are still not enough; Going again in early summer, adding new ideas. Enter the peony pavilion, sit on the sparkling lake; enter the plum flower hall, close to the treasure of the town garden (Huangyang wood carving Jiulongping) ingenuity and wonderful system: board the top of the turtle mountain, see the turtle camel life monument Baishou should be extended...
The ancient garden is a garden dominated by bamboo, bamboo is evergreen, elegant, and beautiful, giving people a light and beautiful feeling. The "Gu Yiyuan" of Shen Yuanxuan in the Qing Dynasty records: "According to the shape of a garden, the winner is like a mountain." The mountain here refers to the bamboo branch mountain in the garden, and describes the artistic conception of the bamboo mountain green and green bamboo raft in the garden.
Every day, I shuttled to the magic capital in the reinforced concrete, but I always yearned for the spirit and quietness of the country's distant mountains and waters. The magic capital was a rare place in the bustling city of the far suburbs. During the stroll, 500 years of simplicity and gentleness, come on my face, don't have a cave! According to the report: Guyiyuan is located in Nanxiang Town, Jiading District, northwest of Shanghai. It was built in the Ming Jiajing years. It was originally named "Gion" and was taken from the "green bamboo raft" sentence in the "Poetry Book". In the 11th year of Qing Qianlong (1746), it was renamed "Gion". It is one of the five classical gardens in Shanghai. The ancient garden is 21 kilometers away from the city center. There are ancient and rich humanistic attractions such as Yiyetang, Opera Goose Pool, Songhe Garden, Qingqing Garden, Wuhu, Nanxiangbi. The garden bridge is full of water, greenery, and the lake is clear. It is worth visiting in the suburbs. 😀