Guyi Garden

Guyi Garden Introduction

Introduction
Guyi Garden lies in a small town named Nanxiang in northwest of Shanghai which is famous for its juicy mantou (steamed, with a minced meat pellet wrapped in thin flour skin),about 21 kilometers from Shanghai downtown area.
Guyi Garden was built in Ming Dynasty,between 1522-1566 AD,during the reign of Emperor  Jiajing, bearing the name of Yi Garden.It was designed by Zhu Sansong .The Garden was been extended and reconstructed in Qing Dynasty,the eleventh year of the reign of Emperor Qianlong.
After several extensions and reconstructions, nowadays Guyi Garden has covered an area of about 97479 square meters.There are six sights in Guyi Garden : Hermitage Pavilion, Playing Goose Pond, the white Stork Arbor, Mandarin Duck Lake, the pine and crane garden, the blue clear garden .“One-corner-Lacking” Arbor , built in 1931, after the 8.13 Event, with the lacking corner of the roof pointing to the northeast to remind people of the event and the other three corners raised up like high-raised arms and clenched fists to symbolize the people’s will of resistence.

Guyi Garden Features

Hightlight
The five main features of Guyi Garden are stretches of bamboo forest, winding brooks, ancient buildings, couplets written o­n scrolls and artistic pavements. Guyi Garden has all the components of classic Chinese gardens such as the pavilions, the ponds, the twisted brooks and the artistic shaded paths. The garden has all the attributes of gardens of the Ming Dynasty, pretty, delicate, elegant and simple. Some valuable cultural relics such as the stone pillar inscribed with Buddhist scriptures from the Tang Dynasty and the pagoda built in the Song Dynasty are well preserved in the garden.

Guyi Garden Tickets

Guyi Garden Fee and Opening Hours
Ticket: Outer gate: 7 yuan;  inside gate: 4 yuan
Opening hours: 8:00-16:30

Guyi Garden Transporation

Traffic
Bus routes: 517/562/822/tour6A/Bei-Jia/Xiang-Hua/Xiang-Huang/Hu-Nan/Luo-Nan
Self-drive:
1. urban area-Hutai Road-Wenshui Road-Wujia Highway( A12, Nanxiang Exit)-Huyi Road(204 national highway)
2. urban area-Wuning Road-Zhenbei Road-Zhennan Road-Huyi Road