Yu Gardens was built in the 1500’s by the Ming Dynasty. Located in the central part of Shanghai, it is one of the major tourist attractions in the city, with people lined up early to get a glimpse of this beautiful place.
Being about 5 acres big, you will need a couple of hours to go through here to enjoy the beauty it has to offer. It has different halls you can go in (some accessible, others not so) and has many different ponds with Koi in the pond as well as turtles. The architectures is amazing as there is small portals that you can get great photographs in of people moving around to see the splendor.
This is a great place to go (although sometimes very busy) as it is located in the middle of the tourist market of Shanghai. I would totally recommend on a visit to Shanghai for people to take an afternoon out (when its sunny) to enjoy this place. I believe the photos will speak for themselves….
You will notice from the pictures the beautiful architecture and how it changes from one area to another….
As the sun was finally out in Shanghai, I took this opportunity to get some great shadow shots of people in various positions around the Gardens, especially a portal where the sun was peaking out at the right time…
