Yuyuan Garden (Chinese: 豫园; Pinyin: Yùyuán), located in the center of the Old City in Shanghai, is considered one of the four finest Chinese gardens. It is characteristic of the architectural style of the Ming Dynasty and it used to be a private garden with 400 years' history.　 The Yu Garden recreates a beautiful landscape of pagodas, pavilions, rockeries, fountains, ancient trees and precious flowers.

The garden was built in 1577 as a private garden created by Pan Yunduan, who spent almost 20 years building the garden for his father Pan En, a high-ranking official in the Ming Dynasty. He built the garden to please his parents in their old age and so named it "Yu Garden ", meaning "pleasing garden" in ancient Chinese. covering an area of over 20,000 square meters, the garden is one of the best-preserved large old-style private gardens in Shanghai.

This beautiful and elegant garden, representing the architectural styles of the Ming and Qing dynasties, is known for its uneven towers, pavilions, and its delicate and secluded beauty. Visitors experience the overall harmony of the gardens by first paying attention to the smaller details, before taking in the whole.