Yu Garden (Shanghai, China) : Decorative grille set in wall
- Creator:
- Pan Yunduan, 1526-1601
- Published/Created:
- 218 Anren Street, Huangpu, Shanghai, Shanghai Shi, municipality, China
1559-1577 ; restored 1956-1961 - Physical Description:
- 2 ha (area)
- Date Depicted:
- 6/2/2009
- Materials:
- plant material, rocks; wood; stucco
- Notes:
- The Yu Garden was originally built between 1559 and 1577 for a Ming (period, 1368-1644) official named Pan Yu [Pan Yunduan] and is a good example of the sophisticated art of Chinese garden design (Suzhou style). The limited surface area of the garden (2 ha) is laid out with winding paths, bridges, carefully placed rocks and hills and ingeniously connected pavilions, so as to convey the impression of a far more extensive area than exists in reality. The buildings were restored twice during the Qing period (period,1644-1911), in 1760 and ca. 1850, and again in 1958. A centerpiece is the Exquisite Jade Rock (Yù Línglóng), a porous 3.3-m, 5-ton boulder. The most famous building within the garden proper is the Dianchun Hall ("Heralding Spring Hall") built in 1820, the first year of the Daoguang Emperor; it served as the base of the Small Swords Society from September 1853 to February 1855 during the Taiping Rebellion.
- Variant Titles:
- Yuyuan Garden
- Topics:
- Architecture -- China -- 16th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 - Culture:
- Chinese
- Accession Number:
- 1A2-CH-SH-YG-E12
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
garden structures (AAT)
gardens (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- buildings; garden structures; open spaces; gardens
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Eight
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
6/2/2009 12:00:00 AM - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2013; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4654
- OID:
- 10900709
- PID:
- digcoll:1836133