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Shanghai Grand View Garden 上海大观园Shànghǎi Dàguānyuán
4A scenic area · Shanghai, Shanghai
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Shanghai
- Region
- Shanghai
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Shanghai Grand View Garden
A large garden of traditional-style halls and courtyards on the west shore of Dianshan Lake, built from 1979 and opened in 1988 to recreate the Grand View Garden described in the Qing novel Dream of the Red Chamber. Its courtyards are named after the characters' residences in the novel, such as Baoyu's Yihong Court and Daiyu's Xiaoxiang Lodge, and the grounds add a large plum grove and a modern seven-storey pagoda. It is a modern re-creation rather than a historic garden and suits readers of the novel.
How to get to Shanghai Grand View Garden
On the west shore of Dianshan Lake in Jinze town, Qingpu District, about 5 km west of Xicen station on Metro Line 17 by taxi, or about 75 minutes by road from central Shanghai.
Nearby
- Zhouzhuang 周庄古镇 under 10 km
Jiangnan's most famous water town, famed for its Twin Bridges and merchant halls - Classical Gardens of Suzhou 苏州园林 40 km
Whole landscapes of rock, water and pavilion folded into a city block - Former French Concession 原法租界 50 km
Plane-tree streets, garden villas and shikumen lanes for Shanghai's best city walk - Wuzhen Water Town 乌镇 50 km
Stone bridges and lantern-lit canals in a water town that's best after dark - Shanghai Museum 上海博物馆 60 km
Ancient Chinese bronzes, ceramics, painting and jade, now shown at Shanghai Museum East
Also within 20 km: Jinze Ancient Town 金泽古镇 (under 10 km), Oriental Land 东方绿舟 (10 km), Jinxi Ancient Town 锦溪古镇 (10 km), Zhujiajiao Ancient Town 朱家角古镇 (10 km), Chen Yun Memorial Hall and Liantang Ancient Town 陈云故里·练塘古镇 (10 km), Xitang Water Town 西塘 (10 km).
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