Ye Family Garden

Shanghai Ye Family Garden is located at No. 507 Zhengmin Road. It is a garden from the Republic of China period built by Ye Yiquan, the son of Ye Chengzhong, a wealthy businessman from Zhenhai, Zhejiang. After the Jiangwan Racecourse was completed in 1910, Ye raised funds from the profits to build this garden, mainly for horse racing gamblers to rest and have fun. Ye Family Garden was designed by the Japanese and has a unique layout. There is a stone dragon lying in the pool, with a dragon head, dragon body, dragon claws and dragon tail that are very lifelike. The overall garden still follows the traditional Chinese layout of one pond and three islands. The main building is a two-story French classical-style building surrounded by Western-style pergolas and has a unique layout. "Wolonggang" and "Fuhuling" lie on the north and south sides of the garden, surrounding the lakes and ponds in the garden to form a whole; pavilions, towers, bridges, flowing water, rocks and caves are scattered in an orderly manner between the hills and on the green islands and mounds, forming a beautiful garden scene. The garden is full of pine and cypress trees, a perfect combination of Chinese and Western styles. It is very distinctive and worth a visit.