[2025 Shanghai Attraction] Travel Guide for Shanghai Garden (Updated May)

If you think your understanding of Jiangnan courtyards is still stuck in Suzhou, then you're out of date. Shanghai has built a delicate and extreme garden in the World Expo source - Shenyuan. Shenyuan is not big, but it's enough to keep you for half a day. If there is a rank for changing scenery, then Shenyuan is the king. The charm of Jiangnan and the autumn sun together, is the harvest of the eyes.

Folks, if you're visiting Shanghai and don't know where to go, you must visit the Expo Culture Park! It's no exaggeration to say that it completely changed my perception of city parks. It's so city, and you won't want to leave once you're here! As soon as you enter the park, you can feel its "wealth and generosity." With every inch of land in the city being precious, it occupies about 2 square kilometers, creating an oasis amidst the skyscrapers. Whether you're a working person looking to relax or a parent looking to take your kids out, this place can meet all your needs, guaranteeing you a whole day of fun! The Twin Mountains are definitely the park's "top" attraction, and you need to make a reservation one day in advance. Don't underestimate it just because it's an artificial mountain. Its altitude of 48m is quite remarkable in Shanghai! At the foot of the mountain, there are rushing waterfalls, and the viewing platform at the top of the mountain has an excellent view. You can see the Shanghai Tower in the distance, and in the evening, you can watch the beautiful sunset and take in the skyline of the city. The Greenhouse Garden is like a plant kingdom, and you also need to buy tickets in advance. It consists of three venues: Haishi Sandbar, Cloud Forest, and Misty Canyon. The underwater passage connects Haishi Sandbar and Cloud Forest. Taking pictures here is super easy, and you can easily become popular on social media. Strolling through it, you'll feel like you're in a tropical rainforest, and the rare plants are dazzling. If you want to visit a classical garden, you don't have to go to Suzhou. Shen Garden in the park can satisfy you! With its white walls and black tiles, small bridges and flowing water, every step is a scene, and everything reveals the charm of the Jiangnan region. Shen Garden is open for night tours. When you enter the garden at night, the illuminated garden is another kind of romance. The lawn next to the Forest of Music is a paradise for picnic lovers. Spread out a picnic mat, put on some snacks, lie in the sun, and look out over the Eleven-Arch Bridge and the Twin Mountains. That's all there is to a good life. In addition, the lawn next to the Russian Pavilion and the Starlight Lawn next to the Twin Mountains are great for pitching tents, so don't miss out if you want to camp. There is also the Magic Park, which kids love, and it's free and right next to the Twin Mountains; DogGO Park is an exclusive world for pets. Make a reservation in advance, and bring your dog license and vaccination certificate so your furry friends can have fun. The French Pavilion, the Italian Pavilion, and other venues hold themed exhibitions from time to time, so art lovers should not miss them. What surprised me the most was that there is also the Shanghai International Equestrian Center in the park. You can watch equestrian performances and competitions and feel the charm of aristocratic sports. It's so cool! 📍Address: No. 50 Jikun Road, Shanggang Xincun, Pudong New Area, Shanghai 🚇Transportation: Exit 4 of Expo Avenue Station, Metro Line 13 🅿️Parking lot: There are 6 parking lots. P4 has many parking spaces and is close to the Twin Mountains. The Ronghe Duan parking lot (DogGO Park) requires a reservation. 🎫Tickets: The park is free and no reservation is required. Make a reservation for the next day's admission ticket at 10am one day in advance for the Twin Mountains. Purchase tickets in advance for the Greenhouse Garden. Shen Garden requires a ticket (night tour is open from 19:00–21:15). 🚌Sightseeing bus: CNY 10/trip, with multiple stops for easier travel If you come to Shanghai, you must visit the Expo Culture Park. It's a one-stop experience of nature, culture, and fun. It's really worth it!

During the New Year's Day break, I went to climb Shanghai's new landmark - Twin Mountains in the World Expo Cultural Park. It is located in Pudong New District, Shanghai. It is an artificial natural mountain forest. It is said that it cost 2.1 billion to build and covers an area of ​​300,000 square meters. Climbing is free, but you need to reserve Twin Mountain in advance on the "Shanghai World Expo Cultural Park" applet. The road surface is relatively flat, and the scenery is good when the weather is good. Standing on the mountain, you can overlook the Lupu Bridge and the Lujiazui Three-piece Suite. You can climb it in about 5 minutes. We reached the top before I even had time to sweat, and the mountain staff even thoughtfully prepared trekking poles [Chukle][Chukle][Chukle]

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🌸Shen Garden in Shanghai Expo Culture Park | A poetic scroll of Jiangnan gardens🌸 🎈Kids, I must share with you today the garden in the garden in Shanghai Expo Culture Park that has unique Jiangnan garden cultural characteristics - Shen Garden. 📍Shen Garden is located at 1750 Expo Avenue, Pudong New Area, Shanghai. It was completed in 2021 and covers an area of 5 hectares. Its name is derived from the abbreviation of Shanghai and perfectly inherits the spirit of Shanghai city. 🌳The spatial layout of Shen Garden is very rhythmic, with mountains in the north, water in the south, gardens in the east, and gardens in the west. Surrounded by mountains and rivers, the architectural complex presents the traditional Jiangnan garden style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, as if people have traveled back to ancient times. ✨The eight scenic spots in Shen Garden are even more beautiful. 🌸"Drunk Red Reflects the Rosy Clouds", on the hillside at the south gate entrance, there are pine forests next to the hexagonal pavilion on the top of the hill, and nearly 40 kinds of azaleas under the forest in the spring blooming season, which is really cloudy and rosy, making people intoxicated. 🌅"Gu Ke Evening Crossing" is located on the waterfront at the entrance of the Magnolia Pavilion. Gu Ke, Shiji, and the lake form a unique landscape. In the evening, the clouds and clouds reflect the water surface, full of artistic conception. 🏮"Yutang Spring Full" is in the Magnolia Pavilion building complex. The first courtyard's magnolia and osmanthus imply "Yutang Spring Wealth", and the second courtyard's pink wall is paper, plum and stone are ink, and plum blossoms bloom early in spring. 💦"Pine Stone Spring Flow" is behind the Azalea Slope Mountain. The rockery and multi-level small waterfalls piled up by Taihu stones, the "Pillow Waterfall" pavilion on the top of the mountain, and the beautiful trees between the mountains and stones are all beautiful. 🎶"Melody of Heaven", Qingyin Pavilion is a waterside pavilion, which can be used for rest and performance. The peony courtyard on the opposite bank is scattered, the Lu Xiang Pavilion is next to it, and the corridor is surrounded. 🌇"Autumn River Sunset" is located in the North Mountain area of the garden. Yilan Pavilion is at the highest point of North Mountain. At sunset in autumn, you can overlook the whole view of Shen Garden here. 🌊"Misty Rain Penglai" is in the area of Danfeng Lake on the west side of the garden. The three islands of "Penglai", "Fangzhang" and "Yingzhou", the Yanyu Tower by the lake is close to the mountain and the water, and the view is excellent when you climb up and look far away. 🪷"Lotus Wind Fish Music" is located in the west gate area. The lake surface around the five-curved bridge and the lotus fragrance pavilion is full of lotus flowers, and the fish in the water are playing, and the atmosphere is fresh, ethereal, and elegant. 💕Come to Shen Garden and feel the poetic beauty of this Jiangnan garden.😉

Shenyuan is a garden located within the Shanghai Expo Cultural Park, representing Jiangnan culture. Covering a total area of 5 hectares, the garden features mountains, water, houses, and bridges, arranged into the North Mountain, South Water, East Garden, and West Garden. The mountains are surrounded by water, and the architectural complex showcases the traditional style of Jiangnan gardens from the Ming and Qing dynasties. Shenyuan focuses on constructing eight scenic spots, including 'Drunken Red Reflecting Summer,' 'Old House at Dusk,' 'Spring Full of Jade Hall,' 'Spring Flow of Pine and Stone,' 'Melodious Fragrance,' 'Rainy Mist of Penglai,' 'Autumn River Sunset,' and 'Lotus Breeze and Fish Joy.' It creates a classical Jiangnan garden in a modern space, expressing the charm of Jiangnan and inheriting its spirit.

With summer approaching, there are more places to cool off and have fun at night. Still worried about where to go during the summer vacation? Shenyuan in the Expo Cultural Park is not only photogenic during the day, but its nighttime light show is also spectacular, with many interactive experiences. As the saying goes: 'There is Yuyuan in Puxi, and Shenyuan in Pudong.' Shenyuan Mantingfang is Shanghai's first classical garden light and shadow show. Set in the Shanghai Expo Cultural Park, it uses the story of the Flower God as its background, blending traditional Chinese culture with light and shadow technology to create an immersive experience. The classical garden combined with brilliant light and shadow makes the elegant Shenyuan uniquely charming at night. The light and shadow show 'Shenyuan Mantingfang' uses the twelve Flower Gods from Chinese folklore as its theme elements, designing eight themed performances: Azalea Bloom, Plum Blossom Guide, Magnolia Awakening, Lotus Pool Reflection, Bamboo Whisper, Peony Ode, Maple Dye, and Lotus Fragrance. Actors integrate national musical instruments, Chinese opera, and traditional dance forms at different viewing points, creating a harmonious blend with the architecture and light and shadow, showcasing Chinese-style romance in a trinity. The activity area also features intangible cultural heritage performances and adorable Chinese pastries, which are very popular with children. Quickly put on your beautiful Hanfu and feel the charm of Shenyuan among the pavilions and towers!

As summer approaches, there are more places to go for a cool evening out. Shen Garden within the World Expo Culture Park is not only very photogenic during the day, but the night light show is also spectacular, with many interactive experiences available. ❤Recommended Reason: As the saying goes: 'There is Yu Garden in Puxi, and there is Shen Garden in Pudong.' Shen Garden Man Ting Fang is the first classical garden light show in Shanghai, located in the Shanghai World Expo Culture Park. Based on the story of the Flower God, it integrates traditional Chinese culture and uses light and shadow technology to bring an immersive experience. The classical garden combined with the dazzling light and shadow makes the elegant Shen Garden present a unique charm at night. 🌟Highlights: The light show 'Shen Garden Man Ting Fang' takes the twelve Chinese folkloric Flower Gods as its thematic elements, designing eight themed performances including Azalea Bloom, Plum Blossom Attraction, Magnolia Opening, Lotus Pond Reflection, Bamboo Chanting, Peony Assignment, Red Maple Dyeing, and Lotus Fragrance Sending. The performers integrate into different viewing points with ethnic instrumental music, Chinese opera, and national style dance performances, which, together with the architecture and light and shadow, create a trinity that showcases Chinese-style romance. The activity area also features intangible cultural heritage performances, adorable Chinese-style pastries, and more, which are very popular with children. Quickly put on your beautiful Hanfu and feel the charm of Shen Garden among the pavilions and towers!

Within the Pudong Expo Park lies a garden within a garden, named after Shanghai's abbreviation 'Shen'. It encapsulates the essence of gardens in the Jiangnan region, and with the carefully selected flora, it's truly a sight to behold. The quaint garden features pavilions, towers, small bridges over flowing water, artificial waterfalls and rockeries, ponds with lotus flowers, and an assortment of pines, bamboos, and medicinal herbs. The landscape is varied in height, offering a new view with every step. Today the weather isn't great, and I arrived quite early, so there aren't many people around, with the entrance showing 290 visitors in the garden. Even so, it's still hard to avoid people taking photos. Retired ladies are the main characters, with their exquisite dress-up, special outfits, versatile poses, and a persistence that won't stop until they get the perfect shot, allowing them to spend more than half an hour in one spot.

Shen Garden is a unique 'garden within a garden' in Shanghai World Expo Cultural Park, featuring the cultural characteristics of Jiangnan gardens. It covers an area of 5 hectares and creates a classic Jiangnan garden in the modern era. As you stroll through Shen Garden, pavilions, terraces, and towers come into view one after another, instantly transporting you from the metropolis to the quaint and elegant realm of Jiangnan.

In the World Expo Garden, where the spring flowers bloom brilliantly, the flowers vie with each other in beauty; the cherry blossom path is strewn with petals like a flurry of snow; the Time Marking Avenue is adorned with the delicate and bright beauty of weeping crabapples; the rhododendrons in Shen Garden are dazzlingly colorful and eye-catching.

It can be said that Shen Garden, located on the south bank of the Pujiang River and the south of Lupu Bridge, is the youngest antique garden in Shanghai and even in the whole country. As a garden within the Expo Cultural Park, it gathers the essence of Jiangnan gardens, which is charming and diverse, and is a good place worth visiting for tourists. Shen Garden in Shanghai only covers an area of five hectares, but it can be divided into eight blocks. Although it's not huge, it's unique and exquisite. In ancient China, literati liked to give poetic names to garden landscapes. Similarly, Shen Garden also has eight scenes: 'Drunk Red Reflects Rosy Clouds, Ancient Ko Late Crossing, Jade Hall Full of Spring, Pine Stone Spring Flow, Melodious Heavenly Fragrance, Autumn River Sunset, Misty Rain Penglai, Lotus Wind Fish Joy.' Tourists linger among them, exploring the 'ancient' and seeking the secluded, with a different kind of joy. Inside Shen Garden in Shanghai, the laying of paths in the garden, the stacking of pond banks, and the stacking of rockeries, no expense was spared, using a large amount of Taihu stone materials. As far as I know, in most of the ancient gardens in China, a lot of expensive Taihu stones are used to build the garden. Shen Garden can be considered the first one, which is really rich and willing to spend money. As autumn deepens, the garden is already full of colorful leaves. Red leaves match the ancient buildings, which is very beautiful. You can see the crowd taking photos and checking in, shuttling among them, which is very enjoyable. Middle-aged and elderly ladies with good figures, wearing tight cheongsams, showing curvy waists; those wrapped in Hanfu are also not a few, but this antique clothing is very suitable for this ancient garden. Shen Garden, the 'ancient garden' in modern gardens, is a dazzling pearl in the Expo Cultural Park.

Shen Garden is a garden within a garden with unique Jiangnan garden culture in the Shanghai World Expo Cultural Park, covering a total area of ​​5 hectares. The garden has mountains and water, houses and bridges. Shen Garden strives to create eight scenic spots: Drunken Red Reflecting the Clouds, Coke Late Ferry, Jade Hall Full of Spring, Pine Stone Spring, Quyun Tianxiang, Autumn River Sunset, Misty Rain Penglai, and Lotus Wind and Fish Joy.

Located in Pudong, Shanghai, Shenyuan is a park with Suzhou garden-style architecture, pavilions, towers, corridors and waterside terraces, which exudes a lasting charm. In autumn, the maple leaves turn red and colorful. You can admire the unique arch bridges along the lakeside and take pictures of the scenery. There are large Su-style gardens in Shanghai, which are beautiful. There is a large parking lot at the door for easy access.