Crowned as "Mountain Forest in the City" and enjoys the saying that the surprising and beautiful sceneries of the garden top that of the southeast area, present Yuyuan Garden also includes the around streets, the marks of the garden-the Zigzag Bridge and Mid-lake Pavilion, the Exquisite Jade Rock-one of the three rocks in south of the Yangtze, as well as calligraphy and paintings of famous artists, hundreds of clay sculptures, brick carvings, horizontal inscribed boards, inscriptions and couplets of past dynasties
Covering an area of 20 000 square meters, the attraction can be divided into four parts, the Eastern Area, the Western Area, The Central Area and Internal Garden. Each part owns distinguish features within several characteristics scenic spots. There are totally 48 masterly partitioned scenic spots in the garden, providing visitors a different scene at every step. Chambers, pavilions, halls, rockeries, terraces and waters all reflects the style and features of Ming and Qing dynasties' gardening art of the south of the Yangtze.