When visiting buildings in Shanghai's Yangpu district, most people will think of large public buildings like the Jiangwan Stadium or the Yangpu Library, but Shanghai Yejia Park is a more niche attraction, a quiet spot in the middle of the downtown area, inside the Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital in Yangpu district.
Hidden in such a garden, it is a quiet place in the center of the city, where you can look up and see the clear blue sky.
The building itselfThe Ye Family Garden was built by Ye Yiquan (Ziheng), the son of Ye Chengzhi, a magnate in Zhenhai, Zhejiang Province, and is located at No. 507, Zhenmin Road, in the Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital. Ye family garden pavilions, bridges and water, rocks and gullies, staggered distribution in the lakes and ponds and green islands on top of the mound, forming a garden landscape. Entering from the main gate of the Ye family garden, the first eye is a rockery, play the role of the shadow wall, to form a transition space, because of its shape like Mount Lu, so it is called 'small Mount Lu'. The front of the rockery has a pool of lotus ponds, the left and right sides of another two pools.
Following the main road of the garden forward, you can enter the garden through the Qingtao Bridge to the largest of the lake island of the main island. The main island is surrounded by water on all sides, and is spread out in a zigzag pattern with the two small islands next to it. The lake island is connected by six small bridges of different shapes, creating a viewing experience of one step at a time.
On the main island of Lakeshim Island is a small white building called Yanshuangkuan, which is the main building of the Ye Family Garden. The building is surrounded by water on all sides, and on the ground floor, there are east, south and west wrap-around corridors, and the colonnade is in the Izunoi column style. it was built in the 1920s in the classical style. The second floor has a curved protruding terrace with a view of the entire garden.
There are many pavilions in the Ye Family Garden, such as the Hui Bo Pavilion, the Qiyun Cave, and the Sikong Pavilion, which are both in Chinese and Western styles, and each has its own distinctive features. Pacing in the outer circle around the artificial lake in the center of the lake, visitors can also enjoy the views of the Liuling Pavilion, Peony Pavilion, Yinyue Pavilion, Fuhu Ridge, and Crouching Dragon Heights, which reflect the ponds and pools in the garden.
The Ye Family Garden is rich in greenery, with cypresses, pines, camphor, redwoods, palms, and bamboo bushes planted along the walkway, making it a pleasant place to stroll.
The Ye Family Garden was announced on February 21, 2011 as a cultural relics protection unit of Yangpu District.
Restoration of the buildingIn recent years, Yangpu District has carried out protective restoration of the Ye Family Garden. Repair team on the site need to repair the buildings (structures), one by one on-site survey, according to different damage combined with the design drawings, design text requirements, the preparation of the appropriate cultural relics repair special construction program and through the cultural relics management department of the organization of the expert review, repair small samples also through the expert demonstration and then start construction.
The repair of the building (structure) of the building type is more, the focus of the protection of content, repair types, a wide range of building materials. Including five bridges and six pavilions, corridors, gatehouse, _ watchtower and building 9 and other garden buildings. Structural reinforcement of five of the bridges in the garden where the structural damage is greater, repairing the damaged bridge railings and lamp posts.
Due to the lack of maintenance, many of the pavilions in the garden were damaged to varying degrees in terms of structure, roof, elevation, wall and floor of the pavilions, and detailed decorations. Without destroying the overall structure of the pavilions, the construction crews repaired the damaged parts, replaced the rotten rafters, repaired the roof of the pavilions, and repainted the pavilions.
Through this ingenious repair, the safety performance of the building (structure) was improved, the historical appearance of the garden was restored, and the overall environment of the hospital was enhanced, making a good demonstration for the organic integration of healthcare buildings with historical and cultural heritage, and Haikai gardens.
Architectural storyIn 1908, Ye Yiquan, the son of Ye Chengzhi, founded the Jiangwan Racecourse, a horse-racing hall of the Chinese people in Shanghai.
In 1923, Ye Yiquan from the profits of horse racing to allocate part of the funds, built for horse racing gamblers to rest with the place, with a bullet room, Yao Gong, dance, movie theater, golf course and other playgrounds, very lively, known as the "Night Garden" that is, "Ye Family Garden It is known as "Night Garden" or "Ye Family Garden". It covers an area of 77.636
mu. The Ye Family Garden is a traditional Chinese style garden, decorated with Western-style buildings. The entire garden is an oval east-west, the garden flowers and trees, rocks and stones, wave island shadow, reflecting each other, the garden lake has three large islands surrounded by interlaced, island and island, island and the ring road, are connected to the pavilion bridge, constituting the whole garden scenery.
In 1933, the Ye family garden was next door to the residence of the chairman of the British businessman Xiangmao Soap Company, Mr. Bai Leihe. He protested to the authorities that the garden was disturbing the peace and quiet of his home, and the municipal authorities forced him to shut down the "Night Garden".
In the same year, the Shanghai Special Municipal Government set up the Municipal Club in the Ye's Garden, which was transformed from a private garden into Shanghai's No. 1 park, which was regularly opened to the public to entertain foreign guests.
Yeh Heng studied at St. John's University in his early years, and his mentor was Yan Fuqing, the dean of the National Shanghai Medical College at the time. 1933, Yan talked to Ye about the need for the medical college to build a hospital specializing in treating tuberculosis patients. Ye was y touched by the news, and because of his passion for education, he donated the garden to the National Shanghai Medical College to establish the second internship hospital. After several months of construction, the hospital was officially established on June 15th. The original houses, pavilions, barns and stables in Ye's garden were used as hospital rooms and several wards were built, ushering in a new era for the garden. In honor of Ye's late father for the "Chengzhi Hospital", also known as "Chengzhi Hospital National Shanghai Medical College Pulmonary Sanatorium".
1949, the liberation of Shanghai, in mid-July, the sanatorium was taken over by the city's military control committee. Subsequently transferred to the Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau under the leadership of the Chengzhi Hospital was renamed "Shanghai Chengzhi Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Hospital. The Health Bureau allocated funds for environmental improvement of the Ye Family Garden to meet the needs of the hospitalized patients for convalescence. And in 1959, it was changed to Shanghai No.1 Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Hospital,
now it is Shanghai No.1 Pulmonary Hospital.
Architectural Hit Points1, Golden Lock Bridge and Octagonal Glazed Tile Pavilion
The Golden Lock Bridge, which connects the Wolonggang and the island in the lake, is also the only bridge that enters the island in the center of the lake from the north. The Golden Lock Bridge features an octagonal glazed tile pavilion embedded with Western-style stained glass and three pillars of varying lengths on each side of the bridge.
2. The Original Garden Gate (West Gate)
The gate is a spanning gatehouse, topped by a terrace with a staircase to the side. The gatehouse is carved with exquisite ornamentation. This was once the main entrance to the Ye Gardens, and you can enter from here for a more complete tour experience.
3. Yan Shuang Pavilion
This small white building is the main building of the Ye Family Garden and stands out in the Chinese garden. Standing on the small building you can enjoy the garden view better.
Neighborhood Hit Points1, Jiangwan Stadium
Address: 346 Guoho Road
Jiangwan Stadium, which was completed in October 1935, has been converted into the country's first sports and recreation park and, with the arrival of the world's top extreme sports tournaments, has become a a new landmark for extreme sports. This young and trendy sport has also revitalized the stadium with a new vitality that has never been seen before. Jiangwan Stadium was declared a Shanghai Cultural Relics Protection Unit in 1989.
2, Wujiaochang
Address: Yangpu District, Handan Road, Siping Road, Huangxing Road, Xiangyin Road, Songhu Road Interchange
Wujiaochang, known as the "Jiangwan Wujiaochang", the southern part of the land for the Shanghai Top Ten Business Center. It is named after the intersection of Handan Road, Siping Road, Huangxing Road, Xiang Yin Road and Songhu Road, which are located in the northeast corner of downtown Shanghai.
3, Huangxing Park
Address: No. 639 Yingkou Road, Yangpu District
Huangxing Park, located in the southern end of the Wujiaochang, covers an area of 624,000 square meters, distributed in the north and south of Guoshun East Road. The park is named after Huang Xing, an important leader of the Xinhai Revolution; it starts from Yingkou Road in the east, reaches Shuangyang North Road in the west, faces Qimatang in the south and Guoshun East Road in the north, covering an area of 398,600 square meters.
Tourist RouteYe Family Garden→Jiangwan Stadium→Wujiaochang→Huangxing Park→Shanghai Institute of Physical Education