Yu Yuan is a popular 400 year-old classical Chinese garden in central Shanghai. Once a private Ming dynasty estate, Yu Yuan typifies the elegance of a Chinese classical garden. Yu Yuan Garden is next to the Mandarin Gardens Bazaar. Always busy, the bazaar is popular for food and shopping. The famous Huxinting Pavilion is just a moment away. Here, Queen Elizabeth II took tea when she visited the garden. The suite for descant recorder and piano features four of the garden's most famous delights.