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array of topics, and faithful replicas of the museum's ceramics and other
pieces.

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Don't Miss Yuyuan Gardens & Bazaar

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With their shaded alcoves, glittering pools churning with carp, pavilions, pines
sprouting wistfully from rockeries and roving packs of Japanese tourists, these gar-
dens are one of Shanghai's premier sights - but are overpoweringly crowded on
weekends.
The Pan family, rich Ming-dynasty officials, founded the gardens, which took 18
years (1559-77) to be nurtured into existence before bombardment during the Opi-
um War in 1842. Restored, they are a fine example of Ming garden design.
Next to the garden entrance is the Huxinting Teahouse Offline map Google map (
Huxinting; 8.30am-9.30pm) , once part of the gardens and now one of the most
famous teahouses in China.