Visiting Yuyuan Garden Before Expo

130 X 194 cm     ac     2010/4/24

Yuyuan Garden is a favorite scenic site, laid with old streets crowded with small shops with traditionalantiques, gift items, local foods, and tea houses embued with the atmosphere of old Shanghai. Quaint bridgeszigzag across ponds and beautiful parks offer many visitors a chance to sit and enjoy the cultural flavor.In this painting, Dr. Chen adds a big “Haibao” to the scene, welcoming the world to the Shanghai Expo.

The Century Event of the Shanghai Expo is a good opportunity to introduce scenic sites and historical spots to foreign tourists, from abroad and other provinces of China. Yuyuan Garden as well as the “Pearl of the East,” classic as well as modern, are equally attractive. Different cultural contents from differing ages manifest the change and renovation of human society and creativity, both worthy of enjoyment and both feats of human civilization in progress.