【Focus】Places to See Wisteria in Minhang

上海闵行 · 公众号 · 上海 · 2019-04-27 06:55

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Chinese people love wisteria. Li Bai, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem, “Wisteria”, to praise this beautiful purple flower.

In April, wisteria is in full blossom. The best season for seeing wisteria comes. Citizens could see wisteria in several places in the city. In Minhang, wisteria could be seen in more than one place. Apart from Tuteng Garden, Meilong Leisure Garden is another good place to see wisteria.

Guteng Garden:

Wisteria in Full Blossom

You can’t say that you’ve been to Minhang District if you haven’t paid a visit to Guteng Garden. This is a classical Chinese garden located at Lincang Road in Jiangchuan Sub-district. Apart from wisteria, several other plants could be seen here, but the most famous one is the ancient wisteria tree in the garden.

This ancient wisteria tree is 3.7 meters high and 1.5 meters wide. It stretches 24 meters from east to west and 14 meters south to north. The history of this tree could be traced back to over 470 years ago: As the oldest wisteria tree in the city, it was planted by Dong Yiyang, a scholar and poet during the reign of Emperor Jiajing in Ming Dynasty. Despite vicissitudes of over four centuries, this wisteria still looks vigorous. It is the most precious treasure in the garden.