Shen Yuexuan Restaurant of Lilac Garden Hotel is the former residence of Li Hongzhang. On the shady Huashan Road in Shanghai, the most famous mansion is Lilac Garden located at No.849 Huashan Road. It is one of the most famous and well-preserved top garden houses in Shanghai in the past century. It used to be the private garden of Li Hongzhang, the minister of Beiyang in the late Qing Dynasty, and later moved into the youngest son Li Jingmai. Legend has it that Li Hongzhang had a favorite princess named Lilac, so she planted Lilac widely in the garden and named it after it.

Brief introduction of lilac garden

This garden is a combination of western garden official residence and China Jiangnan garden building. There are three western-style garden villas in the park, of which 1 is the Lilac House where Li Hongzhang and Lilac live, and it is also the official residence where Li Hongzhang meets his subordinates in Shanghai. The layout of the main building and the auxiliary building is in good order, echoing from afar, and the interior decoration is gorgeous but not extravagant, gorgeous but not vulgar. And took the lead in adopting sanitary equipment and heating and ventilation facilities, creating a precedent for modern architecture in Shanghai.

There is a pool of clear water in the east of the garden, with winding paths leading to a secluded spot for bridges over the water, pavilions and pavilions in Chi Pan, winding paths, deep and winding paths and tree-lined paths dotted with rockeries, bridge opening, flower pavilions, bamboo pruning and other landscapes. At the gate of the garden, there is a dragon hovering on the wall. Dragon wall 100 meters long, 18 undulating. It is called a dragon lying in half a garden.

The faucet extends into the water in the garden, far from the phoenix on the pavilion in the water. In the south of the garden, the broad lawn is filled with tables and chairs. Clove, Chimonanthus praecox, wisteria, Cinnamomum camphora, Magnolia grandiflora, Osmanthus fragrans, Cedar, Platanus acerifolia and other plants are widely planted in the park. The shade against the red tile and white wall is pleasing to the eye, and it is even more charming whenever the lilacs are in full bloom. Anyone who enters the garden for the first time is full of emotion.