Today, Yu Garden occupies an area of 2 hectares (5 acres), and is divided into six general areas laid out in the Suzhou style:

Sansui Hall  - includes the Grand Rockery , a 12-meter-high rockery made of huangshi stone, featuring peaks, cliffs, winding caves, and gorges. This scenery was possibly created by Zhang Nanyang during the Ming Dynasty.

Wanhua Chamber

Dianchun Hall  - built in 1820, the first year of the Daoguang Emperor; served as the base of the Small Swords Society from September 1853 to February 1855

Huijing Hall

Yuhua Hall - furnished with rosewood pieces from the Ming Dynasty, shares its name with a mountain near Xinye in Zhejiang.

Inner Garden  - rockeries, ponds, pavilions, and towers; first laid out in 1709 and more recently recreated in 1956 by combining its east and west gardens.[clarification needed]
Each area is separated from the others by "dragon walls" with undulating gray tiled ridges, each terminating in a dragon's head.

Features

Sansui Hall   Yangshan Hall   Huge Rockery   Cuixui Hall   Relaxation Stone Boat   Yule Pavilion   Double Lane Corridor  Wanhua Chamber   Gingko Tree    Nine Lion Study   Ancient Well Pavilion   Relic Hall   Dianchun Hall   Acting and Singing Stage   Kualiou Pavilion
Hexu Hall   Huijing Tower   Toasting Pavilion    Yuhua Hall   Deyue Chamber   Jade Water Corridor   Depository of Books and Paintings    Exquisite Jade Rock    Huanlong Bridge   Inner Garden   Jingguan Tower   Guantao Tower    Dress Circle    Keyl Hall    Stone Boat    Big Stage    Mid-Lake Pavilion    Nine Zigzag Bridge    Master Lao Hall    Ting Tao Tower   Exhibit Hall    Hanbi Tower