Can any travel expert tell me about the tourist attractions in Nanjing?

1. Xuanwu Scenic Belt——

Xuanwu Lake. Located outside the northeast city wall, it is connected to the urban area by Xuanwu Gate and Jiefang Gate. It was called Sangbo before the Six Dynasties and Beihu during the Jin Dynasty. It was a place for training navy troops. In addition to training navy troops, it has always been a playground for emperors and ministers. It was turned into a park in 1909. It was called Yuanwu Lake Park at that time, and was also called Wuzhou Park, Hou Lake, etc. There are Huanzhou, Yingzhou, Liangzhou, Cuizhou and Lingzhou in the lake, each with its own characteristics.

The shores of Xuanwu Lake are diamond-shaped, with a circumference of about 10 kilometers, an area of ??437 hectares, and a water surface of about 368 hectares. There are 5 islands in the lake, which divide the lake into four large areas. There are bridges or embankments connecting the islands, making it easy to visit. The depth of the lake water does not exceed 2 meters. Fish are raised in the lake and lotus are planted. In summer and autumn, the water surface is green and pink lotus are hidden in it. The lake is full of fragrance and the scenery is charming.

Tickets: Free on Huanhu Road, 20 yuan for Xuanwu Lake Park.

2. Ancient City Wall

The ancient city wall of Nanjing, closely linked to the Qinhuai River, is a symbol of history. The Nanjing City Wall is 33.5 kilometers long, more than 12 meters high, and 7.62 to 12.19 meters thick. The city is built with granite as its foundation and huge bricks as its walls. Each brick side stone bears the name of the brickmaker's prefecture and county, as well as the year, month and day. The specifications are the same. When it was built, lime, tung oil, and glutinous rice juice were mixed with slurry to make it very strong. , standing for hundreds of years, majestic and intact. There are 2,000 blockhouses and 24 gates on the city wall. The better preserved ones include Zhonghua Gate in the south of the city, Yijiang Gate in the northwest, Xuanwu Gate in the northeast of the city, and Zhongshan Gate in the east of the city.

The Zhonghua Gate, the south gate of Yingtian Mansion, was called Jubao Gate in ancient times. It is the largest gate on the Nanjing city wall and the largest castle in my country. The building is shaped like an urn, so it is also called the urn gate. It was specially designed to resist enemy siege. The urn city is a majestic project with a complex structure. The city is divided into two floors, with four gates. It has 27 caves for hiding soldiers, which can hide 3,000 soldiers. It is the largest barbican city in my country and now has a barbican history exhibition room. The ancient city wall of Nanjing is the largest in the world and a masterpiece in the history of ancient Chinese architecture.

Ticket: 15 yuan

3. The former site of the Presidential Palace

Located at No. 292 Changjiang Road, it was originally the Tianwang Palace, and was rebuilt as Liangjiang in the late Qing Dynasty Governor's Yamen.

There is a Western-style bungalow on the west side of the West Garden of Tianwang Mansion. It was originally the private flower hall of Duanfang, the governor of Liangjiang in the late Qing Dynasty, with 7 rooms. On New Year's Day in 1912, Sun Yat-sen took office as the interim president here, and Sun Yat-sen later used this as the presidential office and conference room. A Chinese-style building on the northeast side of the West Garden, later called "Zhongshan Hall", was Dr. Sun Yat-sen's bedroom, dining room and bathroom. Downstairs was the guard's housing.

During the Kuomintang’s rule, the Celestial Palace once served as Chiang Kai-shek’s office and later became the Presidential Palace. A Zichao Building was built at the back. Chiang Kai-shek worked in Room 119 on the second floor, and Vice President Li Zongren worked in Room 118 opposite. The conference hall on the third floor was where the state conference was held at that time.

Tickets: 40 yuan in peak season (April 15th - October 15th), 30 yuan in off-season (October 16th - April 14th of the following year).

4. Jiming Temple

Located at the eastern foot of Jiming Mountain in the north of the city, it is one of the famous ancient temples in Nanjing. It was originally the Empress Garden of Wu in the Three Kingdoms, and became the Tingwei Office in the Jin Dynasty. Tongtai Temple was built here in the first year of Liang Datong (527). When Hou Jing rebelled and surrounded Taicheng, the temple was destroyed by fire. Yang Wu built Thousand Buddha Temple in Taicheng, Jingju Temple in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and then changed to Yuanji Temple, and Fabao Temple in the Song Dynasty. In the 20th year of Hongwu's reign in the Ming Dynasty (1387), Jiming Temple was built on the former site of Tongtai Temple. According to legend, this place was an ancient battlefield and a place of execution during the Yuan Dynasty. In the early Ming Dynasty, Xifan monks were invited to set up an altar to offer food and to save ghosts, so it was named the Almsgiving Platform. During the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty (1862-1874), it was rebuilt and its scale was reduced. Huomeng Tower was built in Guangxu period, and Jingyang Tower was built in the early Republic of China. Downstairs, at the foot of the mountain, there is the Rouge Well, which is said to have been the place where empress Chen, Zhang Lihua and Kong Gui's concubines took refuge from the Sui soldiers. Legend has it that the well railing stones were wiped with silk, and there were traces of rouge on the stone veins, so it was called the Rouge Well, also known as the Humiliation Well. It is adjacent to Xuanwu Lake in the north, with beautiful lakes and mountains, and beautiful scenery. It is one of the famous scenic spots in Nanjing.

Reminder: The plain noodles in Jiming Temple are very famous.

Tickets: 5 yuan, 2 yuan to climb the Medicine Master Pagoda

5. Meiyuan New Village Memorial Hall

Located in the east section of Changjiang Road, north of Hanfu Street Nos. 30, 35 and 17 of Meiyuan New Village are the original offices of the delegation of the Communist Party of China. From May 1946 to March 1947, the Communist Party of China delegation headed by Zhou Enlai conducted negotiations with the Kuomintang government here for 10 months and four days.

No. 30, Meiyuan New Village, is where Comrade Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao worked and lived. The office also displays the writing desk, swivel chair, provincial map and letterhead of the Chinese Communist Party delegation used by Zhou Enlai. No. 35 is where Dong Biwu, Li Weihan, Liao Chengzhi and other delegation members worked and lived. No. 17 is where the delegation staff work and live. The delegation's foreign affairs team, military team, press team, women's team, advisory team, telecommunications room and the 18th Army Office are all located here.

Zhou Enlai often held domestic and foreign press conferences here and issued important statements

Tickets: 10 yuan

6. Drum Tower

Located in the Gulou Gang in the city center, it was built in the Ming Dynasty The fifteenth year of Hongwu (1382). The scale of its building is rare in China. It is divided into two floors. The lower floor is arched and beamless, and the upper floor has double eaves and four sloped roofs, with flying dragons and phoenixes, carved beams and painted buildings. It is very spectacular. The upper floor was originally the place where kings and concubines were welcomed and imperial edicts were received and the time was announced in the Ming Dynasty. There were two large drums for time reporting and ceremonial purposes, twenty-four small drums, a cloud board, an o'clock side, four dental sticks, a copper vat in the pot room, and others. musical instruments. After the death of Ming Dynasty, these furnishings were lost. The current building foundation was originally built in the Ming Dynasty, and the upper building was rebuilt in the late Qing Dynasty. Emperor Kangxi visited the Drum Tower during his southern tour in 1684. The following year, he built a giant stele on top of the tower and renamed the Drum Tower the stele tower. However, the locals still call it the Drum Tower.

Tickets: Free

7. Nanjing Museum

Located next to the Ming Palace in the east of the city, it is one of the most prestigious museums in China. During the Republic of China, the National Museum was as famous as the Palace Museum and the Shanghai Museum.

The museum currently has 420,000 collections of various types (Shanghai Museum has 200,000), and more than 2,000 national treasure-level cultural relics and national first-class cultural relics, including archaeological excavations, ethnic minority cultural relics, foreign cultural relics, Palace utensils, Qing Dynasty documents and cultural relics from the surrender ceremony of the Japanese invaders are all rare items unique to the country and have high scientific value. The hospital has a collection of nearly 300,000 Chinese and foreign professional books, including rare books and royal editions that are rare in the country. The Nanjing Museum collects about 200,000 to 300,000 top-notch treasures in the country, including paintings such as "Portraits of Emperors and Empresses" and "Tang Ming Emperor's Visit to Shu"; bronzes such as "Maogong Ding" and "Si Muwu Ding". national treasure. A group of famous experts gathered here, such as Li Ji, Wu Jinding, Xia Nai, Zeng Zhaoju, Wang Tianmu, etc. During the Anti-Japanese War and the movement to the southwest, archaeological excavations and ethnic surveys were conducted, and many monographs such as "Archaeological Report of Cang'er Territory in Yunnan", "Dictionary of Hieroglyphics", and "Museum" were published.

After renovation in recent years, the museum has a golden colored glass roof, a door imitating a Han Dynasty palace, lush green trees, and an arched platform in front. The front door faces the boulevard leading to Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum and Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in the eastern suburbs. The Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway passes through the door and enters the bustling area of ??the city; the garden inside the door is vast and lush with flowers and trees, setting off the imitation Liao-style palace architecture. The display hall is dignified and spectacular.

Tickets: 20 yuan for adults, 10 yuan for students.

8. Chaotian Palace is the largest and best-preserved group of ancient buildings in the south of the Yangtze River. It covers an area of ??more than 30,000 square meters and is built against the mountains. The history of Chaotian Palace can be traced back to the 5th century BC. One of the earliest cities in Nanjing, Yecheng, was built on Yeshan Mountain where Chaotian Palace is located today. Since then, all dynasties have built famous buildings and fine works here, and have become celebrities. The place of landing. The whole group of buildings is divided into three rows, among which is the Confucian Temple, on the east side is the Jiangning Mansion School, and on the west side is the Bian Gong Ancestral Hall.

Tickets: Free

9. The Ming Forbidden City Ruins

It is the blueprint of the Forbidden City in Beijing. It consists of the Imperial City and the Palace City, collectively called the Imperial Palace. The ancient palaces of the Ming Dynasty are majestic with many buildings, dense pavilions, carved beams and painted buildings, and thousands of portals. It served as the imperial palace of Hongwu, Jianwen and Yongle in the early Ming Dynasty for 54 years. It was not until the 19th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1421), when Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, moved the capital to Beijing that the Ming Forbidden City in Nanjing officially ended its mission as a royal palace. However, it was still garrisoned by the royal family and important ministers, and its status was very important.

After the capital moved north, the Nanjing Ming Forbidden City gradually fell into neglect. In the following hundreds of years, it was severely damaged by wind, rain and natural damage. During the Xianfeng and Tongzhi years of the Qing Dynasty, due to the combat operations between the Taiping Army and the Qing Army, the Ming Forbidden City suffered another major damage. In addition to the foundation of the stone components buried underground, "the gold powder of the towers has been sunk... Yue Luo Gong Yuan Chun" "Silence", leaving only the ruins of ruins.

Today, the Ming Forbidden City Square and Wuchaomen Park were built on the site of the Ming Forbidden City

Tickets: The imperial city part is free, and the palace city part is 2 yuan.

10 Hongshan Forest Zoo

Located in Hongshan in the north of the city, overlooking Purple Mountain to the east, Nanjing Railway Station to the west, Xuanwu Lake to the south, and Mufu Mountain to the north, covering an area of ??68 square kilometers. pour. The terrain in the park is undulating, with winding paths leading to secluded areas. There are 37 venues distributed among the trees, including the bird area, beast area, primate area, large herbivore area, large animal performance venue, animal photography studio, children's zoo, and liger mountain. The layout is ingenious based on the mountain.

Ticket: 25 yuan

11. Qinhuai Scenic Belt——

Confucius Temple

The Confucius Temple, built in the Song Dynasty, is located in Next to Gongyuan Street on the north bank of Qinhuai River. The Confucius Temple uses the Qinhuai River in front of the temple as the Panchi, and the stone brick wall on the south bank as the screen wall, with a total length of 110 meters, which is the longest screen wall in the country. Every year from the first day to the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, the Confucius Temple Lantern Festival is held here, which is very lively.

In 1985, the Nanjing Municipal Government restored the ancient building complex of Confucius Temple and renovated the cityscape around the Confucius Temple. Many shops, restaurants, and snack bars were renovated into Ming and Qing styles, and the Gongyuan near the river was renovated. The street area has been built into an antique tourist, cultural and commercial street; the Confucius Temple has restored its old appearance and displayed a new look.

The Confucius Temple complex is composed of the Confucius Temple, the Academy, and the Jiangnan Gongyuan. It is the essence of Qinhuai scenery.

Mingyuan Building is one of the buildings in Gongyuan. It is located in the middle of Gongyuan. It was originally used to monitor the behavior of candidates for examinations and whether there were any passing joints among the officers in the courtyard. "Mingyuan" means "be careful to pursue the distant future, and return to the original with clear virtue". There were once hanging couplets on the south side of the downstairs, which were written by Li Yu, a famous scholar during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, and were inscribed: "The orders are as strict as the frost, and I can see the toasters prostrate and loitering, and all the weapons are gone; the month is bright and the month is bright, I like that the people in this place can be seen at a glance." The purpose and function of Mingyuan Building can also be seen from the couplet. There is a banner with three gold characters "Mingyuan Tower" hanging on the gate, and the "Jinling Gongyuan Relics Stele" is embedded on the outer wall, which records the rise and fall of Gongyuan.

Today it is the most famous pedestrian commercial district in Nanjing.

Ticket: 15 yuan

12 Yuhuatai Martyrs Cemetery

It is the commanding heights in the south of the city. , the story of rain and falling flowers originated from this. During the Kuomintang rule, this place became an execution ground for massacres of revolutionaries. After liberation, a martyrs' cemetery was built here. There is a memorial hall for revolutionary martyrs and an exhibition hall for martyrs’ deeds, attracting people to pay their respects all year round.

Tickets: 25 yuan. There is a guided battery car in the scenic area for 10 yuan/person.

13. Mochou Lake

According to legend, Mochou, a young girl from Luoyang during the Southern Dynasties, was poor and sold herself to bury her father. She married in Jinling and was not tolerated by her uncle and aunt, so she threw herself into the lake, hence the name. During the reign of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty, a villa was built here, which was later called "the first resort in Jinling".

Ticket: 8 yuan

14. Memorial Hall for the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre

Located at the Jiangdong Gate of Nanjing, it is the site of the mass massacre by the Japanese invaders and the victims of the Nanjing Massacre Burial place. In memory of the fallen compatriots, the people of Nanjing built a memorial hall in 1985 and expanded it in 1995. The museum covers an area of ??28,000 square meters and has a construction area of ??3,000 square meters. The building is made of gray-white marble and is majestic and solemn. It is a special history exhibition hall that comprehensively displays the terrible tragedy of the Nanjing Massacre using historical materials, cultural relics, architecture, sculptures, film and television, etc.

The museum is divided into three parts: exterior exhibition area, skeletal display, and historical materials display. The exterior exhibition area consists of group sculptures, standing sculptures, reliefs, landmark monuments, monuments, poetry monuments, atonement monuments, dead trees, ruined walls, victim list walls, green trees and lawns, etc., forming a theme of life and death, grief and anger. monumental cemetery architectural style. In the coffin-shaped remains exhibition room, some of the remains of the victims excavated from the "mass graves" during the construction of the museum are displayed, which is ironclad evidence of the massacre by the Japanese invaders. In the tomb-shaped and semi-underground historical materials exhibition hall, more than 1,000 precious historical photos, cultural relics, charts and witness materials are displayed, using modern display methods such as light boxes, sand tables, clay sculptures, oil paintings, restored landscapes, multimedia touch screens, movies and televisions. , reproduces the tragic history of the Nanjing Massacre and exposes the bloody atrocities of Japanese militarists.

The museum has become an important place for international prayers for peace and historical and cultural exchanges. It is also a "national demonstration base for patriotism education."

Tickets: Free

15. Zhanyuan

One of the two existing classical gardens in Nanjing. It was originally the palace of Xu Da. The eastern part of the garden is dominated by a group of ancient buildings, and the western part is a garden. The garden is famous for its rockeries and waterside pavilions. The rockery "Immortal Peak" is said to be a relic of the "Hua Shi Gang" during the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, and the Jingmiao Hall is the Yuanyang Hall, both of which are Nanjing Gardens

Tickets: 40 yuan (including tour guide service, opera listening, tea drinking, and snacks . )

16. Bailuzhou

The Bailuzhou, as the ancients called it, is located in the Yangtze River 2.5 kilometers west of Nanjing. It was named because there were many egrets on the island at that time. Li Bai once chanted his famous line "Egret Island is divided into two waters".

Today's Bailuzhou Park is located on the north side of Wuding Gate in the south of Nanjing City, and on the south side of Lishe Bridge and Ancient Taoye Ferry on the Qinhuai River. It is one of the scenic spots in the Qinhuai Scenic Belt. It was originally the East Garden of Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan in the Ming Dynasty. The scenery in the garden was destroyed during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. In 1923, a Yixing man ran a tea house here and built Luyunzhai, Gujiuxuan, Ouxiangju, Yinfeng Pavilion, Huayu Pavilion, etc. At that time, there was a couplet in the lotus root garden. The first couplet was "This is the former site of Dongyuan" and the second couplet was "its name comes from Taibai's poem", which explained the history of the park relatively clearly. In 1929, when the former site of Dongyuan was renovated, it was turned into a park and named "Bailuzhou Park". The park was destroyed in 1937, and by the eve of the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, only the ruins of a broken bridge and several acres of wasteland remained. In 1951, in conjunction with the regulation of the Qinhuai River, Bailuzhou Park was expanded. Four gates were opened. A pair of stone lions were erected in front of the north gate. The calligrapher Fei Xinwo inscribed the gate. The garden is filled with lake rocks and rockeries and is planted with flowers and trees. In addition to renovating Jiufeng Temple and Ouxiang Ju, Yanyu Pavilion, cloisters, small bridges, arch bridges, waterside pavilions, scenic pavilions, ice rinks, and juvenile homes were also built.

Ticket: 5 yuan

17 Qingliangshan Stone Town

Located in the west of Nanjing, the scenery is quiet and it is known as the "urban forest". On Qingliang Mountain, scenic spots and historic sites can be found everywhere, including "Zhumapo", "Nantang Ancient Well", "Qingliang Temple", "Chongzheng Academy" and "Saoye Tower". Stone City is located behind Qingliang Mountain, with a total length of about 3,000 meters from north to south. The ruins of the city foundation are ocher red, with a large number of river stones inside. They are generally 0.3-0.7 meters above the surface, with the highest point reaching 17 meters. They are hewn from natural mountain rocks. Several protruding red sedimentary rocks in the middle resemble ugly faces, so it is called Ghost Face City.

This city was originally the Jinling city of King Wei of Chu and was built in the seventh year of King Wei of Chu (333 BC).

In the 16th year of Jian'an (211) of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Sun Quan of the Wu Kingdom moved to Moling (today's Nanjing). In the following year, he built a city on the original site of Jinling City in Shitou Mountain and named it Shitou. During the Yixi period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (405-418), more bricks were added, and in the second year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1369), Stone City was rebuilt as part of Yingtianfu City (today's Nanjing). Guarding the dangers of the Yangtze River is a battleground for military strategists. There is the "Stone City Tiger Jug"

18. The Victory Monument of the Battle of Crossing the River

is located in the center of the Rehe Road Square in Xiaguan and was built in 1979. . Viewed from a distance, the entire monument looks like a warship riding the wind and waves. The front of the monument is engraved with "Monument to the Victory of Crossing the River", and the back is engraved with "Seven Rules: The People's Liberation Army Occupies Nanjing".

Scenery of the Yangtze River. Belt -

19 Yanzijiji

One of the three famous rocks in the Yangtze River, it is a branch in the northeast of Yanshan Mountain in the northern suburbs of Nanjing. The rocks stand 36 meters above the river. It faces the sky on three sides and looks like a swallow spreading its wings, so it is called Yanziji. When Emperors Kangxi and Qianlong of the early Qing Dynasty visited the south of the Yangtze River, there was a stele pavilion at the top. Under the stone stele in the pavilion was the inscription "Swallowzi" written by Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty. "Jinling", on the back is his poem. When you climb up at night, the water and moon are bright and the river is clear, it is one of the "Forty-Eight Scenes of Jinling".

Near Yanziji there are Hongji Temple and Guanyin Pavilion. There are 12 caves in Yanshan, most of which were formed by the impact of the river. Now only Toutai Cave, Ertai Cave and Santai Cave are famous, among which Santai Cave is the most deep and wide with Guanyin. There are famous places such as Quan and Xiaoyoutian; there is a stone staircase on the right side of the cave, which can reach a line of sky; there are hundreds of stone steps on the top, and the flying pavilion is soaring into the sky, which opens up a different realm.

Tickets: 6 yuan for a single trip to Yanziji. , if you buy a package including Toutai Cave and Santai Cave, it is 8 yuan.

20 Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge

Located on the Yangtze River in the northwest of Nanjing City, it is a bridge designed and built by my country. A double-decker, dual-track highway and railway bridge, it was completed on December 29, 1968.

The upper road bridge is 4,589 meters long and the roadway is 15 meters wide. It can accommodate four large cars in parallel. There are also sidewalks more than 2 meters wide on each side; the railway bridge on the lower level is 6772 meters long and 14 meters wide, and is paved with double tracks. Two trains can run in opposite directions at the same time. The main bridge on the river is 1577 meters long, and the rest are approach bridges and highways. The approach bridge adopts the form of a double-hole double-curved arch bridge with Chinese characteristics. There are 200 cast-iron reliefs embedded in the railings on both sides of the main highway bridge. There are 150 pairs of white magnolia-shaped street lamps beside the sidewalk. There are two 70-meter-high bridgeheads at the north and south ends. There is an elevator in the fort that leads to the railway bridge, the highway bridge and the observation deck on the bridgehead. There is also a sculpture of workers, peasants and soldiers more than 10 meters high in front of the fort. There is a beautiful park under the south fort. > The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge has nine piers. The tallest pier is 85 meters high from foundation to top, with a bottom area of ??about 400 square meters, which is larger than a basketball court. The span of the main bridge is 160 meters, and there are thousands of feet under the bridge. The whole bridge looks like a rainbow over the river, which is very spectacular, especially at night, when the 1,048 floodlights on the bridge railings and the 540 metal halogen lamps on the piers illuminate the river as if it were daytime. 150 pairs of magnolia lanterns are lit together, and 228 sodium lamps on the bridgehead and large sculptures make the bridge look like a string of night pearls across the river.

The bridge fee for small buses is 10 yuan.

21. Jinghai Temple

It was built in the early Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, ordered the construction of Jinghai Temple in order to commend Zheng He for his seven voyages to the West and to pray for the protection of the sea god.

In 1842, the British army invaded Nanjing, and Jinghai Temple became the place where the Sino-British "Nanjing Treaty" was "negotiated." On August 29, the first unequal treaty in Chinese history, the Sino-British Treaty of Nanjing, was officially signed on a British warship "Han Lihua" anchored near Jinghai Temple. Jinghai Temple is a historical witness to China's modern history of being invaded and humiliated by foreign powers.

Ticket: 3 yuan

22. The Second Nanjing Yangtze River Highway Bridge

Located in the northeastern suburbs of Nanjing, it is the northern cross-river project of the Nanjing Ring Expressway and the southern bridge. Starting from Yaohua Gate and passing through Baguazhou in the middle of the river to Dachang District in the north of the Yangtze River, it is the largest cable-stayed bridge in the country and ranks third in the world after Japan's Tatara Bridge and France's Lomandie Bridge. It was completed and opened to traffic in March 2001. Its completion has greatly alleviated the traffic pressure of the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, which has a history of more than 30 years.

Transportation: Minibus costs 20 yuan.

Jiangbei Scenic Belt——

23. Pearl Spring

Located 6 kilometers west of Pukou, it has been built as the only provincial tourist resort in Nanjing. It covers an area of ??more than 1,400 hectares. It is said that during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a severe drought in Jinling. Only the area west of Pukou benefited from the Pearl Spring water, and the crops were still abundant. The local farmers were unaware of the drought. At that time, people believed that this was the blessing of the Dragon King, and donated money to build the Dragon King Pavilion and other garden buildings to express their gratitude to the Dragon King. This is the origin of Pearl Spring.

Not far from the left side of the gate is the spring of Pearl Spring. The spring water gushes out from the cracks in the rocks, resembling strings of pearls, hence the name. On the stone wall beside the spring, there are four characters "Ten Thousand Dendrobium Pearls" carved by the ancients.

There is a pool in front of the spring. Looking from a distance, the water droplets in the pool are like raindrops splashing on the water surface, just like drizzle on a sunny day, so it is called Qingyu Spring. If you applaud or sing here, the water droplets in the pool will change with the loudness of the sound. It is an extremely rare natural sound-controlled fountain. Its shape looks like welcoming guests, also known as "Xike Spring". On the right is a large body of water called Jingshan Lake. There are now bamboo rafts for tourists to ride on and enjoy the scenery of the lake and mountains. On the right bank of the lake is the alligator farm, a rare animal in my country. Behind the spring is the Dingshan Pavilion Restaurant. Behind the restaurant are a camel garden and a racecourse for tourists to watch and ride. There is an archery range and a camping service center on the left. For example, in the summer, you can rent a tent to have a picnic and barbecue on the hillside grassland, and sleep in the tent to enjoy the natural style and enjoy the leisure and wild fun.

Ticket: 60 yuan

24. Laoshan National Forest Park

It is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, adjacent to the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge in the east and Anhui Chuhe River in the west. The park covers an area of ??8,000 hectares and has a forest coverage rate of 80%. The mountains are undulating, the ancient trees are green, and the beautiful bamboos stand in abundance. There are temples, tombs, springs and caves in the garden, integrating natural and cultural landscapes.

The 25-Zhishushan Stone Pillar Forest

covers an area of ??about 13.3 hectares and is located in the northeast of Liuhe County. Each stone pillar is about 40-60 cm in diameter and 20-30 meters high. The cross section is Regular or irregular hexagons, pentagons, etc., with straight and straight roots, densely arranged and neatly arranged, are extremely spectacular and are a tourist attraction for geological tourism.

Transportation: Take a long-distance bus from Hanzhongmen Long-distance Bus Station to Liuhe County, and then transfer to the bus heading toward Yeshan.

Ticket: 10 yuan

Qixia Mountain Scenic Area——

26. Qixia Mountain

It was called Sheshan in ancient times and is located outside Taipingmen, Nanjing. 22 kilometers away. The mountain has three peaks, the east peak looks like a dragon and is called Longshan; the west peak looks like a tiger and is called Hushan; the main peak, Sanmao Palace, is also called Fengxiang Peak, with an altitude of 286 meters. The western side of the mountain is called Maple Ridge, and there are acres of maple trees. Every late autumn, the mountain is covered with red, and the scenery is very charming. It is the main scenery that attracts tourists in Qixia Mountain. In addition, Qixia Mountain has many historic sites and many strange rocks and rocks, making it a well-known tourist attraction.

Transportation: Nanjing Railway Station can be reached by taking the Nanlong Line bus.

Ticket: 10 yuan (25 yuan during the Red Maple Festival)

27. Relic Pagoda

A short distance eastward from the mountain road outside the south wall of Qixia Temple , you can see the stupa, which is made of white stone, has five floors and eight sides, and is about 18 meters high. The outer wall of the tower is engraved with reliefs, with vivid and expressive images. The story of Sakyamuni becoming a monk and practicing Taoism is engraved on the base of the tower.

28. Qixia Temple

It is the largest temple in Nanjing, located at the west foot of the middle peak of Qixia Mountain. It was first built in the Yongming period of the Southern Qi Dynasty and rebuilt during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. The main buildings now include the Shanmen, Tianwang Hall, Pilu Hall, Shecui Tower, and Sutra Collection Tower.

Reminder: The vegetarian food at Qixia Temple is worth trying.

29. Thousand Buddha Rock

Thousand Buddha Rock was gradually excavated from the second year of Qi Yongming to the tenth year of Liang Tianjian (484-511) in the Southern Dynasties. All Buddha statues are either five or six in one niche, or seven or eight in one room. There were originally 515 Buddha statues, which were carved into 294 Buddhist niches. It is known as Thousand Buddha Rock. Later, the Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties successively excavated Shamao Peak. Including the Southern Dynasties, there were totally 700 statues. The big Buddha statues are several feet high, while the small ones are only a few feet tall.

According to ancient documents, there was once a very exquisite Buddha statue here, comparable to Yungang and Longmen Grottoes. However, because the stone here is quartz sandstone, which is easy to weather, and the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty fought to repair it, the artistic value of the Buddha statues here was greatly reduced. Starting from 1925, Ruoshun, the abbot of Qixia Temple and others, renovated all the statues with cement, and "painted the lips with vermilion and the eyes with ink" for the convenience of viewing.

30. Zhongshan Scenic Area——

Located in the eastern suburbs of Nanjing, also known as Purple Mountain, the mountain is steep and winding like a dragon. During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang called Sun Quan "Zhongshan Longpan", which refers to this mountain. There are many places of interest and historic sites around. There is Zixia Cave in the south of the mountain, and there is a spring next to it, called "One Person Spring"; in the middle of the front of the mountain is the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, and on the side are Meihua Mountain, Ming Xiaoling Tomb, Sun Quan's Tomb, Liao Zhongkai and He Xiangning's Tomb, and to the east is the Lingshan Mausoleum. Gu Park and the tomb of Deng Yanda; in the north of the mountain are the tombs of Xu Da, Chang Yuchun and Li Wenzhong of the Ming Dynasty; on the third peak of Zhongshan there are the Purple Mountain Observatory and Tianbao City; the Linggu Temple, which houses the skull of Xuanzang of the Tang Dynasty, is also at the foot of Zhongshan.

As a national key scenic spot, Zhongshan Scenic Area has newly built modern leisure and official facilities such as Ocean World and International Conference Center, which adds more bright colors to Zhongshan and is a must-see for tourists visiting Nanjing. Travel place.

Tickets: A combined ticket for Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum and Linggu Temple is 105 yuan. The small train between scenic spots is 2 yuan/person.

31. Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum

It is the mausoleum of the great revolutionary pioneer Dr. Sun Yat-sen.

The Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum faces south. The memorial hall is a palace-style building with three arches. The lintel is engraved with the banner "Nation, Civil Rights, and People's Livelihood". A marble seated statue of Dr. Sun Yat-sen is placed in the memorial hall, and the full text of "Outline of the Founding of the People's Republic of China" written by Dr. Sun Yat-sen is engraved on the wall.

The main buildings of Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum include: archway, tomb passage, mausoleum gate, stele pavilion, sacrificial hall and tomb chamber. Looking down from the air, the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum looks like a "Liberty Bell" lying flat on a green velvet carpet.

The bronze statue of Mr. Sun Yat-sen at the foot of the mountain is the spire of the bell, the half-moon square is the arc of the top of the bell, and the dome of the tomb at the top of the mausoleum is like a round pendulum.

The music stage is located in the south of Zhongshan Square. The stage area is nearly 250 square meters, and there is a large curved screen wall behind the stage, which has the function of gathering sound. There is a crescent-shaped lotus pond in front of the stage. A fan-shaped auditorium is built along the slope in front of the pool, which can accommodate more than 3,000 spectators.

Ticket: 40 yuan

32 Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum

The tomb of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang is one of the largest imperial tombs in ancient my country and has been in existence for more than 600 years. Its history has been rated as one of the World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO. It is located at the foot of Mount Everest in Dulong Fuwan, at the southern foot of Zhongshan Mountain. There are existing monuments such as Xiamafang, Golden Gate, Stele Pavilion, Stone Beast, Wangzhu, Wengzhong Stone Man, "Zhilong Tang and Song" Stele Hall, Dashiqiao, Xiangdian, Square City and Baocheng. From Xiamafang to Fangcheng, the depth is 2.62 kilometers. The circumference of the red wall surrounding it was 22.5 kilometers. 100,000 pine trees were planted and thousands of deer were raised. A "Xiaoling Guard" was set up in front of the mausoleum, with 10,000 soldiers guarding it.

The Ming Xiaoling Shinto starts from Xiamafang and includes the Shenlie Mountain Monument, the Golden Gate, the Red Gate and the Xihong Gate (these two gates have been destroyed), Sifang City (i.e. "the sacred merits and virtues of the Xiaoling Tomb of the Ming Dynasty"). The "stele" pavilion) ends at the stone carving. The 800-meter-long Shinto stone carvings are quite spectacular. In the first half, there are 12 pairs of 6 kinds of stone animals standing on both sides, in order: lion, deer, camel, elephant, unicorn, horse, 4 of each kind, two standing and two lying down. At the end of the stone beast, there is a pair of stone pillars (also called Huabiao). After passing here and turning to the north, there are eight stone figures, four each of civil servants and military officers, standing beside the road. The stone figures and beasts in Xiaoling are all carved from a single piece of stone. They are tall, vivid and rough, and are classic works of stone carvings in imperial tombs of the Ming Dynasty.

Tickets: 50 yuan (including Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum, Plum Blossom Mountain, and Red Mansion Art Garden), free admission after 7 p.m.

33. Underwater World

Located at No. 2 Sifang City, Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, covering an area of ??3.1 square meters, it is a large-scale marine life display project integrating science popularization, viewing and entertainment. The ancient temple-shaped main building is integrated with the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Scenic Area, and the dark blue tile roof reminds visitors of the vibrant underwater world in a fairyland. The main building is divided into four floors: aquarium, gift department, food court, and simulation cinema. There are nearly 200 species and more than 10,000 marine creatures in the museum, which is mainly composed of a hall, a tropical rainforest area, a penguin pavilion, a touch pool, an undersea tunnel, a human-shark dance performance area, and an undersea cinema. Being "under the sea" and swimming with sharks, you will experience the unique feeling of walking on the bottom of the sea.

Ticket: 60 yuan

34. Purple Mountain Observatory

On the west peak of Zhongshan Mountain. Turn right after exiting Taipingmen, and you can reach it directly by following the winding mountain road. The observatory was built in 1934 and was the only observatory in my country before liberation. At that time, the observatory was mainly equipped with a 20 cm catadioptric telescope, a 60 cm reflective telescope and some small instruments. When the Japanese army invaded Nanjing in 1937, astronomers moved to the mainland with the main components of the telescope, and the instruments and equipment left behind were severely damaged. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it gradually recovered. It houses some of my country’s precious astronomical instruments in ancient times, as well as many modern instruments and equipment for measuring celestial bodies, including my country’s homemade 60-centimeter catadioptric telescope and solar telescope, making it a comprehensive astronomical research institution in my country. The station has carried out observation and research work on the sun, stars, planets, artificial satellites, radio astronomy, calendar, time, astronomical instruments, etc., compiled my country's "Astronomical Almanac", and successively discovered a number of asteroids, comets, New celestial bodies such as flare stars and variable stars provide valuable information for research topics such as planetary space physics, solar system evolution, stellar physics and evolution, etc., and have also made great achievements in artificial satellite motion theory, astronomical instrument manufacturing, and astrophysics research. Certain results.

The newly built Zijinshan Cableway, with a total length of 2,350 meters and a height difference of 330 meters, is the longest chairlift cableway in my country. From Taipingmen Bunker City via Purple Mountain Observatory to Toutuo Ridge. Tianbao City and Bunker City were two important military fortresses built during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Tianbao City is located on Xifeng Mountain, now inside the Purple Mountain Observatory. It is built on a cliff and overlooks the whole city. The bunker city is at the foot of Xifeng Mountain and outside Taipingmen, with a strong fort. Echoing up and down, it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Toutuo Ridge is the second peak of Zhongshan Mountain, with an altitude of 425 meters. The sightseeing cableway ends here. Here there are huge rock walls, steep peaks and infinite scenery.

Transportation: You can hike up the mountain on foot or take a cable car. From the Bunker City Cableway Station at the bottom of the mountain, it costs 25 yuan to take the cable car up the mountain and 45 yuan for a round trip. Take bus No. 3 or No. 20 to reach the mountain cableway station.

Tickets: 15 yuan.

35. Linggu Temple

It was built in the early Ming Dynasty. The ancient temple is surrounded by forests, springs and wild scenery. It was known as the "Spiritual Valley with Deep Pines" in ancient times. It is a good place for exploring. Including Wuliang Hall, Linggu Tower, Songfeng Pavilion and other attractions.

In 1929, after the main project of Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum was completed, the "National Revolutionary Army Fallen Soldiers Memorial Tower" was built behind Linggu Temple, which is now called Linggu Tower. The tower has nine floors and eight sides, and is 66 meters high. It is entirely constructed of reinforced concrete and covered with green glazed tiles. There is a corridor outside, surrounded by railings; there is a spiral escalator inside, and you can climb to the top of the tower. Looking up into the distance, you will see the hilly city and the city, as if you are in a painting.

The Wuliang Hall is located in Linggu Temple and is named after the Wuliang Buddha.

And because the entire building is made of bricks and stones without beams or rafters, it is also called the "Beamless Hall". This hall is the only remaining ancient building in Linggu Temple. It was built during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1398). Although it has been renovated several times, the main structure has remained unchanged. The hall is rectangular in plan, more than 50 meters long and 30 meters wide. The roof of the hall is made of double eaves and nine ridges of glazed tiles, and there are three small lama towers made of glazed tiles on the large roof ridge. There is a spacious platform in front of the hall and a flat corridor behind the hall. There are 5 bays on the front, one ticket for each room, and 5 tickets for each row. The central cave is the largest, more than 11 meters across and 14 meters high. The interior is a vault, the exterior is a wood-like structure, there are brackets protruding under the eaves, and there are doors and windows on the facade. It is an intricately connected building that uses a variety of vaulting methods. During the Zhengtong period of the Ming Dynasty (1436-1449), scriptures were stored in the hall, and three giant Buddhas were erected, with statues of twenty-four heavens on both sides. It was all repaired during the Kangxi, Jiaqing and Daoguang years of the Qing Dynasty. During the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Qing army's Jiangnan camp was set up here. In 1928, the Nationalist Government built a cemetery and a memorial tower for the fallen soldiers of the National Revolutionary Army behind the palace, built a gate and a stone square in front of the palace, and used the Wuliang Hall as the enjoyment hall, which is now open to the public.

Ticket: 15 yuan

36. Zixia Lake

Zixia Lake is named after Zixia Cave, which was originally called Zhuhu Cave, namely The "Thirty-first Cave" mentioned in Taoist books. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Taoist priest Zhou Dian lived in seclusion in the cave. After Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he named him Zixia Zhenren, and the cave got its name. The trees around the lake are green and the red maples are beautiful.