Where to visit in Nanjing in December?

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 recreational place 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.

Transportation: Opposite Nanjing Railway Station, you can take a cruise to Xuanwu Lake Park. Take Route 304 to Xuanwu Lake Jiefangmen (Taicheng), take Route 1, and take Route 1, 3, 8, 22, 25, 28, 30, 33, 35, 38, 52, and 56 to Xuanwu Lake Park.

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

Boat rental: 15 yuan/hour for a small pedal boat, 25 yuan/hour for a large pedal boat, and 30 yuan/hour for an electric boat. A deposit of 50 yuan is required.

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 office and 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. There are 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.

Transportation: Take You 2 and You 4 buses, and buses 2, 16, 26, 33, 49, 88, 101 and 102 can reach it.

Ticket: 15 yuan

The former site of the Presidential Palace

Located at No. 292 Changjiang Road, this was originally the Palace of Heavenly Kings, and was rebuilt as the Governor's Office of Liangjiang in the late Qing Dynasty. .

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.

Transportation: Take bus No. 1 and 2, bus No. 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 25, 29, 30, 31, 51, 65, 68, 80 and 304.

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

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 it 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.

Transportation: It can be reached by bus No. 1, 2, 3, 11, 15, 20, 24, 31, 48, 52, 70 and 304.

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

Meiyuan New Village Memorial Hall

Meiyuan is located in the east section of Changjiang Road, north of Hanfu Street No. 30, 35 and 17 of Xincun are the original offices of the Communist Party of China delegation.

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.

Transportation: Take bus 1 and 2, bus 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 25, 29, 30, 31, 40, 47, 51, 58, 65, 91, and 304 Da.

Ticket: 10 yuan

Drum Tower

Located in Gulou Gang in the city center, it was built in the 15th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (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 it the Stele Tower. However, the locals still call it the Drum Tower.

Transportation: Take bus 1, 1, 3, 11, 16, 20, 24, 25, 28, 31, 33, 34, 35, 38, 46, 47, 52, 100 Da.

Tickets: Free

Nanjing Museum

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

Transportation: Take bus No. 5, 9, 27, or 51 to Zhongshanmenxia. You can also get there by bus No. 1 or No. 2.

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

Telephone: 025-84800405

Opening hours: 09:00-10:00

Chaotian Palace is the largest and best-preserved ancient group in the south of the Yangtze River. The building covers an area of ??more than 30,000 square meters and is built on the mountain. 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.

Transportation: Take bus 4, 41, 23, 48, 43, 80, 82, 83, 306 to get there.

Tickets: Free

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.

Transportation: Take bus 1 and 2, and bus 5, 9, 17, 25, 29, 36, 51 and 65.

Tickets: The Imperial City part is free, and the Miyagi part is 2 yuan.

Hongshan Forest Zoo

Located in Hongshan in the north of the city, overlooking Purple Mountain in the east, Nanjing Railway Station in the west, Xuanwu Lake in the south, and Mufu Mountain in the north, covering an area of ??68 hectares. . 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.

Transportation: Take No. 3, No. 8, 30, 35, 54, 64, 72, and 76 to the North Gate, and take No. 22, 24, 40, and 66 to the East Gate.

Ticket: 25 yuan

Qinhuai Scenic Belt——

Confucius Temple

The Confucius Temple was built in the Song Dynasty and is located in the north of Qinhuai River Next to Gongyuan Street on the shore. 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 buildings of the 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 while showing 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 a facility used to monitor the behavior of scholars taking exams 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 enlightened 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 low, and all the weapons are gone; the month is bright, and I like that the people in this place can be seen at a glance." From the couplet, we can also see the purpose and function of Mingyuan Building. 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.

Now it is the most famous pedestrian commercial district in Nanjing and the place with the most old Nanjing flavor.

Transportation: Take No. 2 or No. 4, No. 1, 7, 31, 40, or 301 and get off at Confucius Temple Station. Take No. 2, 4, 16, 33, 44, or 49 at Changle. Get off at the road stop.

Ticket: 15 yuan

Yuhuatai Martyrs Cemetery

It is the commanding heights in the south of the city, where the story of falling flowers after rain comes from. 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 a constant flow of people to pay their respects all year round.

Transportation: You can take bus No. 2 or No. 4, or buses 2, 16, 26, 33, 49, 88, and 105.

Tickets: 25 yuan. There are battery cars with guided tours in the scenic area for 10 yuan/person.