Are tickets to Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing free?

Since 2016, Nanjing Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum has been free of charge, but not all attractions in the eastern suburbs are free of charge. Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum is free of charge, but Linggu Temple, Bandstand, Meiling Palace, Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum, Meihua Mountain, Observatory and other places require tickets.

The picture above is Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum.

The Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum is the mausoleum of Sun Yat-sen, known as the founding father of the Republic of China and the forerunner of the Chinese democratic revolution. It is located at the southern foot of Zijin Mountain in the eastern suburbs of Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, adjacent to Linggu Temple to the east and Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum to the west. After Sun Yat-sen passed away in Beijing in March 1925, the Chinese Kuomintang complied with his last wish and built a mausoleum for him in Nanjing.

The construction of the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum began in January 1926, and the main buildings such as the memorial hall were completed in the spring of 1929. Sun Yat-sen was buried on June 1 of that year, and the entire construction of the mausoleum was not completed until 1931.

The Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum was designed by Lu Yanzhi. The overall plane is in the shape of an alarm bell, which is consistent with Sun Yat-sen's political testament of "awakening the people." The design of the mausoleum makes full use of the terrain, and the main buildings such as the archway, mausoleum gate, stele pavilion, and sacrificial hall are arranged on the gentle slope south of Zijin Mountain from low to high.

The Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum draws on the symmetrical layout of ancient Chinese mausoleums, uses tomb passages and steps to connect the main buildings as an axis, and arranges large green spaces to connect the mausoleum buildings into a grand whole commensurate with the background mountains. The main building of the mausoleum adopts the large roof shape of Chinese classical palace-style architecture, applies Western architectural design and construction techniques, and uses solemn blue and white tones and rigorous architectural configuration to show a calm and magnificent demeanor. It is considered to be the fusion of modern Chinese architectural history. Chinese and Western classics.

Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum was listed as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units in China in 1961, and in 2007 it became the first batch of national 5A-level tourist attractions.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum