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What are the must-see places in Nanjing?

1. Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum: Located in the Zhongshan Scenic Area at the southern foot of Purple Mountain in Xuanwu District, Nanjing City, it is the mausoleum of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the great pioneer of the democratic revolution in modern China, and its affiliated memorial buildings, covering an area of ??80,000 More than square meters. Construction of the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum started in the spring of 1926 and was completed in the summer of 1929. In 1961, it became one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. In 2006, it was listed as one of the first batch of national key scenic spots and national 5A tourist attractions. In 2016, it was selected as one of the first batch of "China's 20th Century" Architectural Heritage" list;

2. Purple Mountain: Located in Xuanwu District, Nanjing City, also known as Zhongshan, one of the four famous mountains in the south of the Yangtze River. It has the reputation of "Jinling Yuxiu" and is one of the most famous places of interest in Nanjing. Zhongshan Scenic Area, a national ecological cultural demonstration site, a world cultural heritage site, and one of the first batch of national 5A-level scenic spots, is located at the southern foot of Zijin Mountain;

3. Linggu Temple: located in the southeast of Zijin Mountain, Xuanwu District, Nanjing Down the slope, about 1 or 5 kilometers east of the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, it was built in the 13th year of Tianjian. It was the "Kaishan Jingshe" built by Emperor Wu of the Southern Dynasties in memory of the famous monk Baozhi Zen Master. It was originally named Kaishan Temple. . During the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang personally named it "Linggu Zen Temple" and named it "The No. 1 Zen Forest in the World". It was one of the three major Buddhist temples in the Ming Dynasty.