What are the scenic spots in Nanjing?

Traveling to Nanjing has always been one of the pursuits of donkey friends. The charm of the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties cannot be explained clearly in a few words. It is generally acknowledged that it is a good time to travel to Nanjing in autumn. What are the suitable places to go in Nanjing in autumn?

This article brings you ten autumn tourist attractions in Nanjing, such as Qixia Mountain, Ming Tombs, Meihua Mountain, Mochou Lake and Zhanyuan. I hope this autumn travel guide will be helpful to your trip to Nanjing.

Top Ten Autumn Tourist Attractions in Nanjing

Nanjing Qixia Mountain Scenic Area 1

Qixia Mountain is located in Qixia District, Nanjing, also known as Sheshan, and is known as "the first Ming Xiushan in Jinling". In the Southern Dynasties, Qixia Jingshe was built on the mountain, hence the name. It is a national AAAA tourist attraction and one of the four maple scenic spots in China. Qixia Mountain is known as the "scenic spot of the Six Dynasties", and it was listed as one of the "48 scenic spots of Jinling" in the Qing Dynasty, with the reputation of "a Qixia Mountain, half of the history of Jinling". In history, there are five emperors and fourteen emperors visiting Qixia Mountain, and there are more than 80 places of historical interest, which gather religious culture, imperial culture, green culture, celebrity culture, geological culture, stone carving culture and tea culture. The Millennium Temple, the "Three Debates" ancestral hall of Buddhism, and the ancient qixia temple, one of the "Four Jungles" of Buddhism, are located at the western foot of Qixia Mountain.

2. Nanjing Zhongshan Scenic Area (5A Scenic Area)

Zhongshan Scenic Area, referred to as Zhongshan Scenic Area for short, is located in Zijinshan Mountain, Xuanwu District, Nanjing. It is a famous scenic spot in China, the first batch of national-level scenic spots, the first batch of national 5A-level scenic spots, the national forest park, the national civilized scenic spot and the top 40 national tourist attractions. Zhongshan is also called Purple Mountain, because Ziyun haunts the top of the mountain. The confrontation between Zhongshan and Houhu laid the foundation for Nanjing's innate victory. In the meantime, there are dragons and tigers, and mountains and forests are integrated, which can be described as the essence of Nanjing's landscape humanities. Therefore, Zhuge Liang has the praise of "Dragon in Zhongshan, Tiger in Stone, Home of the Emperor". It is "the first humanistic mountain in China".

3. Nanjing Zijinshan National Forest Park

Nanjing Zijinshan National Forest Park, located in Xuanwu District, Nanjing, is the first large-scale urban forest park in China to be rated as "National Forest Park". Zijinshan National Forest Park has a total area of 3008.8 hectares and a forest coverage rate of 70.2%. The forest atmosphere is rich, the trees are neat and the biodiversity is well preserved. Among them, there are more than 600 species in 1 13 families, and more than 50 species are listed in the list of endemic, rare and endangered plants. 924 ancient and famous trees; 64 species of birds in 42 families; More than 200 species of insects; 246 kinds of fungi. Zijinshan National Forest Park is a national ecological and cultural demonstration site, the first batch of national 5A-level tourist attractions and the "Top 40" tourist attractions in China.

4. Ming tombs

Ming Tombs are the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units announced by the State Council in March 196 1. It is located at the foot of Mount Qomolangma in Dulong Prefecture, south of Zijinshan Mountain in Xuanwu District, Nanjing, with Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in the east and Meihua Mountain in the south. This is the mausoleum of Zhu Yuanzhang, Ming Taizu and his empress. It was named "Xiaoling Mausoleum", because posthumous title of Ma Shi was the "Empress of Filial Piety" and pursued filial piety to govern the world. Covering an area of 6,543,800 square meters, it is one of the largest imperial tombs in China. The Ming Mausoleum was founded in the 14th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (138 1 year) and completed in the 3rd year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (1405), and mobilized 100000 military workers successively for 25 years. Inherit the old system of "depending on the mountain as the mausoleum" in Tang and Song Dynasties, and create a new system of "taking the square grave as the mound".

5. Qingliangshan Park in Nanjing

Nanjing Qingliangshan Park is located in Qingliangshan Mountain in the west of Nanjing. It is called "Seven Dynasties" and is a famous historical and cultural park. Because of its dense forests and urban areas, it is an urban forest park. According to legend, Zhuge Liang called the situation in Jinling "a dragon leaping and a tiger leaping, surrounded by Shi Hu". This crouching tiger refers to Liang Qing today, and the king has a bright note. During the Southern Tang Dynasty, there was a Summer Palace on the mountain, which was the location of the Summer Palace of the Southern Tang Emperor. There are Liang Qing Temple, Chongzheng Academy, Sweeping Leaf Building, Mapo and Cuiwei Garden in the park. There are lush trees in the park, and ginkgo trees are everywhere in autumn. Trees are shaded in summer, bringing a little coolness, while spring is full of spring, so it is also very enjoyable to have a quiet breeze here.

6. Mochou Lake in Nanjing

Mochou Lake is located in jianye district, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province. It is a famous classical garden in the south of the Yangtze River, with a long history of 1500 years and rich cultural resources. It is a scenic spot in the Six Dynasties, with the reputation of "the first lake in the south of the Yangtze River", "the first scene in Jinling" and "the first of the 48 scenic spots in Jinling". The park covers an area of 58.36 hectares, of which the lake surface is about 33.3 hectares, with a green rate of 93.74% and an elevation of 4 meters. Mochou Lake was called Hengtang in the Six Dynasties. It was famous in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and it was even more prosperous after Nanjing was its capital in the Ming Dynasty. The buildings, pavilions, pavilions and pavilions in the park are strewn at random, with weeping willows and begonia on the shore, rippling lakes and blue waves.