Jiming Temple (1 May)
Jiming Temple is located on Jilong Mountain, Xuanwu District, Nanjing City. It was built in the Western Jin Dynasty in China and has a history of 1,700 years. It is one of the oldest royal temples in Nanjing. Because the incense has always been vigorous and unfailing, it has been known as "the first temple in the Southern Dynasty" and "the first of the 480 temples in the Southern Dynasty" since ancient times. During the Southern Dynasties, Jiming Temple was as famous as Qixia Temple and Dingshan Temple, and was the center of Buddhism in China during the Southern Dynasties.
Xuanwu Lake (5 May)
Xuanwu Lake is located in Xuanwu District, Nanjing, with Purple Mountain in the east, Ming City Wall in the west, Nanjing Station in the north, and Zhoushan in the south. , known as the "Pearl of Jinling". The human history of Xuanwu Lake can be traced back to the pre-Qin period; during the Six Dynasties, it became the place where the emperor used to inspect the navy, and it was turned into a royal garden. The human history of Xuanwu Lake can be traced back to the pre-Qin period; during the Six Dynasties, it became the place where the emperor used to inspect the navy, and it was turned into a royal garden.
The Sun Yet-sen Mausoleum (8 May)
Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum is located in Zhongshan Scenic Spot, Xuanwu District, Nanjing City. It is the mausoleum of Sun Yat-sen, a great democratic revolutionary in modern China and its affiliated memorial buildings. The Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum has achieved good results in terms of shape combination, color application, material performance and detail processing, and is known as "the first mausoleum in the history of modern Chinese architecture". Before his death, Mr. Sun Yat-sen proposed to follow Lenin's example to preserve his body and requested to be buried in Nanjing. Since Nanjing was the place where the provisional government was established, Mr. Sun Yat-sen said that the Revolution of 1911 should not be forgotten.
Meiling Palace (12 May)
Meiling Palace is located on Xiaohong Mountain in the famous Zhongshan Scenic Area in Nanjing. Meiling Palace is a palace-style antique building with a majestic and tall appearance, a combination of Chinese and Western interior decoration, and surrounded by greenery, making it comfortable and pleasant. Meiling Palace is one of the most spectacular and elegant buildings in Nanjing. In 1991, it was designated as an excellent modern building by the Ministry of Construction and the State Administration of Cultural Heritage. In the thirty-sixth year of the Republic of China (1947), Xiaohongshan Building Villa became Chiang Kai-shek's official residence after the National Government returned to Nanjing. Chiang Kai-shek and Song Meiling often came here for rest, worship and vacation, so it was called "Meiling Palace".
Nanjing Presidential Palace (16 May)
Nanjing Presidential Palace is located on Changjiang Road, Xuanwu District, Nanjing City. It is the largest and most well-preserved building complex in China's modern architectural relics. The Nanjing Presidential Palace has a history of more than 600 years. The Nanjing Presidential Palace building complex covers an area of about 90,000 square meters. There are not only ancient Chinese traditional gardens in the south of the Yangtze River, but also the architectural relics of modern west winds. On January 1, 1912, Sun Yat-sen was sworn in here as the interim president of the Republic of China, and it was turned into the presidential palace and later the presidential palace of the Nanjing National Government.
The Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders (19 May)
The Memorial Hall for the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by the Japanese Invaders is located on Shuiximen Street, Jianye District, Nanjing, commonly known as the Jiangdongmen Memorial Hall. The Jiangdongmen Memorial Hall was built to remember the atrocities of the inhuman Nanjing Massacre after the Japanese invaders captured Nanjing, the capital of China. It is one of the first national first-class museums in China and one of the three major massacre memorial halls during World War II. There is a list of the victims of the Nanjing Massacre piled up at the 10,000-person site in the memorial hall. Jianglin Hu, a tour guide at the memorial, said, "Behind each of the names above, there is a family who experienced a painful parting and lost their lives in the massacre. The tragic Nanjing Massacre is the darkest page in the history of modern civilization."
Shixiang Street (22 May)
Shixiang Street is located in the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum Scenic Area in Zhongshan Scenic Area, Nanjing. It is 615 meters long and is the first section of the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum. Along the way, six kinds of stone beasts are arranged in sequence, namely stone lion, Xiezhi, camel, stone elephant, unicorn, and stone horse. There are 2 pairs of each kind, a total of 12 pairs of 24 pieces, each kind of two kneeling and two standing, waiting on the road. One of my Nanjing friends, Ziqi Shan, said, "Shixiang Street has different scenery throughout the year and is very beautiful. Ginkgo biloba is golden in autumn, and the most beautiful 600-meter road in Nanjing is this road."
Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum (25 May)
Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum is located in Zhongshan Scenic Area of Zijin Mountain, Xuanwu District, Nanjing City. It is the co-burial mausoleum of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and his empress. It is one of the largest imperial mausoleums in China. The Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum has experienced more than 600 years of vicissitudes, and the wooden structures of many buildings have long since disappeared, but the layout of the mausoleum still retains its original grand style. As the head of the imperial mausoleums of Ming and Qing Dynasties in China, the Xiaoling Mausoleum of Ming Dynasty represents the highest achievement of architecture and stone carving art in the early Ming Dynasty.
The Nanjing Circumvallation (28 May)
The Nanjing Circumvallation includes the four-layered city walls of Nanjing's Palace City, Imperial City, Capital City and Waiguo City. Today, it mostly refers to the well-preserved Beijing City Wall. It is the longest, largest and best preserved ancient city wall in the world. According to historical records, the Nanjing Circumvallation was built in the Ming Dynasty. It was built in 1366 and completed in the last year of Ming Hongwu. It lasted for 28 years. It is the largest city wall in the world. The Nanjing Circumvallation is the largest surviving ancient building in Nanjing, and is a very important calling card for the city. A tour of the Nanjing Circumvallationwill help us better understand the ancient city of Nanjing through the ages, witnessing its glorious historical changes, its long and splendid culture, and the city's flavour and charm.
Zifeng Tower (31 May)
Located in the central business district of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, Zifeng Tower overlooks Xuanwu Lake and Purple Mountain to the east, the Yangtze River and Jiangbei New District to the west, Yuhuatai and Xinjiekou to the south, and Makufu Mountain to the north. As an ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, Nanjing has many attractions such as the beautiful Meiling Palace, the imposing Ancient City Wall and the quaint Jiming Temple. There's also a super niche modern Netflix Ins location - a view of the Zifeng Tower from the West Bridge. Every city has its own iconic building; Shenzhen has the towering Ping An Financial Centre, Shanghai has the dazzling Oriental Pearl, and Nanjing has the world's seventh tallest building, the Zifeng Tower, which appears in a unique and technologically-inspired manner.
