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Nanjing Plum Blossom Hill, Meihua Shan

hahalin — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:49:17 +0000

Plum Blossom Hill is located in the south of Zhongshan Gate, which get its fame from its beautiful Plum Blossoms. Plum Blossom Hill is now one of the eight best places for enjoying the plum blossom in China. It is also called Sun Mausoleum Hill as it is the tomb of Sun Quan, King of Dong Wu. There are plum trees all over the hill. The international Plum Blossom Festival of Nanjing is held in the early spring every year. The annual International Plum Blossom Festival held in Plum Blossom Hill, the largest Plum collection in China, attracts thousands of tourists both domestic and all over the world.

Name: Nanjing Plum Blossom Hill (Meihua Shan)
City: Nanjing
Address: East Suburb of Nanjing
Admission: CNY25

Nanjing Zhenghe’s Grave, Zhenghe Mu

hahalin — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:48:35 +0000

Zhenghe is a Chinese navigator and diplomat during the Ming Dynasty (1371–1433 AD). Zhenghe’s Grave is located at south foothill of Niushou Mountain, Jiangning County of Nanjing. It is situated on a secluded small hillside which is serene, quiet and with beautiful scenery. His grave was once destroyed in the past. But it was rebuilt in 1985.

According to the Islamic funeral customs, the lid of the grave was made of stone, engraved with lotus flowers and Arabic words. In front of the grave were 28 stairs of seven levels, symbolizing traveling seven times to the western, sailing repeated for 28 years.

Name: Nanjing Zhenghe’s Grave (Zhenghe Mu)
City: Nanjing
Address:
Admission: Free

Nanjing Zhengqi Pavilion, Zhengqi Ting

hahalin — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:48:03 +0000

Zhengqi Pavilion is located on the east bank of Zixia Lake, in front of the Zixia Cave, situated between Sun Yatsen Mausoleum and Ming Xiao Tomb. The pavilion is the side pavilion, with double-eave roof angles, the top covered with blue glazed tile, the Suzhou granite foundation, and scarlet column, colored drawings on pottery top-beam, resplendent in gold and jade green.

There is a stele carving of “Zhengqi Pavilion Records” on the granite wall in the center of the pavilion. The inscribed text was composed by Sun Ke. Originally, “Zhengqi Pavilion” three characters were written by Chiang Kai-Shek and the written couplets were hung in front of the hall.

Name: Nanjing Zhengqi Pavilion (Zhengqi Ting)
City: Nanjing
Address:
Admission: Free

Nanjing Qixia Temple, Qixia Si

hahalin — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:47:20 +0000

The Qixia Temple sits in Qixia Town, 22 kilometers northwest of Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province. The dagoba stands to the right of Dafu Pavilion in the Qixia Temple at the western foot of Qixia Mountain. The Qixia Temple is one of the most famous old temples in southern China. It was built in 489 and expanded in the Tang Dynasty (618-907). As the biggest temple in the south, the Qixia Temple was listed as one of the four Buddhist monasteries along with the Lingyan Temple in Linqing, Shandong Province; the Yuquan Temple in Jingzhou, Hubei Province; and the Guoqing Temple in Tiantai, Zhejiang Province. It regained its name in 1392 during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The temple was burnt down during Emperor Xianfeng’s reign and most of the present wooden structures were restored during and after the reign of Emperor Guangxu.

The dagoba base is surrounded by simple railings adorned with waves and various fish patterns. Each side (except the central door) is carved with figures of four gods-Manjusri and Samantabhadra Bodhisattvas. Apart from the first floor which has high ceilings, the rest of the floors gradually diminish in height. Two niches are carved on every floor containing a Buddha statue inside. The dagoba’s body is engraved with figures of the flying Apsaras and attendants similar to the ones found in the Dunhuang Grotto. The Qixia Temple Pagoda is a representative work of stone carvings from the Tang and Song (960-1279) Dynasties. Name: Nanjing Qixia Temple (Qixia Si)
City: Nanjing
Address: Qixia Mountain, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province
Admission: CNY15

Nanjing Plum garden new village

hahalin — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:46:42 +0000

Plum garden new village is located at end Ludong, Nanjing, Jiangsu. It was the Chinese Communist Party important leaders’ work place since 3 May 1946. It was restored according to the original condition in 956 years and awarded as the revolutionary memorial hall. It exhibits related cultural relics, massive picture materials and partial first level of the building is turned into “the plum garden wind and cloud” where recordings of historical events is the primarily issue. Partial of second level exhibits picture articles. The second level exhibition halls demonstrated the revolutionary cultural relic primarily. In the exhibition hall lay three modern equipments of material inquiry system — computers touch screen, convenience for the audience to further understand material and literature concerning the Kuomintang and Communist Parties under Nanjing negotiation and to strengthen audience’s participation in the issue. Next is partial of revolutionary cultural relic pictures.

Name: Nanjing Plum garden new village
City: Nanjing
Address: At end of Ludong, Nanjing
Admission: Free

Nanjing Zijin Mountain Scenic Area, Zijinshan Fengjingqu

hahalin — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:46:02 +0000

Zijin Mountain Scenic Area (Zijinshan Fengjingqu) is located in the eastern suburb of Nanjing. The scenic area occupied an area of 31 square kilometers.

Mingxiao Mausoleum, Zhongshan Cemetery, Linggu Temple, the Plum Blossom Mountain, the Mt. Zijinshan Observatory and the Zhongshan botanical garden and so on multitudinous nature and humanities landscape were distributed in the area. The vegetation is luxuriant and it is a paradise where many animals live in.

Name: Nanjing Zijin Mountain Scenic Area (Zijinshan Fengjingqu)
City: Nanjing
Address:
Admission: Free

Nanjing Zhongshan Botanical Garden, Zhongshan Zhiwuyuan

hahalin — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:43:09 +0000

Zhongshan botanical garden is located on the south foothill of Mt. Zhongshan, to the east it meets the bright mausoleum and is one of Zhongshan Cemetary’s memento constructions. This garden occupies 187 hectares, collected and cultivated as many as 3,000 types of plants altogether and is one of the four key botanical gardens in China.

The scenic area is divided into two parts; the north and the south. The north the scenic area is composed by the “displays the greenhouse”, the view flower, view Ye and view Guo fruits plots. There are numerous flowers and trees like a rosy cloud in spring. The level forest dyes in spring, giving a wood mountain rural feeling. The scenic area on the south comprised of the gingko, the goldenrain tree and so on and serves as a shade. The sweet-scented osmanthus and the plum blossom from this area are full of characteristic. The scenic area is serene, quiet and beautiful, fragrance overwhelming; the scenery is enchanting and has unfolded the nature abundant posture and the motherland of precious plant resources. It is a good place for leisure and sightseeing.

Name: Nanjing Zhongshan Botanical Garden (Zhongshan Zhiwuyuan)
City: Nanjing
Address: foothill of Mt. Zhongshan
Admission: Free

Nanjing Pillar Mountain Stone Column forest

hahalin — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:42:32 +0000

The pillar mountain stone column forest occupies an approximate area of 13.3 hectares and is located northeast of Luhe County. Each of the stone column root’s diameters is approximately 40 – 60 centimeters, the height 20 – 30 meters. The transverse cutting of the hexagon delivers irregularities to a person, the pentagon and so on. Each root straight and tall, in neat arrangement offering an extremely the magnificent sight and is the geological traveling paradise.

Name: Nanjing Pillar Mountain Stone Column forest
City: Nanjing
Address:
Admission: Free

Nanjing Laoshan National Forest Park

hahalin — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:41:57 +0000

Laoshan National Forest Park is situated at north shore of Yangtze River, east of Changjiang Bridge of Nanjing and west along the Chuhe river of Anhui. The mountain range fluctuates, ancient wood is green and a great number of Xiu bamboo.

The park occupied 8,000 square meters and forest cover rate is 80%. There is large expanse of virgin forest; the wild plant reaches as many as 586 types, also some 200 kinds of ornamental trees, differing in thousands of pleasant ways not forgettable. In Laoshan are the pangolin, the hedgehog, the hare, the fox, 20 types of wild animals, and also hundred kinds of birds. In the garden is the temple, the grave, the spring, the cave, the natural landscape and the humanities landscape merge into one organic whole. This is a good destination for hunting, barbeque and camping. The Laoshan sierra extends from Anhui and the county to within the boundaries of Jiangpu, Pukou. The mountain is not high with average about 300 meters.

In September 1991, the Ministry of Forestry authorized the approval to construct the Laoshan forest park. The existing Laoshan forest covers nearly 100,000 Chinese acres, the leaf foliage forest and the evergreen forest mixed together, the seasonal variation is obvious. Laoshan is also distributed with many strange and mystery caverns, like natural tunnel, courtyard cave, big Goddess of Mercy cave, small Goddess of Mercy cave, founder cave, Bai Xiaoling cave and so on. Among which the dragon cave and the courtyard cave are the most dangerous.

Name: Nanjing Laoshan National Forest Park
City: Nanjing
Address: east of Changjiang Bridge of Nanjing
Admission: Free

Nanjing Red Mountain Forest Zoo

hahalin — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:41:14 +0000

The red mountain forest zoo is located at a pavilion built over a well, northeast of Nanjing. The area occupied amounting to 83 hectares. In the garden are ranges of jade green mountains, wild and raised animals unified and the increase of many thrilling interesting animals performances, presents a city forest zoo with unique style. The red mountain forest zoo has formed a certain superior animal population, the breeds reaches as many as 200 types like the Dongbei tiger, kangaroo, river deer, little panda, peacock, lion and so on. In the garden are rare and precious protected animals like the white tiger, the Asian elephant, the panda, the seal, the chimpanzee, the black swan, the red-crowned crane and so on. The zoo area is big, with complete facilities, wild and raised animals unified, beneficial for protected animals and is convenient for tourists to watch.

Name: Nanjing Red Mountain Forest Zoo
City: Nanjing
Address: northeast of Nanjing
Admission: Free