China Travel Guide

Linggu Temple is located in the east of the Mausoleum of Dr. Sun Yat-sen with an overall area of 2,036 square meters (about 2435 square yards). The surroundings are very attractive. Maples and roburs can be found everywhere around this temple. The colorful scenery will make you relax and reluctant to leave during late fall each year.

There is a Wuliang Hall (hall without girder) in Linggu Temple. Wuliang Hall was constructed in 1831 and is 22-meters-high and 53.8-meter- wide. The hall enjoys high reputation for its special architectural techniques. It has three archways on the front and rear sides respectively. The structure was built with bricks from the bottom to the top entirely, without a piece of wood or a single nail. Thus it was called Wuliang Hall, since Wuliang means beamless. It happens that the hall originally enshrined Amitayus (Buddha of Infinite Life) whose Chinese name pronounces the same with Wuliang. Later in 1928, the hall was turned into the memorial hall of soldiers sacrificed in the War of Northern Expedition (1926-1927) where more than 30,000 soldiers were enshrined. Name: Nanjing Linggu Temple (Linggu Si)

City: Nanjing
Address: 1.5km east of Sun Yatsen Mausoleum
Admission: CNY15