Nanjing: places and services
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Purple Mountain
A wooded mountain in eastern Nanjing whose slopes hold the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, a Ming tomb and an observatory. Trails and a cable car lead to the 448-metre summit.
Xuanwu, Zijin Mountain
紫金山
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Xuanwu Lake
A lake with five islands beside the Ming city wall. Lotuses bloom in summer, and a walk across the bridges between the islands takes a couple of hours. Free entry.
Xuanwu, Xuanwu Lane 1
玄武湖公园
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Qixia Mountain
A mountain north-east of the city, famous for its autumn maples. At its foot are Qixia Temple and the 5th–6th-century Thousand Buddha Grottoes.
Qixia District, Qixia Street
栖霞山
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Nanjing Museum
One of China’s leading museums: Han-dynasty jade burial suits, Ming and Qing porcelain and a “Republic of China street” of 1930s-style cafés and shops.
Free entry, booked with your passport.
Xuanwu, Zhongshan East Road 321
南京博物院
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Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall
A memorial museum to the victims of 1937–1938. A harrowing but important exhibition; visitors keep silent inside.
Free entry, closed on Mondays.
Jianye, Shuiximen Avenue 418
侵华日军南京大屠杀遇难同胞纪念馆
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Presidential Palace
A seat of power from the Ming era to the Kuomintang, now a museum of modern Chinese history. Sun Yat-sen’s office, classical gardens and 1930s buildings.
Xuanwu, Changjiang Road 292
南京总统府
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Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum
The mausoleum of the Republic of China’s founder on the slope of Purple Mountain: 392 steps lead up to a hall under a blue-tiled roof.
Free entry, booked with your passport; the hall is closed on Mondays.
Xuanwu, Shixiang Road 7
中山陵
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Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum
The tomb of the Ming dynasty’s founder, Zhu Yuanzhang, and a UNESCO site. Its avenue of stone elephants, camels and warriors is loveliest in autumn when the leaves turn gold.
Xuanwu, Shixiang Road
明孝陵
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Zhonghua Gate
The largest gate of the Ming city wall: three inner trap courtyards and casemates for thousands of soldiers. You can walk along the wall itself.
Qinhuai, Zhonghua Gate
中华门瓮城
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Jiming Temple
One of Nanjing’s oldest Buddhist temples, dating back to the Southern Dynasties. In spring the road up is lined with cherry blossom, and the pagoda overlooks Xuanwu Lake.
Xuanwu, Jimingsi Road 1
鸡鸣寺
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