The beauty of Nanjing's scenery lies in the fact that it is surrounded bymountains and water. It is not only a place full of mountains and rivers, butalso a place of "ten dynasties ancient capital" culture. Its natural landscapeand long history complement each other. There are more than 50 famous scenicspots and nearly 200 cultural relics in the city. It can be divided into tenscenic spots, namely Zhongshan scenic spot, Qinhuai scenic belt, Chengxi scenicspot, Dajiang scenic spot, Qixia mountain scenic spot, southern suburb scenicspot, Tangshan ancient culture scenic spot, Lianghu scenic spot (includingLishui Wuxiang Temple tourist resort), liangpu scenic spot (including pearlspring tourist resort) and urban scenic spot.
1. Zhongshan Scenic Area
Nanjing is a famous scenic spot. It is one of the 44 scenic spots announcedby the State Council. It is located in the Northeast suburb of Nanjing. Thereare more than 50 scenic spots available for sightseeing in the whole area.Centered on Zhongshan Mausoleum and Xuanwu Lake, there are Zijin Mountain,Xuanwu Lake, Ming Dynasty city wall and so on. It has a multi-level landscape ofmountain, water, city, forest and building. The scenery is beautiful andmagnificent.
Zhongshan Mausoleum is the mausoleum of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the greatrevolutionary forerunner of our country. It is located at the south foot of thesecond peak of Zijin Mountain. Dr. Sun Yat Sen died in Beijing on March 12,1925. According to his wish, he was buried here on June 1, 1929. In addition tothe main building of the mausoleum, there are also some memorial buildingsaround it, which were invested and built by people from all walks of life andoverseas Chinese at that time in memory of Sun Yat Sen.
Built in 1932 in the southeast of Zhongshan Mausoleum square, the musicplatform is a semicircle with a height of about 3 meters. The large wall behindthe platform is 11.3 meters high and 16.7 meters wide, which is used to collectsound. The auditorium is fan-shaped, and the architectural layout is the firstin China.
Meiling palace is located on Xiaohong mountain, 200 meters to the east ofSifang city of Xiaoling Mausoleum of Ming Dynasty. It was completed in 1933. Itwas originally planned to be the residence of the president of the nationalgovernment. Later, it was changed into the rest room of senior officialsvisiting the mausoleum of Zhongshan Mausoleum. In 1947, after the Kuomintanggovernment moved back to Nanjing from Chongqing, it was Chiang Kai Shek'sofficial residence. Because Chiang and Song Meiling often came here for rest andvacation, it was called Meiling palace.
Xiaoling Mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty is located at the foot of Mt.Qomolangma in Dulong County, Zijin Mountain, adjacent to Zhongshan Mausoleum inthe East. It is the mausoleum of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty,and one of the largest mausoleums of emperors in ancient China. The layout ofXiaoling is magnificent and the regulations are strict. The Shinto of Xiaolinghas a long and winding precedent, and has influenced the Ming and QingDynasties. The existing Xiama square, stele Pavilion, stone beast, Wangzhu,wengzhong stone man, "Zhilong Tang Song" stele hall, Fangcheng and Baocheng are2.62 km deep.
Linggu Temple is located at the south foot of Zhongshan Mountain. It wasoriginally built on dulongfu at the West foot of Zhongshan Mountain. It wasbuilt in the Liang Dynasty (515) of the Southern Dynasty to bury the remains ofmaster Baozhi, a famous monk. The name of Linggu Temple was drafted by ZhuYuanzhang himself. Today's Linggu Temple was built in the sixth year of Tongzhireign of the Qing Dynasty. There is a memorial hall for master Xuanzang in thetemple, which contains the most precious parietal bone relics of master Xuanzangin the world. The wuliangdian (now Linggu park scenic spot) built in MingDynasty is the first brick structure wuliangdian in China.
Zhongshan Botanical Garden is located at the south foot of ZhongshanMountain, formerly known as premier's Mausoleum Memorial botanical garden.Founded in 1929, it is the first national botanical garden in China, covering anarea of 187 hectares. It has collected and cultivated more than 3000 kinds ofplants. It is one of the four key botanical gardens in China, and also a basefor botanical research, appreciation and popularization of botanicalknowledge.
Zijinshan Observatory is located in the third peak of Zijinshan, formerlyknown as the Institute of astronomy of Academia Sinica. It was built in 1934 andenjoys high reputation at home and abroad. The observatory displays such ancientastronomical instruments as armillary sphere, simple instrument, guibiao, smallastrometer, small horizon theodolite and Louhu, which are transported fromBeijing Ancient Observatory.
Xuanwu Lake is located in the northeast of Nanjing City, close to thedowntown area, known as "Sangpo" in ancient times. The total area of the park is472 hectares, surrounded by mountains and waves, which are the cream of Jinlingbeauty. There are places of interest such as the famous writer and scientist GuoPu's tomb in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the former site of Liang Yuan, PrinceLiang Zhaoming of the Southern Dynasty.
Taicheng, 253.15 meters long, is located on the South Bank of Xuanwu Lake,behind Jiming temple. It was the Forbidden City of the Imperial Palace in theSix Dynasties. "The most merciless is the willow in Taicheng, which is still aten mile dike.". When scholars of all ages came to Jinling, they could neverforget to visit Taicheng, leaving behind many unforgettable poems. The presentsection of the ancient city was built when Zhu Yuanzhang expanded thecapital.
Jiming temple is located at the east end of the Arctic Pavilion. It wasbuilt in the first year of Yongkang (300) of the Western Jin Dynasty. After theEastern Jin Dynasty, it was designated as Tingwei department. After the SouthernDynasties, it became a real Buddhist resort.
In the first year of Datong (527), Xiao Yan, the emperor of Liang Dynasty,built Tongtai temple in jimingdai, which is opposite to Taicheng (Palace City).There is an ancient well in the east of the temple, which is said to be Jingyangwell of the Chen Dynasty. The empress Chen's master Shubao, his concubines ZhangLihua and Kong Guibin once took refuge in this well. They were found by Suisoldiers and captured. It is said that Zhang Lihua was pulled out of the well bySui generals, and his lips knocked on the well fence, leaving a thousand yearold rouge Trace, so far with silk swab column, stone vein still show rouge. Adry well, a stone tablet, but can not wash away the historical humiliation andridicule, so also known as humiliating well. Because of years of lightningstrikes and war disasters, the historic sites have been built and destroyed, andnow they have disappeared.
But later generations mistakenly called an ancient well beside JimingTemple "ancient Rouge well", which is not a disgrace well. During the 20th yearof Hongwu (1387) of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of Ming Dynasty,ordered the old house of Guyu to be demolished and expanded. A temple was builton the mountain with the title of "Jiming Temple". Emperor Kangxi of QingDynasty wrote "Jiming historic site" in calligraphy for temples during hissouthern tour.
Guanyin in Guanyin building of Jiming temple is different from others. Itis a statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva sitting upside down (facing north). Thecouplet on the niche says the reason: "ask the Bodhisattva why he sits upsidedown and sigh that all living beings are unwilling to turn back." In 1990, the"pharmacist pagoda" was rebuilt, which is the fifth large Pagoda in the historyof Jiming temple. It was burned in early 20__, leaving only a reinforcedconcrete skeleton. There are also four niches in the middle of each floor of thepagoda, which are carved with Phoebe in the Ming Dynasty. They were originallyrelics of Zhongnanhai in Beijing. Each niche has a statue of Phoebe pharmacistBuddha. Today, dozens of Buddhist nuns live in Jiming temple, so it is the onlynunnery in the southeast coast of China.
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