Fuzimiao
Fuzimiao was built in the Song Dynasty and is located in the south of the city center, on the north bank of the Qinhuai River, next to Gongyuan Street. It is a bustling downtown evolved from the center of culture and education, and what people usually call Fuzimiao actually includes three major building complexes, namely Fuzimiao, Xuegong and Gongyuan. It is located on the north bank of the Qinhuai River in the south, from Wende Bridge to Lishu Bridge, from Yaojia Lane in the east to Sifu Lane in the west, and adjacent to the east section of Jiankang Road in the north. The buildings of Fuzimiao that we see today are partly rebuilt in the late Qing Dynasty and partly rebuilt in recent years. The inscriptions on the east and west square gates are in the handwriting of Zeng Guofan, who wrote "Virtue is worthy of heaven and earth" and "The way is through the ages". The main gate is called Latticework Gate, which later became Dacheng Gate. After the Dacheng Gate, there is the Dacheng Hall, which is dedicated to Confucius, with supporting halls and corridors to the east and west. Behind it is the Chongsheng Hall, which is a tall structure and used to be the ancestral shrine of generations of sages. After the Chongsheng Hall for the rule of the mountain. The mountain has Gu Ting Lin feed. On the top of the hill there is Jingyi Pavilion, you can see the majestic Zhongshan, close to overlooking the panoramic view of Fuzhimiao. Built at the end of the Qing dynasty Jiangning Prefectural School in the east of the temple, now most of the buildings have been destroyed. Every year, the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar to eighteen, where the Fuzimiao Lantern Festival, years, the Nanjing Municipal Government restored the Fuzimiao ancient building complex. Also remodeled the Fuzimiao area of the cityscape, many stores, restaurants, snack bar facades are converted into the Ming and Qing styles, and will be near the river Gongyuan Street area built into an ancient tourist and cultural commercial street. Dacheng Hall Street North for the Palace, the lintel of the original vermilion ink "Palace" plaque, the original cypress plaque outside the door, the book "the first school in the Southeast". After the original four books, for the students of self-study room. And then after the Hall of Virtue, built in the Southern Song Dynasty (1139), the current hall named Wen Tianxiang writing. Mingde Hall East four original buildings, some no longer exist, some have been converted to other uses. Behind the Academy, there is an earthen hill named Weishan, on which there is Jingyi Pavilion, with plum blossoms and bamboos planted on the banks of the pavilion. In order to celebrate the great achievements of the four generations of his family, Sun Haojie, the later lord of Dongwu, set up the Tianxi Memorial Tablet in August of the first year of the Tianxi era (276), on which was engraved the Tianfa Divine Text, so it was also called the Tianfa Seed Regulation Tablet. During the Jin Dynasty, the stele was folded into three sections, which was later called the Three Section Stele. It is rumored that this stele is still under the Weishan Mountain, and it was written by Huang Xiang, the first famous calligrapher in Jiangsu Province who appeared in the ancient history books. The font combines the seal script and the official script, and it is written in a majestic, thick and powerful way, which is open and stretching, and it is a unique style. Qing Kang Youwei admired this monument, saying, "The power of the brush is strong and powerful, and it crowns the ancient and modern world."
Pearl Spring
Pearl Spring is located 6 kilometers west of Pukou, Nanjing, and has been built into the only provincial-level tourist resort in Nanjing, covering an area of more than 1,400 hectares. According to legend, during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a great drought in Jinling, but the area to the west of Pukou benefited from the pearl springs, and the crops were still abundant, and the local farmers did not know about the drought. At that time, people thought it was the blessing of the Dragon King, and donated money to build the Dragon King Pavilion and other garden buildings to express their gratitude to the Dragon King, which is the origin of the Pearl Spring. Not far to the left of the entrance is the Pearl Spring's fountain, spring water from the cracks in the stone, like strings of pearls, hence the name. On the stone wall beside the spring, there are four words of "Ten Thousand Dendrobium Pearls" carved by the ancients. In front of the spring is a pool, and from afar, the water droplets in the pool look like raindrops jumping and splashing on the surface of the water, just like a fine rain on a sunny day, so it is called Chingyu Spring. If you clap or sing here, the water droplets in the pool change with the size of the sound, which is an extremely rare natural sound-controlled fountain, as if welcoming guests, also known as the "Hiker Spring". His right is a large area of water, called Mirror Mountain Lake, now there are bamboo rafts for tourists to ride, enjoy the lake and mountains. On the right bank of the lake is the Yangtse Alligator Farm, a rare animal in China. Behind the spring is the Dingshange Restaurant, after the restaurant there is a camel park, horse racing, for visitors to enjoy, ride. There are archery field and camping service center on the left side, such as in summer, you can rent a tent to go to the grassy hillside picnic barbecue, sleeping in the tent to receive the natural wind bath, enjoy the leisure and wild fun. When you go over a hill, you are suspected to have arrived at Xishuangbanna, where bamboo buildings and wooden houses are built according to Yunnan's ethnic minorities' customs, and there are often folklore and dance performances. Further back is a cockfighting arena and a goatfighting arena, which perform for tourists from time to time. To the left, through a small path is a maze of 1-meter-high shrubs, in which young men and women chase each other, seeing each other's heads but not knowing which way they can catch up with him or her, which is very interesting. The northwest corner is an international standard knife hole construction of the "Zhaofu International Golf Course", is the only international standard golf course in Nanjing
Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge
Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge is located in the northwest of Nanjing on the Yangtze River, connecting the city and Pukou District, is a China's own design and construction of a double-decker double-lane highway, railroad, railway, and so on. Double-deck, two-lane highway and railroad dual-purpose bridge, completed on December 29, 1968, the upper deck of the highway bridge is 4589 meters long. The upper level of the highway bridge is 4,589 meters long, the carriageway is 15 meters wide, which can accommodate four large cars in parallel, and there is a 2-meter wide sidewalk on each side; the lower level of the railroad bridge is 6,772 meters long, 14 meters wide, and paved with a double track, which can be used by two trains to run against each other at the same time. One of the river bridge is 1577 meters long, the rest for the approach bridge, highway approach bridge using a rich Chinese characteristics of the double-hole double-curved arch bridge form. Highway bridge on both sides of the railing embedded with 200 cast-iron reliefs, sidewalks and 150 pairs of magnolia-shaped street lamps, north and south ends of the two 70-meter-high bridgehead fortress, the fortress has an elevator can be connected to the railroad bridge, highway bridges and bridgehead fortress on the observation deck. Fort also has a sculpture of workers, peasants and soldiers more than 10 meters high. Under the South Fort is a scenic park. On December 18, 1968, the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, designed and constructed by China itself, was opened to traffic. It marked a leap in Chinese bridge construction. The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge was included in the Guinness Book of Records. The Yangtze River runs through Jiangsu Province from west to east, and this section is 425 kilometers long, blocking urban and rural land transportation on both the north and south sides of the river. In September 1958, the Chinese government decided to build the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge. In September 1960, when the main project Jiangxin Bridge Pier started construction, when China's three years of economic difficulties, the lack of funds for the construction of the bridge, the supply of construction materials is tight, and then the "Cultural Revolution" factional struggles spread to the bridge site; so that the project in a paralyzed state, but fortunately, the late Premier Zhou Enlai at the critical moment resolutely supported the construction work of Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, and issued a letter to the bridge workers to build the bridge. Fortunately, the late Premier Zhou Enlai firmly supported the construction of the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge at the critical moment, and issued instructions to the bridge workers not to stop work, and to continue to erect steel girders to make the railroad open to traffic. The construction of the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge was successfully completed under extremely difficult conditions. The site of Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge was chosen between Xiaguan and Pukou in Nanjing. Because here the water depth of 30 to 40 meters, underwater sediment cover layer thick, the rock layer of the bottom of the river is complex. Foreign bridge experts once predicted: in Nanjing to build bridges, the foundation engineering this pass will not pass. But China's bridge workers and technicians with ingenuity, according to the bottom of the river in different hydrogeological conditions, respectively, to take several types of pipe column foundation and sinkhole foundation, to overcome the quality of the substrate inspection and underwater welding, oxycutting and other technical difficulties, finally in 1968 built the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, which is a major innovation in the bridge project at the time of the international community is a rarity. Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge is a railroad, highway dual-purpose bridge, the upper level for the highway bridge, the lower level for the two-lane railroad bridge, the bridge ten holes, the total length of one thousand five hundred and seventy-seven meters, together with the two ends of the total length of the approach bridge: the railroad bridge length of six thousand seven hundred and seventy-two meters, the highway bridge length of four thousand five hundred and eighty-nine meters, fifteen meters wide. The completion of the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, so that the train from the south to the north by the ferry across the river in the past one and a half hours shortened to two minutes, greatly facilitating the exchange of materials on both sides of the Yangtze River and the exchange of personnel, to promote economic development and improve people's lives has had a positive effect.
Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum
Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum was built in January 1926 to 1929 spring. There are tomb road, pagoda, mausoleum gate, monument pavilion, guard room, watchtower, sacrificial hall, platform, stone steps, enclosure wall and other works. The designer of the tomb construction project, Lu Yanzhi, placed the main building on a central axis, with the whole building in the shape of a free bell. The half-moon square in front is the arc of the bell top, and the vaulted dome of the tomb's top chamber is like the pendulum of the bell. The top of the Hall is vaulted, with a marble seated statue in the center, which was sculpted in Paris in 1930 by a French-born Pole, Paul Randowski, and the statue is surrounded by a half-relief carving of the story of Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary activities. The four walls of the hall are inscribed with Sun Yat-sen's handwritten "Outline of the Founding of the State". In the Xieng Khouang cave inside the tomb, there is a marble reclining statue of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, which was carved by the Czech sculptor Gao Qi. The spirit center of Sun Yat-sen is about 5 meters below the reclining statue. All visitors to the mausoleum naturally bow their heads to the reclining statue of Dr. Sun upon entering the tomb. In addition to the main building of the mausoleum, there are a number of commemorative buildings around the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, which were invested and built by people from all walks of life and overseas compatriots at that time.
Yuhuatai
Yuhuatai is located in a large number of attractions, in addition to the famous Yuhuatai Martyrs' Mausoleum and the Xinhai Campaign Mound, there are also the tomb of Deng Gui during the Ming dynasty Hongwu, Ming Jianwen Beijing time Bachelor of Arts Fang Xiaoru Cloak and Crown Mound. As well as later moved to this place in the Southern Song Dynasty, Jiankang pass judge Yang Bangshi tomb. Nearby, there is also the famous Bo Nai King's Tomb in the vicinity of Xiang Hua Village outside the Ande Gate. In addition, the rainflower stone is Nanjing's unique tourist souvenirs, has a high appreciation value, tourists may wish to buy as a souvenir.
Linggu Temple at the eastern foot of Purple Mountain. It is the only remaining temple in the ancient Zhongshan Mountain of more than 70 Southern Buddhist temples, initially in the present Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum site, and later moved to the present site due to the construction of the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum. Here, the pine trees in the sky, pleasant scenery, "Linggu deep pine".
The temple was built in the early Ming Dynasty, when the scale was very grand, covering an area of 500 acres, from the gate to the main hall up to 5 miles, but also has a deer park, raising numerous deer. Now the temple site is only part of the early Ming Dynasty Linggu Temple Dragon King Hall.
Linggu Temple has a Chinese and foreign-famous building --- Infinite Hall (beamless hall), from the base to the top, all brick, without an inch of wood. Hall 22 meters high, 53.8 meters wide, 37.85 meters deep, divided into five pillars. The project is arduous and complex, is used to build arch bridge method, the first five bridge holes, joints and then even stacked into a large arch round temple roof, so especially strong, over the centuries, through the vicissitudes of life, is still intact. It is believed that, in China's existing several Wuliang Hall (beamless hall), to Linggu Temple of the Wuliang Hall of the most majestic, is China's ancient masterpiece of stone architecture.
In addition, there are also the Three Monuments, Songfeng Pavilion, Linggu Pagoda and other triumphs. Linggu Pagoda is a modern building, a reinforced concrete nine-story eight-sided glazed tower, 66 meters high.
Xuanwu Lake is located in the northeast of Nanjing City, outside the city wall, by the Xuanwu Gate and Jiefang Gate connected to the city. 1909 opened as a park. At that time, it was called Yuanwu Lake Park, and was also known as Wuzhou Park and Houhu Lake.
Xuanwu Lake has a diamond-shaped shore, with a circumference of about 10 kilometers, covering an area of 437 hectares and a water surface of about 368 hectares. There are five islands in the lake, the lake is divided into four large pieces, between the islands have a bridge or embankment connected, easy to visit. The depth of the lake is not more than 2 meters, the lake fish, and planting lotus, summer and autumn, the water surface is a turquoise, pink lotus covered, full of lake fragrance, the scenery is charming.
The five continents in the lake have their own characteristics. First of all, the ring of the continent, the ring of the continent like two huge arms from the north and south sides of the lake to embrace the Sakura Chau. Huanzhou is facing the corner of the Xuanwumen there is a rockery, rockery next to two peculiarly shaped Taihu Lake stone, one shaped like Guanyin, one shaped like a child, called the child worship Guanyin. There is Guo Pu Pavilion on the hill after the rockery, and this hill is the clothing grave of Guo Pu, a famous literati of Eastern Jin Dynasty. Huanzhou is characterized by a row along the lakeshore pavilion of weeping willows, the wind whisked, fluttering, unique charm, so that people stop. This scene is the new forty-eight scenes of Jinling, called "Xuanwu willow".
The Liangzhou Island is located in the north of the island, and there is a two-story square-shaped building in the northeast of the island. North of the building there is a platform, surrounded by iron railing enclosure, is the ancient generals platform. West of the building is the Friendship Hall, Wen Ji Pavilion, Lake God Temple and other buildings. The northwest corner of the continent is a classical garden-style flower bed, made of yellow stone stacked and formed, between the altar has a rainbow of stone paved winding paths, Wen Ji Pavilion that is in the flower bed side. In the southeast corner is a two-storey building of light color and characteristic design - White Garden Restaurant, which serves fresh fish meals and fish banquets in the lake every day. This continent is characterized by chrysanthemums, osmanthus two beautiful, every autumn and October, the fragrance of osmanthus, refreshing; chrysanthemums compete, fascinating, this scene? Liangzhou Autumn Chrysanthemum", this continent and the Nanjing Railway Station is only separated by water, the lake can be reached by boat, extremely convenient for foreign travelers.
From Liangzhou to the east across the Cui Bridge to Cui Zhou, the continent has an amphitheater, Cui Zhou stage, Cui Hong Hall and other buildings. It is characterized by a lot of trees and quiet, the giant umbrella-like cedar, pagoda-shaped pine and cypress and patches of bamboo, very quiet, is a paradise for couples, this scene is called "Cuizhou cloud tree". Now in the Xuqiao south of the water imitation of the Dai style built a water fortress, the name "green ripples small salon", composed of more than 20 small bamboo houses, the houses are connected by a bamboo bridge, visitors sit in the house or tea, or dinner, or chess, or song, such as in the boat, the interest is unique. There are also red carp in the water for people to enjoy, a good place for leisure and vacation.
From the Huanzhou to the east over the Ling Bridge can be reached Lingzhou, there is a zoo on the continent. There are dozens of rare animals such as pandas and giraffes in the park. The continent is close to Zhongshan, Zhongshan is like a dragon, majestic, the top of the mountain is often purple and gold cloud haze around, from the Lingzhou viewing the ever-changing purple and gold cloud haze, mysterious and unpredictable, so it is known as the "Lingzhou Mountain Lan". From Linzhou to the south through the Taiwan Lingdi can be from the Liberation Gate out of Xuanwu Lake. Cherry Island on the 500-meter-long zigzag corridor, north of the corridor there is a Lama Temple, next to the temple has a seven-story pagoda, the tower is called "Nona". This continent is widely planted cherry trees, and in recent years, the introduction of cherry blossoms, a variety of famous species, every April on the continent a brilliant, a little wind and rain will fall Ying colorful, fascinating. This scene is called "Cherry Island Sea of Flowers".
In recent years, Xuanwu Lake Park has introduced many large-scale entertainment projects for tourists, such as the right side of the Xuanwu Gate is a 3,000-square-meter Happy Valley, the field of tame horses, riding with cavalry veterans followed by the protection of tourists to ensure safety. On the left side, there is a lake sightseeing train to the north around the Liangzhou, Huanzhou, Cherry Island, Lingzhou, directly to the Taiwan Ling embankment. There is also a golf club and a standard tennis court on the west side of the dike.
The Zhongshan Scenic Area is a famous scenic spot in Nanjing, one of the 44 scenic spots announced by the State Council, located in the northeast suburbs of Nanjing. The whole area includes more than 50 attractions for sightseeing, including Zijinshan Mountain, Xuanwu Lake, Ming Dynasty City Walls, etc. The mountains, water, city, buildings and forests are all in one, with beautiful and magnificent scenery, which is a must-visit place for both Chinese and foreign tourists to Nanjing.