Everyone knows that Nanjing is one of the four ancient capitals in China, and is known as the "Ancient Capital of Six Dynasties". Both the scenery and the food here are unique. Nanjing is a unique city.
1. Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Ticket Price: Free Opening Hours: 8:30--17:00 The location of the tomb of the great revolutionary forerunner Dr. Sun Yat-sen.
Its popularity in Nanjing is no less than that of the Forbidden City in Beijing, and it is known as "the first mausoleum in modern Chinese history".
The terrain of the entire Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum rises along with the mountain. Before reaching the memorial hall, you will pass by Boai Square, the mausoleum gate engraved with Dr. Sun Yat-sen's handwriting "The world is one common", and 392 stone steps about 30 stories high.
There is a marble statue of Sun Yat-sen in the memorial hall. You need to queue up to enter the tomb through a small door and walk around the railing.
A 1:1 restored statue of Sun Yat-sen is placed above the stone pavilion in the tomb, and his body is placed under the sarcophagus.
2. Confucius Temple Qinhuai Scenery Ticket Price: Free Opening Hours: All Day This is one of the must-see attractions when traveling to Nanjing. The Qinhuai Scenery around Confucius Temple best represents the Jinling scenery in people’s minds.
Especially after nightfall, vendors gather and people are crowded; boats come and go in the river, and neon reflections are dotted.
Walking on the bluestone road of Gongyuan Street, you can still feel the full vitality of the "Golden Dust Land of Six Dynasties".
The most worth-seeing thing in Confucius Temple is the Zhaobi. It was built in the Ming Dynasty and is known as the "No. 1 Wall in the World." You can take a boat trip to Qinhuai at night and enjoy the scenery of Jinling. However, the snacks here are not recommended and the price/performance ratio is not high.
, if you want to try authentic Nanjing food, you can cross the river along Goutong Lane to reach Laomendong.
There are many local favorite foods here, such as Jiang Youji pot stickers, Jiming soup dumplings, Shenji stinky tofu, etc.
3. Laomendong Ticket Price: Free Opening Hours: All Day Because it is located east of the south gate of Nanjing, it is called "Mendong", opposite to Laomenxi.
Mendong is a gathering place for traditional residential buildings in Nanjing. Since ancient times, it has been a place where merchants from the south of the Yangtze River gather, where people gather, and where aristocratic families live.
And you can almost eat Nanjing’s classic specialty snacks here.
4. Presidential Palace opening hours and tickets: 8:30-17:00, closed on Mondays; 40 yuan. Located at No. 292 Changjiang Road, Xuanwu District, Nanjing, it is the largest and best-preserved building complex in modern China, and is also the largest and most complete building complex in Nanjing.
The main representative of the architecture of the Republic of China.
Entering the Presidential Palace, the typical Chinese-style architecture in the lobby is in sharp contrast with the Western-style door.
Walking down the red-column corridor is the Zichao Building, the office building of the National Government.
The second floor is the key area of ??the Presidential Palace. Visitors can get a glimpse of Chiang Kai-shek's office.
When visiting the West District, you can also enjoy the Jiangnan scenery at the level of a royal garden in the Xuyuan.
5. Nanjing Museum opening hours and tickets: Monday, 9:00-12:00 (open all day on Mondays on national statutory holidays; Tuesday to Sunday, 9:00-17:00, free). It is one of the three major museums in China.
Here you can not only see ancient cultural relics such as gold-threaded clothing, but also appreciate calligraphy, painting, and folk handicrafts. In the history museum, you can admire the first silver-lined jade clothing discovered in archaeological history and the national treasure-level Baoen Temple.
Glazed Arch. The special exhibition hall next to it also has a special theme of the treasures of the town. In addition to visiting the collections on the exhibition stand, it is also interesting to visit the Republic of China Pavilion located under the Art Museum.
Experience. The place is modeled on the appearance of Nanjing during the Republic of China. Most of the plaques and utensils on the street are cultural relics collected from the people, and street scenes such as the Xinjiekou Bank of Communications can still be found in the city today. 6. Tickets for Jiming Temple.
Price: 15 yuan Opening hours: 7:30-17:00 One of the oldest Buddhist temples in Nanjing. Since ancient times, it has been known as "the first temple in the Southern Dynasties" and the first temple among the "four hundred and eighty temples in the Southern Dynasties". It is accessible from the mountain gate.
On the way up, the scenery of the top of the "Four Hundred and Eighty Temples of the Southern Dynasties" will appear in front of you. Along the way, you pass the Main Hall, Guanyin Hall, and Huomeng Tower. When you reach the highest point, you can worship at the back door after offering incense with the faithful men and women.
Order a vegetarian meal at the restaurant and overlook the Ming City Wall and Xuanwu Lake. Every April, the cherry blossoms bloom in front of Jiming Temple, which is a good time for cherry blossom photography. Visitors can enter through the Jiefang Gate diagonally opposite the Jiming Temple Gate.
Climb the famous Nanjing Ming City Wall. Here you can enjoy the most wonderful scenery of "the largest city wall in the world". Looking inside, you can see the busy traffic of Jinling City, and looking out, you can see the green shadow of Xuanwu Lake.
After entering the city wall, you can start visiting Xuanwu Lake Park. 7. Xuanwu Lake ticket price: free. Opening hours: 6:00 to 20:00 (Huanhu Road is open all day). It is the largest royal garden lake in China and the largest city park in Jiangnan.
Known as the "Pearl of Jinling", it is also the "National Gymnasium" where many citizens entertain and exercise in the morning and evening.