In Xuanwu District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province.

Sipailou is located in Xuanwu District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province. There is a mountain in the city, which is called Qin Tianshan Mountain, also known as Jilong Mountain. The Arctic Pavilion is built on the mountain, which is adjacent to Xuanwu Lake in the north and is one of the royal gardens in the southern dynasties.

During the Southern Dynasties and the Song Dynasty, the first Sun Observatory was established on the top of the mountain, which was the first meteorological observatory in Nanjing. In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang built an "observatory" here, also known as "Qintiantai", and imperial academy was located in the south of Jilong Mountain, which was the largest national university in China in the 14th and 5th centuries.

In the 18th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1385), an observatory was built here, with astronomical instruments such as armillary sphere, simple instrument and standard watch cast in copper, and the "Wanshou Pavilion" and "Imperial Monument Pavilion" were built on it. Because the pavilion is located behind and above the "Wanzhen Wu Temple" in the Ming Dynasty, it is called the Arctic Pavilion.

Cuisine in Xuanwu District

1. Nanjing salted duck: Nanjing salted duck is a famous specialty in Nanjing, with a long history of more than 1, years. Nanjing salted duck can be made all year round, and the curing and re-marinating period is short. Now it is sold now. The duck skin is white and tender, fat but not greasy, and delicious, with the characteristics of fragrance, crispness and tenderness.

2. Stewed lion's head: Stewed lion's head is a traditional famous dish in Jiangsu Province, belonging to Jiangsu cuisine and Huaiyang cuisine. This dish is soft, fat but not greasy and nutritious, and can be braised and steamed.

3. Spicy oil wonton: Spicy oil wonton is a dish with pork and wonton skin as the main ingredients and salt, sugar, soy sauce, cooking wine, ginger and meat oil as the auxiliary materials.

4. Pan-fried buns: Pan-fried buns are a traditional snack popular in Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Guangdong, which is called Pan-fried buns for short. Because Shanghainese used to call them "steamed buns", there were only steamed buns in ancient Chinese, and new terms such as "Bao" appeared after Hu people entered China, so they were called Pan-fried buns in Shanghai.

above content reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Sipailou