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  2. Qingliangshan Park - Wikipedia

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    Qingliangshan Park (Chinese: (清凉山公园; lit. 'cooling hill'), [1] is a 73 hectares (180 acres) park located in the Gulou District, Nanjing, China. It sits on Qingliang Hill, which is more than 100 metres (330 ft) high [1] and 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) in radius.

  3. Purple Mountain Observatory - Wikipedia

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    The 60-cm Zeiss reflector at Nanking in 1930. The Purple Mountain Observatory was established in 1934 funded by the Nationalist Government of the Republic of China and administered by Academia Sinica. The longtime director of the observatory from 1950 to 1984 was Chinese astronomer Zhang Yuzhe (张钰哲, 1902–1986, also known as Y. C. Chang).

  4. Porcelain Tower of Nanjing - Wikipedia

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    Porcelain Tower of Nanjing. The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing, part of the former Great Bao'en Temple, is a historical site located on the south bank of external Qinhuai River in Nanjing, China. It was a pagoda constructed in the 15th century during the Ming dynasty, but was mostly destroyed in the 19th century during the course of the Taiping ...

  5. Jinghai Temple - Wikipedia

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    Completed. 1842. Jinghai Temple ( Chinese: 静海寺; pinyin: Jìnghǎi Sì) is a 15th-century temple located in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, to the southwest of Shizi Mountain ( Chinese: 狮子山 ). [ 1] It was built to commemorate the voyage of Zheng He in the Ming Dynasty. [ 2] The terms of the Treaty of Nanking were discussed in the temple.

  6. Qinhuai Lantern Fair - Wikipedia

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    The Qinhuai Lantern Fair, also known as Jinling Lantern Fair, Jinling Lantern Festival, and officially named Lantern Fair on Qinhuai River, [ 1] is a popular folk custom celebration of the Lantern Festival in the Nanjing area. Modern usage refers to the large-scale fair held yearly at the Confucius Temple of Nanjing between the Spring Festival ...

  7. Niushoushan - Wikipedia

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    Niushoushan. Niushoushan (Chinese: 牛首山) is a cultural park at a historical Buddhist mountain site on the southern outskirts of Nanjing, China, centred on the Ox Head Mountain. The park is newly developed and opened as a tourist attraction in 2014, [1] but the location has been a Buddhist site since the Tang dynasty (618–907AD). [2]

  8. Jiming Temple - Wikipedia

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    Geographic coordinates. 32°03′47″N118°47′24″E32.06306°N 118.79000°E. Architecture. Completed. 527. Map. The Jiming Temple (simplified Chinese : 鸡鸣寺; traditional Chinese : 雞鳴寺; pinyin : Jīmíng Sì) is a renowned Buddhist temple in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. One of the oldest temples in Nanjing, [ 1 ] it is located in the ...

  9. Qinhuai lantern - Wikipedia

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    Qinhuai lantern is the traditional art of Jurong City, Jiangsu Province, in China, and part of the national intangible cultural heritage of China. Qinhuai lantern, also known as "Jinling lantern" and "Nanjing lantern", is one of the representative folk arts in Nanjing. The origin of Qinhuai lantern colour can be traced back to the Eastern Wu ...

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