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Completed. 1919 (reconstruction) Qixia Temple (simplified Chinese: 栖霞寺; traditional Chinese: 棲霞寺; pinyin: Qīxiá Sì) is a Buddhist temple located on Qixia Mountain [1] in the suburban Qixia District of Nanjing, Jiangsu, 22 kilometres (14 mi) northeast of downtown Nanjing. [2] It is one of Nanjing's most important Buddhist monasteries.
China. Surface area. 444 hectares (1,100 acres) Islands. 5. Xuanwu Lake (Chinese: 玄武湖; pinyin: Xuánwǔ Hú) is located in Xuanwu District in the central-northeast part of Nanjing, Jiangsu. It is near the Nanjing Railway Station and Jiming Temple. [1] Five islands within the lake are interconnected by arched bridges.
Xuanwu District, Nanjing, Jiangsu. Purple Mountain or Zijin Shan (Chinese: 紫 金 山; pinyin: Zǐjīn Shān; lit. 'Purple-Gold Mountain') is located on the eastern side of Nanjing in Jiangsu province, China. It is 448.2 metres (1,470 ft) [1] high. Its peaks are often found enveloped in purple and golden clouds at dawn and dusk, hence its name.
Coordinates: 32.216°N 118.755°E. The Changlu Chongfu Chan Buddhist Temple (长芦崇福禅寺), more commonly the Changlu Temple, is a Chan Buddhist temple in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, north of the Yangtze. The current temple, located in Taizishan Park (太子山公园), Luhe District, was only built in 2010, even though its history dates back ...
Nanjing is the birthplace of China's Olympic dream and one of the cities that contributed the most to China's participation in the Olympics. Nanjing has an irreplaceable position in the history of the Chinese Olympics. Nanjing's planned 20,000 seat Youth Olympic Sports Park Gymnasium will be one of the venues for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
Nanjing Fuzimiao (Chinese: 南京夫子庙) or Fuzimiao (Chinese: 夫子庙; lit. ' Confucian Temple '), is a Confucius Temple and former site of imperial examination hall located in southern Nanjing City on banks of the Qinhuai River. It is now a popular tourist attraction with pedestrian shopping streets around the restored temple buildings.
The City Wall of Nanjing (Chinese: 南京城墙; pinyin: Nánjīng chéngqiáng) was designed by the Hongwu Emperor (1328–1398) after he founded the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) and established Nanjing as the capital in 1368. To consolidate his sovereignty and defend the city against coastal pirates, he adopted the suggestions of advisor Zhu ...