Nanjing index
Nanjing, China
Visual Index of Nanjing Sites:
Site name and description
Bell Tower
(1889)
A reconstructed pavilion housing a rare Ming dynasty bell
Chaotian Palace
(Ming era, reconstructed late 1800s)
First built as a Ming palace, it later became a Confucian temple and then headquarters of the Taiping Rebel army
City Wall
(last rebuilt 14th century)
Views of the largely intact Ming dynasty city wall
Fuzi Miao Confucian temple
(rebuilt 19th & 20th centuries)
The temple of Confucius, on a 1,500 year old site
Jiming temple
(6th century site, 20th century buildings)
Destroyed by fire in 1973, this ancient temple was rebuilt anew in the 1980s
Jinghai temple
(built 1416 with some surviving pieces, reconstructed thereafter)
A temple built in honor of the eunuch-admiral Zheng He, who sailed Ming Chinese ships to Africa & back
Linggu temple
(19th & 20th century buildings)
A martyr's memorial standing on the ruins of a 7th century temple.
Niushou Pagoda
(8th century, heavily restored)
A heavily restored Tang dynasty pagoda on Ox Head hill
Qixia temple
(built 489 onward, oldest structures from 10th century)
An important temple in early Chinese Buddhist history
Sanzang pagoda
(1944)
A recent memorial housing the remains of Xuan Zang, the intrepid pilgrim-monk.
Southern Tang dynasty tombs
(built 943 and 961 AD)
Tombs of the first two rulers of the Southern Tang dynasty
Xiaoling Tomb
(built 1398)
The tomb of Hongwu, the 1st Ming Emperor (r. 1368-98).
Sun Yat-Sen Mausoleum
(1926-29)
A grand memorial to the founder of the Chinese Republic
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