Nanjing has 4 distinct seasons with relatively huge temperature differences. Nanjing has plenty of rainfall to keep it green and shorter springs and autumns whilst the winters and summers are rather longer.
This traditional brand shop was founded in 1949. Now there always goes a saying in the catering industry: "welcome to enjoy Nanjing cuisine, please try Sanxing pastry first".
By far the most significant point of interest in Luhe district is the Stone Pillar Forest on Guizi Hill. The forest is a type of geological formation that has only been found at four sites an earth, of which this is the biggest. Massive gray pentagonal and hexagonal stone columns line the inside of the hill’s shell, of which some four-fifths survives; the area inside the hill covers nearly a fifth of a square kilometer, and the hill itself is about fifty meters tall.
Nanjing Yeshan National Mine Park is located in the north of Luhe District, next to Jinniu Lake scenic area. The iron ore smelting of Yeshan has a long history. As early as 3000 years ago, Yeshan Mountain was a place of mining and smelting. The history of iron-smelting was more than 1800 years earlier than that in Europe. It is a microcosm of China's mining history. The underground mining intuitively and iconically indicate the history of China's mining technology from the Western Zhou Dynasty to now.
Pearl Spring has verdant hills, clear waters, bizarre springs and beautiful stones, hence making its scenery so charming as well as the environment so favorable. It has been renowned far and wide from the Yangtze River since the Southern and Northern Dynasties more than 1500 years ago. There are large-scale amusement items, such as roller coaster favored by young people and Wildlife Park liked by children.
Jinling Sutra Publishing House is a famous Buddhist cultural institutions and the birthplace of Buddhism revival movement in China. It was founded by Yang Renshan in Tongzhi fifth year of Qing dynasty (1866). He was born in Anhui province in 1839; following in his father's footsteps, he became an officer in the Qing army, and joined his father in the war against the Taiping.
Linggu Temple is a Buddhist temple in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. The temple was described as 'the best Buddhist temple in the world'. It was now surrounded by a large park. The temple was first built in 515 under the reign of the Liang Dynasty (502-557). It used to lie at the northeast foot of Mount Zhongshan, i.e. where Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum now locates, since Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang chose the place to be his mausoleum and then the temple was moved to the present place. The temple was named by Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang himself.
Jinghai Temple
