As one of China’s great artists, Fu Baoshi created the bulk of his best work upon moving to Nanjing in 1963. His former residence where he also taught many talented artists is now a memorial that is architecturally reminiscent of the Republican era (1912-1949) when Nanjing was last capital of China, a period at present enjoying a resurgence in popularity.
Situated in the Wuyi Lane on the southern bank of the Qinhuai River, The poem "Wuyi Lane" by Liu Yuxi, a famous poet of the Tang Dynasty, refers to this area.
It is a theme-oriented memorial hall displaying culture and art of the Six Dynasties the family history of Wang Dao and Xie An. Exhibiting precious cultural relics of the Six Dynasties, the hall includes Laiyan Hall and Jianjin Tower, etc.
When Chinese people decide to make a memorial, they don't screw around...this place is BIG.
Even the pickiest kid will be blown away by the star of this museum: a 22-meter-long, nine-meter-tall skeleton of a Mamenchisaurus. Displayed near the entrance hall, the herbivorous dinosaur, unearthed in central China, has a neck almost long enough to reach the moon.
Gan’s Grand Courtyard – a historical family complex surprised you with its richness in wealth and folk arts.
This park is located on the site of the former palace of Zhu Yuanzhang, first Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Built from 1366-84 it was apparently a very impressive palace. There were the Imperial Ancestral Temple, the state altar and all facilities of the imperial palace. When Zhu Di moved the capital from Nanjing to Beijing, he built Beijing Imperial Palace in imitation of Ming Palace in Nanjing. Ming Palace was destroyed in the war at the end of the Qing Dynasty. Now what remain are only some carved stones, building foundation, column base, etc.
Nanjing North Railway Station (Chinese: 南京北站) is a railway station in Nanjing's Pukou District which was built in 1914. Located near the northern shore of the Yangtze River, it was a busy station because people had to get off the train and cross Yangtze River by ferry, and to resume the journey from the Nanjing West Railway Station on the southern bank of the river.
After Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge was built, the use of the station declined. Presently, it has no passenger service.
The Drum Tower lying on the western side of the People's Square in Nanjing City was first built in 1382 in the Ming Dynasty. Afterward, it was destroyed and rebuilt for several times. The existing structure was built at the end of the Qing Dynasty. The elevated stand of brick on which Drum Tower is rested is the original one of the Ming Dynasty. It is 8.9 meters high, 44.4 meters from east to west, and 22.6 meters from south to north. In the middle are three cylinder-shaped passageways from east to west for people to pass through.
Gan’s Grand Courtyard – a historical family complex surprised you with its richness in wealth and folk arts.
This 200-year-old grey-shingled white-walled estate is also called ‘99 rooms and a half’ to signify the vastness of the former home of a wealthy local Gan family. It occupies an area of about 1 hectare. Most rooms are restored to their early 20th century appearance. You could appreciate the grace and exquisiteness of traditional buildings and read the ups and downs of the whole family with a history of thousand years.
The weather-beaten Wu City Wall was carved directly out of the mountain in China’s Three Kingdoms Period nearly two centuries ago. The 3,000-meter-long site was part of the Stone City, an ancient town built on the 100-meter-tall Qingliang Hill.
In front of a pond near the north end of the fortress, there is a wall stone whose silhouette rather resembles a human expression. Locals dub the scene ‘a grimace looking into a mirror’.