Nanjing Travel Guide 2025-2026

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2. Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Scenic Area 中山陵景区 Confucius Temple - Qinhuai Scenic Area 夫子庙 - 秦淮风光带 1 2 Nanjing Museum 南京博物院 Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum 明孝陵 3 4 HelloChinaTrip.com 01

3. Presidential Palace Scenic Area 总统府景区 Xuanwu Lake Park 玄武湖公园 5 6 Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders 侵华日军南京大屠杀遇难同胞纪念馆 8 Niu Shou Mountain Cultural Tourism Area 牛首山文化旅游区 7 HelloChinaTrip.com 02

4. Brief Basic info Sights Nanjing, one of the four ancient capitals of Time zone：CST (UTC+8) Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Scenic Area 中山陵景区 1 China, is the "capital of six dynasties" and Area code：+86/025 "the capital of ten dynasties". Take a stroll in Postal code：210000 the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum to feel the vicis- Language：Mandarin situdes of history; take a boat trip on the Qin- Currency：RMB, called "Yuan", "Jiao", "Mao", huai River to appreciate the customs of Jin- ling. Here you can find precious cultural relics 10 Jiao = 1 Yuan in the Nanjing Museum and the bustling Con- Plug： fucius Temple. Special delicacies such as Located in Zhongshan Scenic Area, the Sun Voltage：220V salted duck and duck blood vermicelli soup Yat-sen Mausoleum is the burial place of Dr. Frequency：50 Hz are mouth-watering. Nanjing, with its pro- Sun Yat-sen. The overall shape of the building Currency conversion： found cultural heritage and unique charm, in- is a "warning bell" and it is known as "the first vites you to a cultural tourism feast that trav- RMB：￥ mausoleum in the history of modern Chinese els through time and space. US dollars：1 USD = 7.2559 RMB architecture". The steps in front of the mauso- leum are designed with unique visual ingenui- 1 RMB = 0.1378 USD Why Go Here ty. Make an appointment in advance to visit. ●Living fossils of ten dynasties Police: 110 Medical Care: 120 Traffic Accident: 122 Fire Emergency：119 ●Jiangnan cultural ceiling Address ●Night mooring at Qinhuai is a painting No. 7 Shixiang Road, Xuanwu District, Nanjing ●The Jinling Code on the Tip of Your Tongue City, Jiangsu Province ●Museum of Natural History 江苏省南京市玄武区石象路7号 HelloChinaTrip.com 03

5. Recommended play time：3-4 hours Transportation Confucius Temple - Qinhuai Scenic Belt is a na- Opening Hours tional AAAAA-level tourist area, with the Con- ●① Take Metro Line 1 and get off at Sanshan All year round Tuesday-Sunday 08:00-17:00; fucius Temple ancient building complex as the Street Subway Station to arrive; All year round Monday closed all day; center and the Qinhuai River within ten miles Chinese statutory holidays 08:30-17:00 as the axis, starting from Dongshuiguan Park ● ②Take bus No. 2/16/202/302 to get off at in the east and ending at Xishuiguan Park in Zhonghua Road·Changle Road Bus Stop, and Transportation the west. Nanjing Confucius Temple is a place walk about 52 meters to arrive; ●Take Metro Line 2 and get off at Sun for worshipping Confucius. It is the first na- Yat-sen Mausoleum Xiamafang Station. You tional highest institution of learning in China ● ③Take bus No. 202/26 to get off at Zhong- can transfer to the scenic area sightseeing and one of the four major Confucian temples hua Road·Zhanyuan Road Bus Stop, and walk bus or walk along Boai Road to Sun Yat-sen in China. It is now an important part of the about 317 meters to arrive. Mausoleum; scenic belt. Qinhuai River is the "mother river" ●Take Nanjing Bus No. 34 or No. 201 and of Nanjing. The Qinhuai River is the essence of get off at Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Parking Nanjing Museum 南京博物院 3 the scenic belt, and rafting in Qinhuai is a Lot Station, which is within walking dis- characteristic tourism brand of Nanjing. tance. Address Confucius Temple - Qinhuai Scenic Area 夫子庙 - 秦淮风光带 2 No. 53 Gongyuan West Street, Qinhuai District, Nanjing 南京市秦淮区贡院西街53号 Recommended play time：3 hours Located at the southern foot of Purple Moun- Opening Hours tain, Nanjing Museum is the first large-scale Open all day comprehensive museum in China built with HelloChinaTrip.com 04

6. Transportation Address state investment. The museum has a collec- No. 7 Shixiang Road, Xuanwu District, Nanjing tion of over 430,000 cultural relics, ranging ●Bus: Take bus No. 34, 36, 55, 59, 5, or 5 Night City, Jiangsu Province 江苏省南京市玄武区石象 from the Paleolithic Age to the Ming and Qing Bus to Zhongshanmen Station, and walk to 路7号 Dynasties, with rich categories such as the destination. Recommended play time：4 hours bronze, calligraphy and painting, and jade. ●Subway: Take Subway Line 2 to Ming Palace The architecture of the museum combines Station, and walk about 300 meters east from Opening Hours tradition and modernity, with both classical Exit 1. 06:30-18:30 (Monday to Sunday, February 1st garden scenery and modern exhibition space, to November 30th) vividly showing the context of Chinese civili- 07:00-17:30 (Monday to Sunday, December Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum 明孝陵 4 zation, and is an excellent place to explore 1st to January 31st of the following year) history and culture. Transportation Address ●Public transportation: Take bus No. 20/315 to No. 321, Zhongshan East Road, Xuanwu Dis- Zhongshan Botanical Garden, and walk about trict, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 江苏省南京市玄 730 meters to Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum. 武区中山东路321号 Recommended play time：5 hours Presidential Palace Scenic Area 总统府景区 5 The Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum in Zhongshan Scenic Area is the tomb of Zhu Yuanzhang Opening Hours and Empress Ma. It took 38 years to build and All year round Tuesday-Sunday 09:00-17:00; followed the regulations of the imperial tombs All year round Monday closed all day; of the Ming and Qing dynasties. The sacred Chinese statutory holidays 09:00-17:00 way is 2,400 meters long. Only the last part of the mausoleum remains. HelloChinaTrip.com 05

7. Transportation The Nanjing Presidential Palace complex has Lake in Jiaxing and West Lake in Hangzhou. It contains five oases and is the largest cultural a history of more than 600 years and is divid- ●Subway: Take Metro Line 2/Line 3 to Daxing- and leisure park in Nanjing. There are Ling- ed into three areas: central, western and gong Station Exit 5, and walk about 370 zhou and Liangzhou landscapes in the park. eastern. It was once the seat of the National- meters to the destination. You can enjoy cherry blossoms in spring and ist government and witnessed the rise and fall ●Bus chrysanthemums in autumn. People often of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Li- ① Take bus No. 29/304/44/65/95 to Presiden- take wedding photos in the Lovers' Park. angjiang Governor's Office. It contains tial Palace Station, and walk about 170 meters modern Chinese and Western architecture, to the destination; Address precious historical materials and beautiful ② Take bus No. 31/3/80 to Nanjing Library Sta- No. 1 Xuanwumen Road, Xuanwu District, gardens. tion, and walk about 350 meters to the desti- Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province 江苏省南京市玄 nation. 武区玄武门路1号 Address Recommended play time：4 -6 hours No. 292, Changjiang Road, Xuanwu District, Xuanwu Lake Park 玄武湖公园 6 Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province 江苏省南京市玄 Opening Hours 武区长江路292号 08:00-17:00 all year round Recommended play time：3-4 hours Transportation Opening Hours ●Bus: Take bus line 1/25/28/33 to Xuanwu- 3/1-10/14 Tuesday-Sunday 08:30-18:00; men Subway Station South/Xuanwu Lake 10/15-2/28 Tuesday-Sunday 08:30-17:00; Park Station, and walk about 10 minutes, about 929 meters. Closed all day on Mondays throughout the ●Subway: Take Line 1 to Xuanwumen Station Xuanwu Lake is the largest imperial garden year; Exit 3, and walk about 881 meters to arrive. lake in China. It is known as one of the "Three Chinese statutory holidays 08:30-18:00 Famous Lakes in Jiangnan" along with Nanhu HelloChinaTrip.com 06

8. Address Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders 侵华日军南京大屠杀遇难同胞纪念馆 Niu Shou Mountain Cultural Tourism Area 牛首山文化旅游区 7 8 No. 18, Ningdan Avenue, Jiangning District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province 江苏省南京市江 宁区宁丹大道18号 Recommended play time：3 days Opening Hours 08:30-17:30 all year round Niu Shou Mountain is named after its twin The Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall is locat- Transportation peaks that resemble a bull's head. The cultur- ed at the mass grave site of the former Japa- ●Go to Niu Shou Mountain Cultural Tourism al tourism area is beautiful and has the repu- nese massacre. It displays the tragedy in the Area, you can drive directly to the area tation of "Spring Niu Shou". It contains histori- form of historical materials, films and televi- ●Or take the bus (G70, 754 and other routes cal sites such as Yue Fei's old fortress where sion, and exhibits photos, remains and other go directly to the east entrance, 710 to Zhou- he fought against the Jin Dynasty. The Bud- hard evidence. It has a film and television cun and walk to the west entrance) dha's Peak Palace is themed on enshrining room and a "12 seconds" device to warn of ●Tourist bus G5 (Nanjing Station South the Buddha's skull relic, and the underground history. A national memorial is held on De- Square to the east entrance) palace was built using a mine pit. It is a Bud- cember 13 every year. ●Subway to bus (Transfer to Line 1 and Line dhist holy place. The Liang Dynasty built a S1) Address Buddhist cave temple, and the Tang Dynasty ●There are electric minibuses in the scenic created the Niutou Zen Sect. The spring flow- No. 418, Shuiximen Street, Jianye District, area at 20 yuan/person, and the east line de- ers at the east entrance of Taohua Creek are Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province 江苏省南京市建 parts from the east entrance charming. 邺区水西门大街418号 Recommended play time：4 hours HelloChinaTrip.com 07

9. Opening Hours ◆Duck Blood Vermicelli Soup 鸭血粉丝汤 All year round Tuesday-Sunday 08:30-17:30 Duck blood vermicelli soup is a Nanjing spe- All year round Monday closed cialty. It is made with duck soup as the base, and is added with duck blood, duck offal and Transportation chewy vermicelli. The soup is fresh and deli- cious, and is a popular signature snack. ●Take Metro Line 2 (towards Yuzui) and get off at Yunjin Road Station (Exit 2). ●Take the City Tour Line 6 and get off at the ◆ Beef Pot Stickers 牛肉锅贴 Memorial Hall of the Victims in the Nanjing The skin is fried until golden and crispy, and Massacre (bus stop). the filling is tender beef. A small hole is left when wrapping to lock in the soup. When you bite it, the skin is crispy and the filling is juicy. Eating It is a delicious snack commonly seen on the streets of Nanjing. Nanjing cuisine is unique and mouth-water- ing. Salted duck is salty, fragrant and tender, ◆Salted Duck 盐水鸭 and is a regular on the table; duck blood ver- The meat is tender, fat but not greasy, moder- micelli soup is based on duck soup, with ately salty and fragrant, with white skin and tender duck blood, chewy vermicelli and duck tender meat. It is called "Osmanthus Duck" offal, which is warm and delicious. There are when the osmanthus flowers are in full bloom also crispy and delicious duck oil pastry bis- around the Mid-Autumn Festival. cuits, and beef pot stickers with charred skin and juicy fillings. Every bite is a unique memory of Jinling flavor. HelloChinaTrip.com 08

10. ◆Nanjing Duck 南京板鸭 ◆Dried Shredded Chinese Krill 开洋干丝 Nanjing roast duck has crispy skin and tender Dried dried shrimps are a traditional Nanjing meat. The marinade is the soul of the duck, delicacy, belonging to the Huaiyang cuisine. which is boiled with a variety of spices until Cut dried white tofu into thin strips, blanch thick.Roasted and sliced, the skin is shiny and them repeatedly in boiling water to remove crispy, the duck meat is tender and juicy, and the beany smell, and then add dried shrimps the marinade is salty and slightly sweet. It is a (dried shrimps), shredded ginger, mushrooms, classic delicacy on the table of old Nanjing. etc., and simmer them in chicken or shrimp ◆ Longpao Soup Dumplings 龙袍汤包 soup to make them tasty. The dried shrimps Originated from Longpao Town, Liuhe, the are soft but chewy, the dried shrimps en- skin is as thin as paper, the filling is large and hance the flavor, and the shredded ginger re- juicy, and the crab roe filling is particularly moves the fishy smell. The soup is rich, salty classic. You need to suck the soup first and and slightly sweet, with rich taste. It can be then eat the filling, which is full of freshness used as a side dish or as a main dish, showing and fragrance. the delicacy and elegance of Jinling cuisine. ◆Sweet Osmanthus Taro 桂花糖芋苗 Boil taro sprouts until soft, add brown sugar and lotus root powder, and drizzle with sweet osmanthus. It has a dense and sweet taste and overflowing osmanthus fragrance. It is a classic snack to warm the stomach in autumn and winter. HelloChinaTrip.com 09

11. ◆Honglan Jade Belt Cake 洪蓝玉带糕 Tel：025 - 83272111 Notes Website：https://www.njzdyy.com.cn/ Honglan Jade Belt Cake is a traditional cake Hospital from Honglan Town, Lishui, Nanjing. It origi- ● Jiangsu Provincial People's Hospital nated in the Qing Dynasty and is named after 江苏省人民医院 its shape resembling a jade belt. It is made of Contact Us Address：No. 300 Guangzhou Road, Gulou glutinous rice flour, sesame, walnut kernels, District, Nanjing maltose, etc., and is made through multiple Tel：025 - 83718836 processes such as soaking rice, grinding, +8613775219367 +8613915017585 Website：https://www.jsph.org.cn/ mixing, steaming, and slicing. The cake is as Opening hours：24 hours white as jade, with fine layers on the cross cs@hellochinatrip.com section. It is soft, glutinous, and sweet. The ● Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital aroma of sesame and walnuts is intertwined, 南京鼓楼医院 sweet but not greasy, and has a delicate and HelloChinaTrip.com Address：No. 321, Zhongshan Road, Gulou soft taste. As a local festival and gift, its pro- District, Nanjing duction skills have been listed as an intangi- Tel：025 - 83106666 ble cultural heritage. Website：https://www.njglyy.com Opening hours：24 hours ● Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University 东南大学附属中大医院 Address：No. 87 Dingjiaqiao, Gulou District, Nanjing HelloChinaTrip.com 10

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