Frequently asked questions about Nanjing 南京FAQ What about other Nanjing attractions and sights?
There are countless guides and websites with good ideas for what to do in Nanjing. Here, we highlight the city's best attractions, some of which are not so well known and a little off the 'tourist trail'.
The mausoleum to Sun Yatsen (Zhong Shan Ling) which we won't dwell on here except that to say, contrary to popular belief, the mausoleum does not contain Sun Yatsen's body. His final resting place is instead his home town of Zhong Shan. This is why Zhong Shan Lu is one of the main streets in every Chinese city.
Away from this, but also on Purple Mountain are a great many other attractions:-
Purple Cloud Lake (see [here] for an explanation for its name). A popular swimming place in the summer months for locals and foreigners alike. Despite signs forbidding swimming, if going for a dip, it is wise to remember that several people drown every year in the lake, usually a result of cramp brought on by the currents of stone cold water entering the lake from deep inside the mountain. The advice; if you're going for a swim, do not go alone, or if you do take some kind of floatation device with you.
Music Stage (Yin Yue Tai). An odd Roman Colosseum type of design that in fact becomes, acoustically speaking, a perfect auditorium. Holds the occasional performance in the warmer months and is the perfect spot for a picnic in Nanjing, and to watch the doves, resident on account of Sun Yatsen coining the term "Universal Love" to describe Nanjing's earlier reputation for being a welcoming melting pot of cultures. Foreign students also flock to Nanjing - in 2008, 6169 foreign students came to study in Nanjing, and each year the number of foreign students in Jiangsu province increases from between 14% and 17%.
On the top of Purple Mountain itself, the [Purple Mountain Observatory] has also recently built four telescopes for the new robotic astronomical observatory project at Dome Argus on the highest point of the Antarctic Plateau.
There is also a cable car going up the hill, and if you have the right shoes, feel free to walk down from the hill. Prices are fairly acceptable, for one-ride ¥35, for up-and-down ¥60.
The Nanjing wall is the longest city wall in the world - it's great for a long walk! With a total length of 35.267 kilometers, a height of 14-20 meters and width 4-10 meters, it is 0.7 kilometers longer than Beijing's city wall and 1.7 kilometers longer than the wall in Paris. Suggest you get on the wall near Xuan Wu lake - this is perhaps the most scenic part, or by Zhong Hua Gate which is also is the biggest city gate on earth. The wall is presently undergoing reconstruction in various places until it is fully restored.
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