Lion Mountain Park in Nanjing

Lion mountain park is located in the northwest of Nanjing City, adjacent to the Yangtze River. There are more than 30 historical sites in the scenic area, such as Yuejiang tower, Wanxian Pavilion, ancient fort, Sun Yat Sen's Yuejiang place, Wujun tunnel, ancient city wall, dizang temple, wusetu, Jinghai temple, etc. it is a national famous tourist attraction integrating cultural landscape and natural landscape, and is a national AAAA tourist scenic spot.

Transportation: No.31, 21, 4, 7, 10, 150, 54, 15, 1, 44, 62, 12 to xingzhongmen station

Lion mountain

synonym

Lion Mountain Park in Nanjing generally refers to lion mountain (lion mountain, Gulou District, Nanjing)

Lion mountain is located in the northwest of Xiaguan, Gulou District, Nanjing city. It was called Lulong mountain in ancient times. It is one of the 48 scenic spots in Jinling and is known as "lion mountain Xiongguan".

There are more than 30 historical sites in the scenic area, such as Yuejiang tower, Wanxian Pavilion, ancient fort, Sun Yat Sen's Yuejiang place, Wujun tunnel, ancient city wall, dizang temple, wuse Tu, Jinghai temple, Tianfei palace, etc. it is a national AAAA tourist attraction integrating human landscape and natural landscape.

geographical environment

Facing the Yangtze River and Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, Shizishan covers an area of about 14 hectares, with a circumference of 2 kilometers and a height of 78.4 meters. From the surface of the river, it looks like a wriggling green snail or a bun on a girl's head. In ancient times, there was a saying that "Wu Qiang overlooks the distance and sees the Luoji leaving across the river.". Because it is located in the north of Nanjing, it was named "Beishan" in ancient times.

Main attractions

As early as the late Qing Dynasty, it was known as "Shiling Xiongguan" and one of the 48 scenic spots in Jinling. The completion of Yuejiang building on the top of the mountain has ended more than 600 years of history.

Lion mountain has many cultural landscapes and historical sites. Lion mountain scenic spot is centered on lion mountain, including a series of cultural landscapes at the top, hillside, piedmont and its surroundings. Specifically, the "Yuejiang tower" is the main symbol. On the top of the mountain, there are Sun Yat Sen's River viewing Pavilion, ancient fort site and resort; on the hillside, there are Xuda general temple, Wanxian Pavilion and Shizilin steles; on the foot of the mountain, there are Jinghai temple, sansuyan, Yifeng gate and Tianfei palace steles; nearby, there are Hydrangea Park, XiaoTaoYuan, Dujiang victory memorial hall, bazishan, Jiangnan Naval Academy site and sun Jinchuan's former residence The Taiping army broke the city and other scenic spots.

Yuejiang building, the main scenic spot of lion mountain scenic spot, started construction in February 1999 and was completed and opened to the outside world in September 2001. The total investment is more than 70 million yuan. Yuejiang building is 52 meters high and has seven floors (four in appearance and three in darkness). Different from the other three famous buildings, it has royal style, unique shape, exquisite and gorgeous.

The total area of Shizishan scenic area is 30 hectares, including nearly 10 hectares of water. At present, other scenic spots include Xianting, gupaohe, beikuo (Pavilion), Yusi Pavilion, scenic exhibition hall, ancient city wall, Jinghai temple, the largest bronze tripod in China, the largest stone lion pair in China, "Lulong Shengjing" archway, dizang temple, Zhu Yuanzhang statue, qikong bridge, etc.

The origin of the name

In the first year of Jianwu (317) of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Sima Rui, the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, crossed to Jinling because of the "eight kings' rebellion" in the north. When he first crossed the Yangtze River, "he saw that this mountain range is continuous, far away from the stone, and the pass on the Zhenjiang River, so he named it Lulong (Lulong on the Hebei Great Wall Line) This ridge is like the Lulong village in the north, so it was named "Lulong mountain". The name of "lulongshan" has gone through nine dynasties including Eastern Jin Dynasty, Southern Dynasty, Song Dynasty, Qi Dynasty, Liang Dynasty, Chen Dynasty, Sui Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty for more than 1000 years.

In 1360, Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, commanded an ambush of 80000 troops in this mountain and defeated his rival Chen Youliang 400000 troops, which laid the foundation for the establishment of Nanjing as the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

In September of the sixth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, visited Lulong mountain and renamed it "lion mountain". Three months later, the reason for the change of name was stated in Yuejianglou Ji, which was written by him himself: "a peak is abrupt, smoke invades the Han Dynasty, shortsighted from a distance, and the shape of lion dragon (the alias of lion), so it is named Shizishan." Since then, "Lion" has replaced "Lulong".

Traffic information

Take bus No. 10, 12, 21, 54, 550, Y10 to Jianning Road station.

Address: 202 Jianning Road, Xiaguan District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Longitude: 118.74774911108

Latitude: 32.0945983644

Tel: 025-58821770

Ticket information: 30 yuan