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12 km | 35 min, taxi and tour operator The QiXia Temple is the biggest one in the Nanjing Area. It is the cradle of the Buddhism School of The Three Sastras. It is one of the earliest established monasteries and is still currently in use. Here you can visit some typical Buddhist structures and learn about the history of Buddhism. QiXia Temple is famous not onlyfor the structure, the stone sculptures and the pagoda, but also for the clear spring, luxuriant plant life, especially the red leaves of maple trees. These are in full bloom inspring and autumn making these times very popular.

23 km | 50 min, taxi and tour operator The temple was first constructed in 1034 during the Song Dynasty to complement the Jiangnan Examination School, where the imperial examinations were administered. Scholars came to the teple to pray for success and demonstrate their humble respectfor Confucius. Burnt down and rebuilt several times, the current structure dates from after World War Two. Its traditional sweeping eaves give the architecture a Ming and Qing flavor. The temple's most outstanding feature is a beautiful collection of 36 jade panelsdetailing the Sage's life (551-479 BC) hanging on the walls of the main hall. Based on the famous set of Ming period paintings titled "Pictures of the Sage's Traces," each panel measures about two meters in height and one meter in width.

20 km | 50 min, taxi and tour operator Zijin Mountain is located in Xuanwu District of Nanjing, also known as Zhongshan Mountain. It is one of the four famous mountains in the south of the Yangtze River. It has the reputation of "Yuxiu Jinling". In ancient times, it was known as "the dragon on Zhongshan Mountain and the tiger in the stone city". It was very famous as early as the Three Kingdoms and the Han Dynasty. The culture of the Six Dynasties, the culture of the Ming Dynasty, the culture of the Republic of China, the landscape city forest culture, the ecological leisure culture and the Buddhist culture are all in one mountain, which is "the first humanistic mountain in the Chinese city".