ThefirstDay:A.M.Startyourself-guidedtourfromDr.SunYat-senMausoleum.BusNo.9ortravelbusNo.1,No.2orNo.3willtakeyoudirectlythere.ThenvisitMingXiaolingMausoleum.It'snotfarfromDr.SunYat-senMausoleum.Ifyou'reinterestedinChinesetemple,youmayhaveavisittoLinGuTemplewhichwasmadewithstonearchesandwithoutwoodenbeams.P.M.ThenusethesamebusatZhongshanlingbusstoptoproceedtothePresidentialPalace.Afterthat,continueontovisittheConfuciusTemple.AreaBusNo.44,304ortravel2(游2）takesyoudirectlytherefromPresidentialPalace.Theareaaroundthetempleconsistsofaseriesoftouristshops,snackbars,restaurantsandteacafes.Atnight,enjoythenightsceneatQinhuaiRiver.TheseconddayA.MStartfromPurpleGoldenMountainObservatory.ContinuetoNanjingMuseum.YoucantakebusNo.115fromBancanvillage(半仓村)stopandgetoffatQingxiRoad(清溪路）stop.P.MXuanWuLakeParkIt'squitenearNanjingStation.Soit'sconvenienttogettoNanjingRailwayStation.EnglishNameChineseNameInPinyinDr.SunYat-senMausoleum中山陵ZhongShanLingMingXiaolingMausoleum.明孝陵MingXiaoLingLinGuTemple灵谷寺LinGuSiPresidentialPalace总统府ZongTongFuConfuciusTemple.夫子庙FuZiMiaoNanjingMuseum南京博物馆NanjingBoWuGuanPurpleGoldenMountainObservatory紫金山天文台ZiJinShanTianWenTaiXuanWuLakePark玄武湖公园XuanWuHuGongYuanNanjingAttractionIntroductionDr.SunYat-Sen’sMausoleumIntroductionCoveringanareaof80,000squaremeters(about20acres),Dr.SunYat-sen'sMausoleumislocatedintheZhongMountainScenicAreaintheeastsuburbofNanjingCity,JiangsuProvince.AsthemausoleumofDr.SunYat-sen,thefatheroftheRepublicofChina,itisconsideredtheHolylandofChinesepeoplebothhomeandabroad.Withdeephistoricalsignificance,magnificentarchitectureandbeautifulscenery,itisamustseewhentravelinginNanjing.Dr.SunYat-sen(1866-1925)wasagreatforerunneroftheChinesedemocraticrevolutionandledbyDr.SuntheChinesepeoplebroughtdownthecorruptruleoftheQingDynasty(1644-1911)andended2000yearsofthefeudalmonarchysystem,whichledtheChinesepeoplesintoanewage.HighlightsThemajesticMausoleumsconstructionwasstartedin1926andcompletedin1929.ThewholeMausoleumScenicArearepresentsanalarmbellasseenfromtheair,symbolizingthenoblespiritandheroiceffortsofDr.SunYat-sen'sdevotiontotheChinesepeople,fightofoppressionandwiningtheindependenceofChina.Facingsouth,thestructures,alongwiththemountainascendsgraduallyalongwiththecentralaxislinerunningfromsouthtothenorthandisregardedasthemostoutstandingmausoleuminChinesemodernarchitecturalhistory.Travelingalongthemarbleroad,firstlyyouwillarriveathalf-moonsquareinthesouthoftheMausoleum.Itisunderstatedandmodest,whileendowinggrandeurtotheMausoleum.ThenattheentrancetothemausoleumstandsthegreatmarblePaifang(memorialarchway)onwhichiswritten'BoAi'meaning'love'.ThroughPaifangthereisaPasswayof480meters(about1574feet)longand40meters(about131feet)wide,onbothsidesofwhichstandorderlypineandcypressestrees.ContinuingforwardtotheendofthePassway,thereistheFrontispiece,standingsome16.5meters(about54feet)highand27meters(about88feet)wide.TheFrontispiecehasthreearchways,eachofwhichhasapairofsymmetricalenchasedcoppergates.FourChinesecharactersareinscribedonthelinteloverthedoorwayswrittenbyDr.SunYat-senmeaning'theworldiscommonwealth',whichfullyexplainsthecausehestruggledforduringhislife.ThroughtheFrontispieceisapavilionmadeofmarble,inwhichagreatstele,9meters(about29feet)highand4meters(about13feet)wide,waserectedbyKuomintanginmemoryofDr.SunYat-sen.onthest...
