Linggu Park （South Gate） — Attraction in Nanjing City

Beautiful entry at the South Gate. Great place to start while also staying away from all the large tour groups.

This entrance area has some shuttle buses to travel between each attraction and restaurants to rest and refresh before continuing as the climb up Linggu...

This was my favorite part of Zijin Mountain (Purple Mountain). It was far less crowded than everywhere else. And it had nice quiet paths through the forest, which were a welcome reprieve from the loud chaos that tourism in China...

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