Niushoushan Cultural Tourism Zone — Attraction in Nanjing City

Niushoushan 牛首山 - so named as the 2 peaks in the mountains here resembles the head of a bull with the horns. Pricy entry fee of RMB160, which must be purchased via Alipay or Wechat, the most expensive entrance ticket this trip. The visitor centre where you arrive at is at the bottom of the hill. Nicely done up and everything looks very new still. They offer umbrella rental in event of rain (which was the case the day we were there) but only limited numbers available. After clearing security checks, we opted for the Shuttle Bus (RMB10) which sent us to 佛顶圣境，where 佛顶塔 ＆ 佛顶宫 is. The journey to the top was by foot and escalators (heng ah) though there were still some flights of stairs in between.

佛顶塔 is a 唐代风 8 storey pagoda, unfortunately they don't have lifts in there, so given the narrow stairway and my aching legs, we only made it up to Level 3 for some panoramic views and photos and went back down to enter 佛顶宫. The exterior is a famous OOTD spot, where the reflection in the water feature outside creates a lovely photo. Unfortunately it was raining that day so we didn't get a photo of that. We headed into the main hall first, where a huge Resting Buddha 卧佛 lays in the middle on a super slow rotating platform. Beside it are 2 amazing 3D printed trees of significance to Buddhism - 无忧树 ＆ 菩提树. The walls here are also decorated with more statues of Buddha, encased in 'holes' cut into the walls, to resemble caves in the mountains. This place is famous for hosting the 佛顶骨舍利子, which is placed in B6 but not open to public except on special holidays which I can imagine the crazy crowds then. So the furthest one can go is B5 which boasts an impressive architecture. As you work your way up (by escalators), each level hosts more statues of different Buddhas and Deities, made of different materials (from pottery to ceramics to bronze and crystal), hence known as 千佛殿，万佛廊. The audio guide is free here, but you have to pay a deposit of RMB200 first to get it, then when you return it, it's refunded thru Wechat, all self automated.

Overall, worth visiting if you have interest in Buddhism or photography. Otherwise, the entry fee and cab fares to and fro, might not be worthwhile. This place is so huge, it took us almost 4 hours here, it was almost 2pm when we left, taking the shuttle bus again, this time to the West Gate which is slightly nearer to our next destination.

There aren't many food options here, the restaurants are mostly...

Being told abt this place from my colleague. Quite famous for local people. In fact, there is nothing to see unless visiting when the tower was opened. There are abt 9 floors at the tower. You must take a narrow steps to go up. Frankly to say… it is not easy. Too hot inside the stairs during summer. Not a lot of foods, long queue. Only for sightseeing. Get the metro S1 (not Line 1) from Nanjing railway south toward Airport and get out at 2nd stop - Hehai University. It will take around 6km from metro station to the entrance gate. There is a ticket counter at fl.1 at the entrance and cost 160CNY for 1 person and you need to buy bus ticket of 10CNY. If you dont have CN sim card neither ID card, you couldnt get online ticket. Note: no...

My favourite attraction in Nanjing. This mega epic tourist location is built to impress. The design of teh temple is impressive from outside and the thousand buddha site at the bottom us an even larger attraction

After getting off the mountain you will want to try to get a taxi but they always trying to hustle here so even if you get into a taxi they are most likely trying to make you wait until they can get more passengers and then they'll squeeze you all into the same car I'm the way the tide is going to live it up be a little bit unfair because they're kind of jack up the fees in order to make more money from...