Qingliang Mountain Park
清凉山
A hillside park in western Nanjing with Qingliang Temple, Sweeping Leaves Tower, and Chongzheng Academy, filled with traces of literati such as Gong Xian and Li Yu.
Qingliang Mountain, formerly called Stone Mountain, lies in western Nanjing, where Eastern Wu built the Stone City during the Three Kingdoms period. The park contains Qingliang Temple, first built in the Southern Tang; Sweeping Leaves Tower, where the late Ming painter Gong Xian lived in seclusion; Chongzheng Academy; and the Southern Tang ancient well Huanyang Spring. The woodlands are dense and the environment is peaceful, and ginkgo trees turn golden in autumn. The park is free and open roughly 06:00–21:00. Take Metro Line 2 to Hanzhongmen Station or Line 4 to Yunnan Road Station and walk. The Stone City Ruins Park lies on the western foot of the mountain and can be visited together with it.
Opening hours
Approx. 06:00–21:00
Nearby sights
- Stone City Ruins Park (Ghost Face City)
- Librairie Avant-Garde
- Yihe Road Historic District
- Mochou Lake Park
- Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre
- Nanjing Yunjin Brocade Museum
- Chaotian Palace (Nanjing Municipal Museum)
- John Rabe House