Former National Central University 中央大学旧址Zhōngyāng Dàxué Jiùzhǐ

About Former National Central University

Southeast University's Sipailou campus keeps the core of the former National Central University, the national university of Republican-era Nanjing, with buildings mostly of the 1920s and 1930s in a Western classical revival style. A copper-domed auditorium of 1930–31 seating about 2,700 faces Yang Tingbao's 1933 south gate along the campus axis, flanked by the 1923 Mengfang Library and the 1929 biology building. The 1923 gymnasium hosted lectures by Bertrand Russell, John Dewey and Rabindranath Tagore, and an old juniper known as the Six Dynasties Pine stands by the Mei'an building.

How to get to Former National Central University

At 2 Sipailou in Xuanwu District beside Jimingsi station (Metro Lines 3 and 4); the university admits outside visitors mainly on announced open days booked in advance, so check its current rules before going.

Nearby

• Fuzimiao and the Qinhuai River 夫子庙—秦淮风光带 under 10 km
  Nanjing's lantern-lit Confucius Temple quarter, beside painted boats on the Qinhuai
• City Wall of Nanjing 南京城墙 under 10 km
  The Ming capital's brick ramparts, anchored by the vast fortress of Zhonghua Gate
• Purple Mountain & Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum 南京钟山风景区 under 10 km
  A forested mountain on Nanjing's edge, crowned by a blue-roofed hilltop tomb

Also within 20 km: Former Academia Sinica Buildings 国立中央研究院旧址 (under 10 km), Former Beijige Meteorological Observatory 北极阁气象台旧址 (under 10 km), Former Macklin Hospital 马林医院旧址 (under 10 km), Drum Tower of Nanjing 南京鼓楼 (under 10 km), John Rabe House 拉贝故居 (under 10 km), University of Nanking Campus 金陵大学旧址 (under 10 km).

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Learn more

• Wikipedia (Chinese)