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Mochou Lake Park 莫愁湖公园Mòchóu Hú Gōngyuán
4A scenic area · Nanjing, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Nanjing
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Mochou Lake Park
A lake park in western Nanjing, west of the Qinhuai River and Hanzhongmen, laid out around Mochou Lake, which takes its name from Mochou, a virtuous young woman of local legend. Halls, pavilions and covered walkways stand among rockeries and trees on the shore, among them the two-storey Shengqi Pavilion, the Yujin Hall and a white marble statue of Mochou beside a lotus pool. By tradition the Ming founder Zhu Yuanzhang gave the lakeside garden to his general Xu Da, and in summer boats can be taken out among the lotus.
How to get to Mochou Lake Park
On Shuiximen Street in Jianye District, about 3 km west of Xinjiekou; Mochouhu station (Metro Lines 2 and 7) is beside the park.
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: Taiping Murals on Tangzi Street 堂子街太平天国壁画 (under 10 km), Chaotian Palace 朝天宫 (under 10 km), Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders 侵华日军南京大屠杀遇难同胞纪念馆 (under 10 km), Former Residence of Gan Xi 甘熙故居 (under 10 km), Ginling College Campus 金陵女子大学旧址 (under 10 km), John Rabe House 拉贝故居 (under 10 km).
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