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Yangshan Quarry 阳山碑材Yángshān Bēicái
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Nanjing, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Nanjing
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Yangshan Quarry
An ancient stone quarry in the hills near Tangshan where, from 1405, the Yongle Emperor had a vast memorial stele cut for his father's tomb, the Ming Xiaoling, using a huge labour force. The three parts, the tortoise base, the tablet and its crowning head, were never moved because they were far too heavy, and they still lie where they were carved, partly freed from the bedrock; a much smaller stele was set up at the tomb instead. The quarry is the centre of a 4A scenic area branded the Ming Culture Village.
How to get to Yangshan Quarry
About 20 km east of central Nanjing near Tangshan, roughly 40 minutes by car; the Nanjing Man site and the Tangshan hot springs are nearby.
Nearby
- Purple Mountain & Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum 南京钟山风景区 10 km
A forested mountain on Nanjing's edge, crowned by a blue-roofed hilltop tomb - Fuzimiao and the Qinhuai River 夫子庙—秦淮风光带 20 km
Nanjing's lantern-lit Confucius Temple quarter, beside painted boats on the Qinhuai - City Wall of Nanjing 南京城墙 20 km
The Ming capital's brick ramparts, anchored by the vast fortress of Zhonghua Gate - Slender West Lake 瘦西湖 50 km
A ribbon of willow-fringed water lined with the pavilions of Qing salt merchants
Also within 20 km: Tangshan Zhiqing Lake Resort 汤山紫清湖 (under 10 km), Nanjing Man Site (Tangshan Ape-Man Cave) 南京古猿人洞 (under 10 km), Mount Baohua and Longchang Temple 宝华山隆昌寺 (10 km), Qixia Mountain & Qixia Temple 栖霞山·栖霞寺 (10 km), Happy Valley Nanjing 南京欢乐谷 (10 km), Southern Dynasty Tomb Sculptures, Nanjing 南京南朝陵墓石刻 (10 km).
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