Second Day in Nanjing Don't put anything here Don't put anything here Page Content Page Name (for URL) Page Title Breadcrumb Text Next morning we started our day by wondering a bit around the neighborhood, running into a small market selling random stuff, finding a large number of birds in cages hung on trees, and visiting the Drum Tower. <~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2006-05-27-a-nanjing-morning/20060527_003_9245 Fish market in Nanjing 2006-05-27-a-nanjing-morning/20060527_006_4769 Market in Nanjing 2006-05-27-a-nanjing-morning/20060527_007_6902 Fish market in Nanjing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2006-05-27-a-nanjing-morning/20060527_009_8954 Caged birds 2006-05-27-a-nanjing-morning/20060527_010_3957 Nanjing Drum Tower 2006-05-27-a-nanjing-morning/20060527_012_6277 Nanjing Drum Tower 2006-05-27-a-nanjing-morning/20060527_018_8966 Nanjing Drum Tower ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> After that, we made a failed attempt to find a place that sells train tickets downtown, then took a taxi to Purple Mountain (Zijin Shan), where we spent the rest of the day. We started with [Sun Yatsen's](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Yat_Sen) mausoleum, which was packed with tourists - or should theybe called "pilgrims"? <~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2006-05-27-b-nanjing-sun-yatsen/20060527_028_8947 2006-05-27-b-nanjing-sun-yatsen/20060527_033_9077 2006-05-27-b-nanjing-sun-yatsen/20060527_043_0821 2006-05-27-b-nanjing-sun-yatsen/20060527_048_2040 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2006-05-27-b-nanjing-sun-yatsen/20060527_036_1267 A woman with an umbrella against the sun 2006-05-27-b-nanjing-sun-yatsen/20060527_058_5664 2006-05-27-b-nanjing-sun-yatsen/20060527_065_2780 2006-05-27-b-nanjing-sun-yatsen/20060527_063_5430 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> We then took a little bus to the nearby Linggu Temple area, which had more Kuomintang memorials. <~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2006-05-27-c-nanjing-beamless/20060527_073_0810 An arch with a Kuomintang emblem 2006-05-27-c-nanjing-beamless/20060527_076_2722 2006-05-27-c-nanjing-beamless/20060527_083_1597 "Beamless" hall ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2006-05-27-c-nanjing-beamless/20060527_081_3990 2006-05-27-c-nanjing-beamless/20060527_092_5045 1930s pagoda 2006-05-27-c-nanjing-beamless/20060527_095_9753 Inside the pagoda 2006-05-27-c-nanjing-beamless/20060527_105_2192 A view from the pagoda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Finally, we headed to Ming Tombs, where [Hongwu](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hongwu), the founder of the Ming dynasty was buried. Hongwu lead a rebelian against the Mongols in the 14th century, and ended up installing himself as an emperor, with his capital in Nanjing. Most of the historical stuff around Nanjing was built during Hongwu reign, since the capital was later moved to Beijing. Hongwu burial mound and Sun Yatsen's mausoleum provide an interesting comparison: one is all about keeping people out (layers of walls with narrow gates), the other is all about pilgrimage trips (wide staircases and open arches). After many gates, you end up in a small park on the top of the hill inside which Hongwu is buried - his actual tomb has not been escavated. <~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2006-05-27-d-nanjing-ming-tombs/20060527_107_0588 2006-05-27-d-nanjing-ming-tombs/20060527_111_9318 2006-05-27-d-nanjing-ming-tombs/20060527_121_1779 2006-05-27-d-nanjing-ming-tombs/20060527_135_5223 The park on the top of the burial mound ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2006-05-27-d-nanjing-ming-tombs/20060527_117_8897 2006-05-27-d-nanjing-ming-tombs/20060527_132_0006 2006-05-27-d-nanjing-ming-tombs/20060527_194_2661 The Sacred Alley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2006-05-27-d-nanjing-ming-tombs/20060527_193_3785 2006-05-27-d-nanjing-ming-tombs/20060527_145_1268 2006-05-27-d-nanjing-ming-tombs/20060527_155_3923 2006-05-27-d-nanjing-ming-tombs/20060527_165_0127 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> After spending much of the day on the Purple Mountain, we took a taxi back to Nanjing and headed for a Sichuan restaurant (Sichuan Jiujia) that we found in _the Lonely Planet_. I had a small moment of triumph in the taxi when I managed to successfully say in Mandarin "171 Taiping Nanlu"), which however, was followed by a brief crisis as we stared at the Mandarin-only menu. We were finally assisted by a waiter who spoke enough English to explain to us that the dishes were actually on display in the other corner of the room, and we only to point our fingers. I picked some kind of meet with a massive amount of small orange peppers. I later successfully asked for beer to solidify our victory, only to be confused by the question of whether I wanted it ice-cold ("ping dao"). Advanced Fields Category 2002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014E. AsiaE. EuropeL's FamilyL's FriendsN. AmericaN. EuropeS. AmericaS. AsiaW. 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