Thinking of things to do over the National Day holiday in Nanjing? How about some culture with a twist? At least one of these museums should appeal to all, with โunusualโ and โlesser knownโ our watchwords for this list of 10 attractions in Nanjing.
ๆณๅฅฝๅฝๅบๅๆๅปๅไบฌๆไปไนๅฅฝ็ฉ็ๅ๏ผไธไบๆ็น่ฒ็ๆๅๆไนๆ ท๏ผ่ฟไบๅ็ฉ้ฆไธญ่ณๅฐๆไธไธชๅบ่ฏฅ่ฝๅคๅธๅผๆๆไบบ๏ผๆไปฌ็ๅฃๅทๆฏโไธๅฏปๅธธโๅโ้ฒไธบไบบ็ฅโ๏ผ่ฟๆฏๅไบฌๅๅคงๆฏ็น็ๅๅใ
Readers should note that the reservation telephone numbers listed are also for enquiries as to how and where to make reservations (e.g. Dianping), together with the latest epidemic-prevention requirements. Unless stated otherwise, the museums are open every day from 09:00 to 17:00, with final admissions at 16:30.
่ฏท่ฏป่ ๆณจๆ๏ผๆๅๅบ็้ข็บฆ็ต่ฏไนๆฏ็จไบๆฅ่ฏข้ข็บฆๆนๅผๅๅฐ็น๏ผไพๅฆๅคงไผ็น่ฏ๏ผไปฅๅๆๆฐ็้ฒ็ซ่ฆๆฑใ้ค้ๅฆๆ่ฏดๆ๏ผๅ็ฉ้ฆๆฏๅคฉๅผๆพๆถ้ดไธบ 09:00 ่ณ 17:00๏ผๆๅๅ ฅๅบๆถ้ดไธบ 16:30ใ
Before we get started, a few words about the museum scene in Nanjing.
ๅจๆไปฌๅผๅงไนๅ๏ผๅ ็ฎๅไป็ปไธไธๅไบฌ็ๅ็ฉ้ฆๅบๆฏใ
On one level, there are the big guns. The Nanjing Museum (one of only three national-level museums in China; the others being in Beijing and Taipei) stands as testament to the virtual obsession by authorities with the cityโs long history that has also led to the demise of other cultural forms, such as contemporary art. Those and the art museums, such as the Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum, are a reflection of mainstream tastes which still favour traditional calligraphy and painting.
ไธๆน้ข๏ผๆๅคงๆชใๅไบฌๅ็ฉ้ข๏ผไธญๅฝไป ๆ็ไธไธชๅฝๅฎถ็บงๅ็ฉ้ฆไนไธ๏ผๅ ถโโไปๅ็ฉ้ฆไฝไบๅไบฌๅๅฐๅ๏ผ่ฏๆไบๅฝๅฑๅฏน่ฟๅบงๅๅธๆ ไน ๅๅฒ็็ด่ฟท๏ผ่ฟ็ง็ด่ฟทไนๅฏผ่ดไบๅฝไปฃ่บๆฏ็ญๅ ถไปๆๅๅฝขๅผ็ๆถไบกใ่ฟไบไปฅๅๅๆฑ่็็พๆฏ้ฆ่ฟๆ ท็็พๆฏ้ฆ๏ผๅๆ ไบไป็ถๅ็ฑไผ ็ปไนฆ็ป็ไธปๆตๅๅณใ
But as stated, our focus today is on another level; the unusual and lesser known (The Nanjingerโs favourite word is โquirkyโ). Some museums featured herein are positively tiny, others prospectively downright scary. But all provide for an insightful afternoon out in Nanjing over National Day.
ไฝๅฆๅๆ่ฟฐ๏ผๆไปฌไปๅคฉ็้็นๆฏๅฆไธไธชๅฑ้ข๏ผไธๅฏปๅธธ็ๅ้ฒไธบไบบ็ฅ็๏ผๅไบฌไบบๆๅๆฌข็่ฏๆฏโๅคๆชโ๏ผใ่ฟ้ไป็ป็ไธไบๅ็ฉ้ฆ็กฎๅฎๅพๅฐ๏ผ่ๅฆไธไบๅ็ฉ้ฆๅ้ๅธธๅฏๆใไฝๆๆ่ฟไบ้ฝ่ฎฉๆจๅจๅฝๅบ่ๆ้ดๅจๅไบฌๅบฆ่ฟไธไธชๅฏๆๆดๅฏๅ็ไธๅใ
Let’s get started.
่ฎฉๆไปฌๅผๅงๅงใ
Sifang Art Museum
ๅๆน็พๆฏ้ฆ
First up, one which we admit is hardly โlesser knownโ. But it certainly qualifies as unusual, for its architecture and location in equal measure. For the Sifang Art Museum resembles an airport jetway, the kind filled with colour-coordinated banking advertisements; discarded without consideration, like litter, right beside Laoshan National Park. Everyone has something to say about such juxtaposition.
้ฆๅ ๏ผๆไปฌๆฟ่ฎค่ฟไธ็นๅ ไนโ้ฒไธบไบบ็ฅโใไฝๅฎ็ๅปบ็ญ้ฃๆ ผๅๅฐ็ไฝ็ฝฎๆ ็ๆฏไธๅๅฏปๅธธ็ใๅ ไธบๅๆน็พๆฏ้ฆๅฐฑๅไธไธชๆบๅบ็็ปๆบ้๏ผๅ ๆปกไบ่ฒๅฝฉๅ่ฐ็้ถ่กๅนฟๅ๏ผๅฐฑๅจๅดๅฑฑๅฝๅฎถๅ ฌๅญๆ่พน๏ผๅๅๅพไธๆ ท่ขซ้ๆไธขๅผใๅฏนไบ่ฟๆ ท็ๅนถ็ฝฎ๏ผๆฏไธชไบบ้ฝๆ่ฏ่ฆ่ฏดใ
The subtle parallels in Stephen Hollโs design may not be overtly obvious to us as visitors, but delving deeper into the design of the Sifang Art Museum proves to be a more rewarding pursuit than trying to make sense of the art on display therein. For example, the design of the Museumโs ground level attempts to recreate the parallel perspectives found in Chinese painting with a series of walls that conceal from the viewer any kind of distinct vanishing point.
ๆฏ่่ฌยท้ๅฐ็่ฎพ่ฎกไธญๅพฎๅฆ็็ธไผผไนๅคๅฏนไบๆไปฌไฝไธบๅ่ง่ ๆฅ่ฏดๅฏ่ฝๅนถไธๆๆพ๏ผไฝไบๅฎ่ฏๆ๏ผๆทฑๅ ฅ็ ็ฉถๅๆน็พๆฏ้ฆ็่ฎพ่ฎกๆฏ่ฏๅพ็่งฃๅ ถไธญๅฑๅบ็่บๆฏๅๆดๆๆไนใไพๅฆ๏ผๅ็ฉ้ฆๅบๅฑ็่ฎพ่ฎก่ฏๅพ้่ฟไธ็ณปๅๅขๅฃๆฅ้็ฐไธญๅฝ็ป็ปไธญ็ๅนณ่ก้่ง๏ผ่ฟไบๅขๅฃๅ่งไผ้่ไบไปปไฝๆๆพ็ๆถๅคฑ็นใ
The Sifang Art Museum is located at 9 Zhenqi Lu, near to the Zhenzhuquan Scenic Spot ็ไธ่ทฏ9ๅท็็ ๆณๅ ฌๅญ้่ฟ. Open from 10:00 to 17:00. Reservation tel: 83610455.
ๅๆน็พๆฏ้ฆไฝไบ็ไธ่ทฏ9ๅท๏ผ็ดง้ป็็ ๆณ้ฃๆฏๅบ็ไธ่ทฏ9ๅท็็ ๆณๅ ฌๅญ้่ฟใๅผๆพๆถ้ดไธบ 10:00 ่ณ 17:00ใ้ข่ฎข็ต่ฏ๏ผ83610455ใ
Nanjing Republican Era Map Museum
ๅไบฌๆฐๅฝๅฐๅพๅ็ฉ้ฆ
Easily mistaken for the hideaway of a lauded, but reclusive, poet; inside the former Dutch Embassy awaits a small but veritable treasure trove of maps from Nanjingโs Republican era. Adorning the walls, visitors to the exhibition are treated to nine maps of China and the Nanjing area in particular, varying by type and all published between 1926 and 1949.
ๅพๅฎนๆ่ขซ่ฏฏ่ฎคไธบๆฏไธไฝๅคๅ่ต่ชไฝ้ๅฑ ่ฏไบบ็้ๅฑ ๅค๏ผๅจๅ่ทๅ ฐๅคงไฝฟ้ฆๅ ๏ผๆไธไธช่งๆจก่ฝๅฐไฝๅๅฏๅ ถๅฎ็ๅไบฌๆฐๅฝๅฐๅพๅฎๅบใๅฑ่ง็ๅขๅฃไธ่ฃ ้ฅฐ็ไนๅน ไธญๅฝๅฐๅพ๏ผ็นๅซๆฏๅไบฌๅฐๅบ็ๅฐๅพ๏ผๅ ถ็ฑปๅๅไธ็ธๅ๏ผๅ จ้จๅบ็ไบ 1926 ๅนด่ณ 1949 ๅนด้ดใ
Most striking, and given pride of place in its own vestibule, is the map of the proposed China railway system, hand drawn by Sun Yat-sen, and bearing an uncanny resemblance to todayโs high speed train network. Then there is a Japanese military map charting their troopsโ advance on Nanjing, plus another of Nanjingโs topology, in detail and by far the most advanced of its time.
ๆๅผไบบๆณจ็ฎไธๅจๅ ถๅๅ ไธญๅ ๆฎๆ้่ฆไฝ็ฝฎ็ๆฏๆๅปบ็ไธญๅฝ้่ทฏ็ณป็ปๅฐๅพ๏ผ็ฑๅญไธญๅฑฑๆ็ป๏ผไธๅฝไป็้ซ้ๅ่ฝฆ็ฝ็ปๆไบบๅฐ็ธไผผใ็ถๅ่ฟๆไธๅผ ๆฅๆฌๅไบๅฐๅพ๏ผๆ็ปไบไปไปฌ็ๅ้ๅๅไบฌๆจ่ฟ็ๆ ๅต๏ผๅๅ ไธๅฆไธๅผ ๅไบฌ็ๆๆๅพ๏ผ่ฏฆ็ปไธ่ฟไปไธบๆญขๆฏๅฝๆถๆๅ ่ฟ็ใ
The Nanjing Republican-era Map Museum is located at 8 Laocaishi, Gulou District ้ผๆฅผๅบ่่ๅธ8ๅท, not far from Shanxi Lu. Access is only granted after brute force has been applied to the unmarked steel gate, kept shut, we presume, to stop the museum cat from wandering onto the street (itโs sufficiently lethargic to not even contemplate other feline athleticism). Open Wednesday thru Saturday; 09:00-12:00 / 14:00-16:00. An English speaking guide is often available and can be reserved in advance via WeChat (helanguan2017).
ๅไบฌๆฐๅฝๅฐๅพๅ็ฉ้ฆไฝไบ้ผๆฅผๅบ่่ๅธ8ๅท้ผๆฅผๅบ่่ๅธ8ๅท๏ผ่ทๅฑฑ่ฅฟ่ทฏไธ่ฟใๅชๆๅจๅฏนๆฒกๆๆ ่ฎฐ็้ข้จๆฝๅ ๆดๅๅๆๅ ่ฎธ่ฟๅ ฅ๏ผๆไปฌๆจๆต๏ผ้ข้จไฟๆๅ ณ้ญ็ถๆๆฏไธบไบ้ปๆญขๅ็ฉ้ฆ็็ซๅจ่กไธ้ฒ้๏ผๅฎๅทฒ็ปๆๆๆฌฒ็ก๏ผ็่ณๆฒกๆ่่ๅ ถไป็ซ็งๅจ็ฉ็่ฟๅจ่ฝๅ๏ผใๅจไธ่ณๅจๅ ญๅผๆพ๏ผ 09:00-12:00 / 14:00-16:00ใ้ๅธธไผๆ่ฑๆๅฏผๆธธ๏ผๅฏไปฅ้่ฟๅพฎไฟกๆๅ้ข่ฎข๏ผhelanguan2017๏ผใ
Jiangsu Provincial Chronicles Museum
ๆฑ่็ๅฟๅฟๅ็ฉ้ฆ
Opened in 2010, the Jiangsu Provincial Chronicles Museum has a collection of nearly 100,000 volumes of miscellaneous records, yearbooks and other documents, many of precious historical value. With its profound cultural heritage, the Jiangsu Provincial Chronicles Museum is gradually becoming a new local touchstone for the dissemination of Jiangsu historical culture.
ๆฑ่็ๅฟๅฟๅ็ฉ้ฆไบ2010ๅนดๅผ้ฆ๏ผ้ฆ่ๆๅฟใๅนด้ด็ญๆ็ฎ่ฟ10ไธๅ๏ผ่ฎธๅคๅ ทๆ็่ดต็ๅๅฒไปทๅผใๅญๅๆทฑๅ็ๆๅๅบ่ด๏ผๆฑ่็ๅฟๅฟๅ็ฉ้ฆๆญฃ้ๆธๆไธบๅฝๅฐไผ ๆญๆฑ่ๅๅฒๆๅ็ๆฐ่ฏ้็ณใ
Among the exhibits, a batch of rare copper engravings of Nanjing scenes produced by foreigners in the 17th and 18th centuries (pictured). From these, it can be discerned the style of Nanjing in the eyes of Europeans at that time, who as it turned out, were shocked at the prosperity of the city.
ๅฑๅไธญ๏ผๆไธๆน17ใ18ไธ็บชๅคๅฝไบบๅถไฝ็็ฝ่ง็ๅไบฌๅบๆฏ้็็ป๏ผๅฆๅพ๏ผใ็ฑๆญคๅฏ่งๅฝๆถๆฌงๆดฒไบบ็ผไธญ็ๅไบฌ้ฃ่ฒ๏ผไธบ่ฟๅบงๅๅธ็็นๅๆ้ๆใ
The Jiangsu Provincial Chronicles Museum is located at 50 Mengdu Da Jie, Jianye District ๅปบ้บๅบๆขฆ้ฝๅคง่ก50ๅท. Reservation tel: 86383565.
ๆฑ่็ๅฟๅฟๅ็ฉ้ฆไฝไบๅปบ้บๅบๆขฆ้ฝๅคง่ก50ๅทๅปบ้บๅบๆขฆ้ฝๅคง่ก50ๅทใ้ข่ฎข็ต่ฏ๏ผ86383565ใ
Nanjing Fire Museum
ๅไบฌๆถ้ฒๅ็ฉ้ฆ
Inside the Nanjing fire rescue detachment off the Gulou roundabout, the Nanjing Fire Museum covers an area of nearly 2,000 square metres.
ๅไบฌๆถ้ฒๅ็ฉ้ฆไฝไบ้ผๆฅผ็ฏๅฒๅไบฌๆถ้ฒๆๆดๆฏ้ๅ ๏ผๅ ๅฐ่ฟ2000ๅนณๆน็ฑณใ
Over two floors are displayed more than 400 fire-fighting items dating back to the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Among them, star exhibit is undoubtedly the red fire engine, which was the first domestically-produced and remodelled fire engine in Nanjing.
ไธคๅฑๆฅผ้ๅ็400ๅคไปถๆๆธ ๆถๆ็ๆถ้ฒๆ็ฉใๅ ถไธญ๏ผๆๆๅฑๅๅฝๅฑ็บข่ฒๆถ้ฒ่ฝฆ๏ผ่ฟๆฏๅไบฌ็ฌฌไธ่พๅฝไบงๆน่ฃ ๆถ้ฒ่ฝฆใ
The Nanjing Fire Museum is located at 1 Beijing Xi Lu, Gulou District ้ผๆฅผๅบๅไบฌ่ฅฟ่ทฏ1ๅท. Open all day on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and Friday mornings only. Reservation tel: 83622173.
ๅไบฌๆถ้ฒๅ็ฉ้ฆไฝไบ้ผๆฅผๅบๅไบฌ่ฅฟ่ทฏ1ๅท้ผๆฅผๅบๅไบฌ่ฅฟ่ทฏ1ๅทใๅจไบๅๅจไธๅ จๅคฉๅผๆพ๏ผไป ๅจไบๆฉไธๅผๆพใ้ข่ฎข็ต่ฏ๏ผ83622173ใ
Nanjing Sex Slave Museum
ๅไบฌๆงๅฅดๅ็ฉ้ฆ
The only museum this publication has encountered in China open to over 14s only. And no wonder. Also going by the (inexplicable) official name, Nanjing Museum of the Site of Lijixiang Comfort Stations, the Nanjing Sex Slave Museum sits on the site of the only sex slave centre which has been confirmed as such by living former sex slaves.
่ฟๆฏๆฌๅบ็็ฉๅจไธญๅฝ้ๅฐ็ๅฏไธไธๅฎถๅชๅฏน 14 ๅฒไปฅไธๅผๆพ็ๅ็ฉ้ฆใ่ฟไนไธ่ถณไธบๅฅใๅไบฌๆงๅฅดๅ็ฉ้ฆ็ๅฎๆนๅ็งฐ๏ผไปคไบบ่ดน่งฃ็๏ผๆฏๅไบฌๆๅ็ฅฅๆ ฐๅฎๆๆงๅๅ็ฉ้ฆ๏ผๅฎๅ่ฝๅจๅฏไธไธไธช็ปๆดป็็ๅๆงๅฅด่ฏๅฎ็ๆงๅฅดไธญๅฟๆงๅไธใ
Situated in possibly the most densely-populated part of Nanjing that is Daxinggong only serves to heighten the tragedy. Spread over eight pale-yellow former dwellings and filled with a wealth of historical materials, the Museum vividly reminds of the abuse endured by Nanjingโs women at the hands of the Japanese army.
ๅคง่กๅฎซไฝไบๅฏ่ฝๆฏๅไบฌไบบๅฃๆ็จ ๅฏ็ๅฐๅบ๏ผๅชไผๅ ๅงๆฒๅงใๅ็ฉ้ฆๅๅธๅจๅ ซๆ ๆทก้ป่ฒ็ๆ ๅฑ ๅ ๏ผ้ฆๅ ่ๆไธฐๅฏ็ๅๅฒ่ตๆ๏ผ็ๅจๅฐ่ฎฉไบบๅๆณ่ตทๅไบฌๅฆๅฅณๅจๆฅๅๆไธญๆ้ญๅ็่ๅพ ใ
Just as over in the west of the city at the Nanjing Massacre Memorial, entrance is free to the Nanjing Sex Slave Museum, located at 2 Liji Lane, Xuanwu District ็ๆญฆๅบๅฉๆตๅทท2ๅท. Prior registration required via the Museumโs official WeChat (ไพตๅๆฅๅๅไบฌๅคงๅฑ ๆ้้พๅ่็บชๅฟต้ฆ). Over 14s only. Visitors should be neatly dressed. No photography permitted within. Note that many staircases in the Museum are very steep. Normally closed on Mondays except for statutory holidays, the Museum shall be open every day during the 2022 National Day holiday. Reservation tel: 58598353.
ไธๅ่ฅฟๅไบฌๅคงๅฑ ๆ็บชๅฟต้ฆไธๆ ท๏ผๅไบฌๆงๅฅดๅ็ฉ้ฆๅ ่ดนๅ ฅๅบ๏ผไฝไบ็ๆญฆๅบๅฉๆตๅทท2ๅทใ้ๆๅ้่ฟๅ็ฉ้ฆๅฎๆนๅพฎไฟก๏ผไพตๅๆฅๅๅไบฌๅคงๅฑ ๆๅ่็บชๅฟต้ฆ๏ผ่ฟ่ก็ป่ฎฐใไป ้14ๅฒไปฅไธใๆฅ่ฎฟ่ ๅบ่กฃ็ๆด้ฝใ้้ขไธๅ ่ฎธๆ็ งใ่ฏทๆณจๆ๏ผๅ็ฉ้ฆๅ ็่ฎธๅคๆฅผๆขฏ้ฝ้ๅธธ้กๅณญใ้คๆณๅฎ่ๅๆฅๅค๏ผๆฏๅจไธ้ญ้ฆ๏ผ2022ๅนดๅฝๅบๅๆๆ้ด๏ผๅ็ฉ้ฆๆฏๆฅๅผๆพใ้ข่ฎข็ต่ฏ๏ผ58598353ใ
Nanjing Iron and Steel Museum
ๅไบฌ้ข้ๅ็ฉ้ฆ
A bit out of the way on the northern bank of the Yangtze River a little west of Bagua Zhou, but nevertheless an ideal opportunity for the younger ones to learn how steel is made.
ไฝไบ้ฟๆฑๅๅฒธใๅ ซๅฆๆดฒไปฅ่ฅฟไธ็น็ๅฐๆน๏ผ่ฝ็ถๆ็นๅๅป๏ผไฝไป็ถๆฏๅนด่ฝปไบบๅญฆไน ้ข้ๅถ้ ๆนๆณ็็ๆณๆบไผใ
Therein, three floors of exhibition halls over 2,500 square metres trace 3,000 years of metallurgy history and 200 years of the local steel industry. Five themed exhibitions therein; โHistory of Metallurgyโ, โExtraordinary Yearsโ, โForge Aheadโ, โTransformation and Take Offโ and โHow Steel is Madeโ.
ๅ ถไธญไธๅฑๅฑๅ 2500ๅคๅนณๆน็ฑณ๏ผ่ฟฝๆบฏไบ3000ๅนด็ๅถ้ๅๅฒๅ200ๅนด็ๅฝๅฐ้ข้ๅทฅไธใๅ ถไธญไบไธชไธป้ขๅฑ่ง๏ผ ใๅถ้ๅฒใใใ้ๅกๅฒๆใใใ้ๆ่ฟๅใใใ่ฝฌๅไธ่ พ้ฃใใใ้ข้ๆฏๆๆ ท็ผๆ็ใใ
The Nanjing Iron and Steel Museum is located at 30 Xingfu Lu, Xiejaidian Sub District, Luhe District ๅ ญๅๅบๅธ็ฒ็ธ่ก้ๅนธ็ฆ่ทฏ30ๅท. Take Metro Line S8 to NUIST station, followed by bus 643 or 647 to Nangang Jituan. Reservation tel: 57072634.
ๅไบฌ้ข้ๅ็ฉ้ฆไฝไบๅ ญๅๅบ่ฐขๅฎถๅบ่ก้ๅนธ็ฆ่ทฏ30ๅทๅ ญๅๅบๅธ็ฒ็ธ่ก้ๅนธ็ฆ่ทฏ30ๅทใไนๅๅฐ้S8ๅท็บฟ่ณๅไบฌไฟกๆฏๅคงๅญฆ็ซไธ๏ผ่ฝฌไน643่ทฏใ647่ทฏๅ ฌไบค่ฝฆ่ณๅๆธฏ้ๅขไธ่ฝฆใ้ข่ฎข็ต่ฏ๏ผ57072634ใ
Nanjing Insect Museum
ๅไบฌๆ่ซๅ็ฉ้ฆ
A perhaps-unexpected hit with the general public and another relatively-new addition to our cityโs roster of museums, the Nanjing Insect Museum is our chance to learn all about the most venomous insect in the world, the Maricopa harvester ant. The deadly insect can kill a human with 350 stings; given that they would likely attack in a swarm, death would be quick.
ๅไบฌๆ่ซๅ็ฉ้ฆไน่ฎธๆฏๅบไบบๆๆๅฐๅๅฐไบๅ ฌไผ็ๆฌข่ฟ๏ผไนๆฏๆไปฌๅๅธๅ็ฉ้ฆๅๅฝไธญๅฆไธไธช็ธๅฏน่พๆฐ็ๆๅ๏ผๅฎไธบๆไปฌๆไพไบๅ จ้ขไบ่งฃไธ็ไธๆๆฏ็ๆ่ซโโ้ฉฌ้็งๅธๆถๅฒ่็ๆบไผใ่ฟ็ง่ดๅฝ็ๆ่ซ่ขซ่ 350 ๆฌกๅณๅฏ่ดไบบๆญปไบก๏ผ่่ๅฐๅฎไปฌๅพๅฏ่ฝไผๆ็พคๆปๅป๏ผๆญปไบกๅพๅฟซใ
Then there are the giant centipedes, killer caterpillars, blood-sucking tsetse flies and yes, killer bees with which to get (kind of) up close and personal.
็ถๅ่ฟๆๅทจๅ่่ฃใๆไบบๆฏๆฏ่ซใๅธ่ก้้่๏ผๅฝ็ถ่ฟๆๆไบบ่๏ผๅฏไปฅ๏ผๆ็น๏ผ่ฟ่ท็ฆปๆฅ่งฆๅฎไปฌใ
Featuring seven different exhibition halls spread over an indoor area of 1,600 square metres, this is one of only two insect museums in all of China; the other is in Xiโan.
ๅฎคๅ ้ข็งฏ1600ๅนณๆน็ฑณ๏ผ่ฎพๆไธไธชไธๅ็ๅฑๅ ๏ผๆฏไธญๅฝไป ๆ็ไธคๅบงๆ่ซๅ็ฉ้ฆไนไธ๏ผๅฆไธไธชๅจ่ฅฟๅฎใ
Nanjing Insect Museum is located at 26 Sifangcheng Xi Lu, Zhongshan Scenic Area, Xuanwu District ็ๆญฆๅบ้ๅฑฑ้ฃๆฏๅบๅ ๅๆนๅ่ฅฟ่ทฏ26ๅท. Reservation tel: 52663633.
ๅไบฌๆ่ซๅ็ฉ้ฆไฝไบ็ๆญฆๅบ้ๅฑฑ้ฃๆฏๅบๅๆนๅ่ฅฟ่ทฏ26ๅทใ้ข่ฎข็ต่ฏ๏ผ52663633ใ
Nanjing Museum of Paleontology
ๅไบฌๅค็็ฉๅ็ฉ้ฆ
Despite its address being on Beijing Dong Lu, the Nanjing Museum of Paleontology lies just down the road from Ji Ming Temple. An educational delight wherein one can learn not only about the fossil record in general, but also much of the geology of the area around Nanjing. Home to many fossils and yes, even full dinosaur skeletons!
ๅฐฝ็ฎกๅไบฌๅค็็ฉๅ็ฉ้ฆ็ๅฐๅไฝไบๅไบฌไธ่ทฏ๏ผไฝๅฎๅฐฑไฝไบ้ธก้ธฃๅฏบ้่ฟใ่ฟๆฏไธ็งๆ่ฒไน่ถฃ๏ผไบบไปฌไธไป ๅฏไปฅไบ่งฃไธ่ฌ็ๅ็ณ่ฎฐๅฝ๏ผ่ฟๅฏไปฅไบ่งฃๅไบฌๅจ่พนๅฐๅบ็ๅคง้จๅๅฐ่ดจๆ ๅตใ่ฟ้ๆ่ฎธๅคๅ็ณ๏ผๆฏ็๏ผ็่ณ่ฟๆๅฎๆด็ๆ้พ้ชจๆถ๏ผ
The Museum is likely the best choice when looking for something to do on a weekend that doesnโt involve crowds. A recent and long-overdue makeover, opened on 1 January, 2021, made the Museum 100 percent bilingual.
ๅฝๅจๆซๆณๆพไธไบไธๆฅๆค็ๆดปๅจๆถ๏ผๅ็ฉ้ฆๅฏ่ฝๆฏๆๅฅฝ็้ๆฉใๆ่ฟ็ไธๆฌกๆๅพ ๅทฒไน ็ๆน้ ไบ 2021 ๅนด 1 ๆ 1 ๆฅๅผๆพ๏ผไฝฟๅ็ฉ้ฆ 100% ๅ่ฏญใ
The Nanjing Museum of Paleontology is located at 39 Beijing Dong Lu, Xuanwu District ็ๆญฆๅบๅไบฌไธ่ทฏ39ๅท. Open at weekends only. Last admissions at 16:00. Reservation tel: 83282255.
ๅไบฌๅค็็ฉๅ็ฉ้ฆไฝไบๅฎฃๆญฆๅบๅไบฌไธ่ทฏ39ๅท็ๆญฆๅบๅไบฌไธ่ทฏ39ๅทใไป ๅจๅจๆซๅผๆพใๆๅๅ ฅๅบๆถ้ดไธบ 16:00ใ้ข่ฎข็ต่ฏ๏ผ83282255ใ
Nanjing Museum of Odor
ๅไบฌๆฐๅณๅ็ฉ้ฆ
If stink is your thing, this will surely help recall many long-forgotten memories. An exhibition split by theme; normal odors that exist in daily life, together with the more abstract, named after a city or even a piece of classical music.
ๅฆๆไฝ ๅๆฌข่ญๅณ๏ผ่ฟ่ฏๅฎไผๅธฎๅฉไฝ ๅๅฟ่ตท่ฎธๅคๆฉๅทฒ้ๅฟ็่ฎฐๅฟใๆไธป้ขๅๅ็ๅฑ่ง๏ผๆฅๅธธ็ๆดปไธญๅญๅจ็ๆญฃๅธธๆฐๅณ๏ผไปฅๅไปฅไธๅบงๅๅธ็่ณไธ้ฆๅคๅ ธ้ณไนๅฝๅ็ๆดๆฝ่ฑก็ๆฐๅณใ
Pick up any from an array of jars and bottles and have a whiff. โBaby Powderโ, that from Johnson & Johnson, might remind of childhood-shower time. โCrayonโ will surely bring back those younger school days and โDustโ those musty memories of visiting your grandparents, or great grandparents even.
ไปไธ็ณปๅ็ฝๅญๅ็ถๅญไธญๆฟ่ตทไปปไฝไธไธชๅนถ้ปไธ้ปใย ๅผบ็ๅ ฌๅธ็โๅฉดๅฟ็ฝ่บซ็ฒโๅฏ่ฝไผ่ฎฉไบบๆณ่ตท็ซฅๅนด็ๆดๆพกๆถ้ดใ โ่ก็ฌโ่ฏๅฎไผๅธฆๅ้ฃไบๅนด่ฝป็ๅญฆ็ๆถไปฃ๏ผๅนถโๅฐๅโ้ฃไบๆ่ฎฟ็ฅ็ถๆฏ๏ผ็่ณๆพ็ฅ็ถๆฏ็้ๅณ่ฎฐๅฟใ
The Nanjing Museum of Odor is located on 4F of the KIC Mall (Jinโao Centre), 329 Jiangdong Zhong Lu, Jianye District ๅปบ้บๅบๆฑไธไธญ่ทฏ 329ๅท้ๅฅฅๅฝ้ ่ดญ็ฉไธญๅฟ4ๆฅผ. Reservation tel: 82055331.
ๅไบฌๆฐๅณๅ็ฉ้ฆไฝไบๅปบ้บๅบๆฑไธไธญ่ทฏ329ๅทๅๆบๅคฉๅฐ้ๅฅฅไธญๅฟ4ๆฅผๅปบ้บๅบๆฑไธไธญ่ทฏ329ๅท้ๅฅฅๅฝ้ ่ดญ็ฉไธญๅฟ4ๆฅผใ้ข่ฎข็ต่ฏ๏ผ82055331ใ
Post Museum of the Republic of China
ไธญๅๆฐๅฝ้ฎๆฟๅ็ฉ้ฆ
Saving the most beautiful, and the smallest, for last, the Post Museum of the Republic of China makes for a most pleasant trip by taking a bike from outside Exit 2 of Zhonglingjie Metro Station and riding just a kilometre or so amidst Purple Mountain.
ๆๆ็พ็ๅๆๅฐ็็ๅฐๆๅ๏ผไธญๅๆฐๅฝ้ฎๆฟๅ็ฉ้ฆๆฏไธๆฌกๆๆๅฟซ็ๆ ่ก๏ผไปๅฐ้ไธญๅฒญ่ก็ซ2ๅทๅบๅฃ้ช่ช่ก่ฝฆ๏ผๅจ็ดซ้ๅฑฑไธญ้ช่กไธๅ ฌ้ๅทฆๅณใ
Back in the 1930s, this attractive part of Purple Mountain was the in place for officials, celebrities, and the rich and famous to build their villas. A whole community was formed, Lingyuan New Village, that was large enough to require its own post office.
ๆฉๅจ20ไธ็บช30ๅนดไปฃ๏ผ็ดซ้ๅฑฑ่ฟไธช่ฟทไบบ็ๅฐๆนๅฐฑๆไธบๅฎๅใๅไบบใๅฏไบบๅๅไบบๅปบ้ ๅซๅข ็ๅฐๆนใไธไธชๅฎๆด็็คพๅบๅฝขๆไบ๏ผๅๆบๆฐๆ๏ผๅฎ่ถณๅคๅคง๏ผ้่ฆ่ชๅทฑ็้ฎๅฑใ
Among the many famous individuals who popped in regularly to send their letters here was Song Mei-ling, wife of Chiang Kai-shek. Rebuilt in 1947 after the Japanese army burnt it down a decade earlier, it became the Post Museum in 2013.
่ไป็ณ็ๅฆปๅญๅฎ็พ้พๆฏๅฎๆๆฅ่ฟ้ๅฏไฟก็ไผๅคๅไบบไนไธใๅๅนดๅ่ขซๆฅๅ็งๆฏๅ๏ผไบ 1947 ๅนด้ๅปบ๏ผๅนถไบ 2013 ๅนดๆไธบ้ฎๆฟๅ็ฉ้ฆใ
Functioning today only as a museum, letters are from here no longer sent, but if you come with a postcard, you can have it stamped with the officeโs postmark! Just as The Nanjinger did, only yesterday.
ๅฆไป๏ผ่ฟ้ไป ไฝไธบๅ็ฉ้ฆๅๆฅไฝ็จ๏ผไธๅๅฏๅบไฟกไปถ๏ผไฝๅฆๆๆจๆบๅธฆๆไฟก็๏ผๅฏไปฅๅจไธ้ข็ไธๅๅ ฌๅฎค็้ฎๆณ๏ผๆญฃๅฆใๅไบฌไบบใๆจๅคฉๆๅ็้ฃๆ ทใ
Entrance is free to the Post Museum of the Republic of China, located at 1 Youju Lu, Zhongshan Scenic Area, Xuanwu District ็ๆญฆๅบ้ๅฑฑ้ฃๆฏๅบๅ ็ๆญฆๅบ้ฎๅฑ่ทฏ1ๅท, about 900 metres west of the Nanjing Institute of Physical Education. Open Wednesday thru Sunday; 9:30-11:30 / 13:00-16:00. No reservation necessary.
ไธญๅๆฐๅฝ้ฎๆฟๅ็ฉ้ฆๅ ่ดนๅ ฅๅบ๏ผไฝไบๅฎฃๆญฆๅบ้ๅฑฑ้ฃๆฏๅบ้ฎๅฑ่ทฏ1ๅท็ๆญฆๅบ้ฎๅฑ่ทฏ1ๅท๏ผๅไบฌไฝ่ฒๅญฆ้ขไปฅ่ฅฟ็บฆ900็ฑณใๅจไธ่ณๅจๆฅๅผๆพ๏ผ 9:30-11:30 / 13:00-16:00ใๆ ้้ข่ฎขใ
