Qingliang Hill Park

GardenThe City West: the Memorial Hall, Stone City and Hexi

QINGLIANG HILL PARK · QINGLIANGSHAN GONGYUAN

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The City West: the Memorial Hall, Stone City and Hexi · 32.052°N 118.755°E

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The wooded hill behind the Stone City cliff, and the 'crouching tiger' of the old saying about Nanjing's terrain - 'Zhongshan coils like a dragon, Stone City crouches like a tiger', traditionally credited to Zhuge Liang. Before the Yangtze shifted west it came right up to the hill's southwest foot, which is where the cliffs came from and why a fort stood here. Under the Southern Tang it held a summer palace; today it holds the Qingliang Temple, the Chongzheng Academy, Zhuma Po and the Saoye Lou.

Before you goIt is a city hill with old buildings on it, not a monument - half a day is far more than it needs, and an hour on the way between the Memorial Hall and the Stone City cliff is about right. The gate is free but some of the indoor galleries inside charge separately, so 'free park' does not mean 'free everything'. The managing body's own holiday notices put the grounds at 06:00-18:00 and the halls inside at 09:00-17:00 with last entry 16:30, so the halls shut two hours before the gates do - come in the morning if the academy is the point. The Saoye Lou was still under restoration as of mid-2025, due to finish 'by the end of the year', and it is still missing from the managing body's June 2026 list of what is open - ring 025-83726592 before making a trip for it. Something wrong here? Tell us →

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AdmissionNo ticketingFree to enter the park; some indoor galleries chargeSource ↗

Hours06:00-18:00; indoor halls 09:00-17:00

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LandmarkQingliang Hill Park (清凉山公园)

Address83 Qingliangshan Road, Gulou District, Nanjing (南京市鼓楼区清凉山路83号)Navigate ↗

EntranceListings give the address on Qingliangshan Road; for the Chongzheng Academy, enter by the south gate, turn right and climb past the heritage marker stone

Last verified 2026-09-24 Source: platforms and press

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