Purple Mountain
Purple Mountain or Zijin Shan is located on the eastern side of Nanjing in Jiangsu province, China. It is 448.9 metres high, with it being the highest in Nanjing when compared to other mountains in the city.Photo: Farm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 449 metres
- Description: mountain in Nanjing, China
- Also known as: “Chung Shan”, “Purple-Gold Mountain”, “Tzu-chin Shan”, and “Zijin shan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ming Xiaoling and NanJing Museum.
Ming Xiaoling
Tomb
Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ming Xiaoling is the mausoleum of the Hongwu Emperor, the founder of the Ming dynasty. It lies at the southern foot of Purple Mountain, located east of the historical centre of Nanjing.
NanJing Museum
Museum
Photo: Tevatron, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Nanjing Museum is a provincial public museum in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. It is owned by the Jiangsu Provincial People's Government and operated by the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism.
Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Music Stage
Theater building
Photo: Kinden Kuo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Amphitheatre is a building affiliated to the complex of Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, located in the southeast of Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Square in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Xiaolingwei and Yueyahu.
Xiaolingwei
Suburb
Xiaolingwei is a subdistrict located in Jiangsu, China, near Nanjing. It is at the south of Nanjing's Zhongshan Gate and southeast of the eponymous Ming Dynasty imperial tombs of Nanjing.
Yueyahu
Suburb
Yueyahu Subdistrict is a subdistrict in Qinhuai District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. As of 2018, it has 8 residential communities under its administration.
Xinjiekou
Suburb
Photo: Haha169, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Xinjiekou is the central business district of Nanjing, People's Republic of China. It gave its name to Xinjiekou subway station.
Purple Mountain
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Nanjing, Jiangsu, East China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.07251° or 32° 4′ 21″ northLongitude
118.84057° or 118° 50′ 26″ eastElevation
449 metres (1,473 feet)Open location code
8P4W3RFR+26OpenStreetMap ID
node 2600810866OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Purple Mountain” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Zijin Shan”
- Chinese: “北高峰”
- Chinese: “南京钟山风景名胜区”
- Chinese: “紫金山”
- Chinese: “钟山风景名胜区”
- Chinese: “鍾山”
- Dutch: “Purple Mountain”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل پورپل”
- Esperanto: “Purpurora Monto”
- French: “montagne Pourpre”
- French: “Montagne Pourpre”
- German: “Purpurberg”
- Hebrew: “ההר הסגול”
- Indonesian: “Gunung Ungu”
- Indonesian: “Pegunungan Ungu (Nanjing)”
- Italian: “Montagna Purpurea”
- Japanese: “紫金山”
- Japanese: “鍾山”
- Ladin: “Crëp Violet”
- Literary Chinese: “鍾山”
- Persian: “کوه بنفش”
- Portuguese: “Montanha Púrpura”
- Russian: “Цзыцзинь”
- Slovak: “Purpurová hora (Nanjing)”
- Slovak: “Purpurová hora”
- Swedish: “Zijin Shan”
- Swedish: “Zijinberget”
- Thai: “ภูเขาสีม่วง”
- Thai: “ภูเขาสีม่วงทอง”
- Venetian: “Montagna Purpurea”
- Wu Chinese: “紫金山”
- Yue Chinese: “紫金山”
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