[2025 Nanjing Attraction] Travel Guide for Fang Mountain Scenic Resort (Updated Mar)

|Finally went hiking in Fangshan. Good places to go on weekends in Nanjing | Finally went hiking in Fangshan Navigation: Fangshan Scenic Area, Jiangning District Transportation: Take bus No. 812/803 or subway (if it is not convenient, you can ride a bike or drive) Opening hours: 7:30-16:00 (all day) Tickets: Free Route to the mountain: Dinglin Temple (be sure to visit the Heavenly King Hall, it is very spectacular and you can take photos from all angles) - Go up the slope behind the temple and walk through Eighteen Bends - Tea Garden - Glass Observation Deck (the best place to watch the sunrise) As a Jiangning native, I haven’t climbed Fangshan Mountain for more than ten years. This time I brought my two little brothers to the top. There was a section of stairs that was very steep and the children had to use their hands and feet. If you are not familiar with the place, you must take the main road to avoid getting lost. Note: Wear comfortable sneakers, the path is mostly flat but there is a short flight of stairs which is quite steep. Be sure to keep a close eye on children when you bring them. Wear long pants as there are many mosquitoes. There is a large grassland at the foot of Mifang Mountain where you can prepare a tent and picnic mat for camping and watch the sunrise and sunset. If you are lucky in the morning, you may see a fox. Well, the whole journey took about two hours, we took two wrong turns, and the kids took a rest and played. There was still some energy left to go down the mountain, so each person carried a stick.

✨Fangshan Scenic Area is located in the northwest of Wenling. It is a 4A scenic spot. The autumn is cool and refreshing. The weather is good. You can climb mountains and admire lakes. The scenery is extremely beautiful! ✨Main attractions: Shangxia Tianhu, Fangyan Academy, Liangyi Pavilion, Riyuetonghui Pavilion, Queqiao... 🎫Ticket: CNY 40 🕐Opening hours: 6:00-17:00 ✨Fangshan is really a natural oxygen bar. It takes about 2 hours to climb the mountain back and forth. You can exercise without getting too tired...

This is a leaning tower with a thousand years of history, located within the Dinglin Temple in the Fangshan National Geopark in Nanjing. The Dinglin Temple Tower is situated at the northwest foot of Fangshan in Jiangning District, Nanjing, also known as the Fangshan Leaning Tower. The tower leans 7.59 degrees to the north, exceeding the world-famous Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy, and is known as the 'world's number one leaning tower'. The Dinglin Temple Tower was originally built in the ninth year of the Qiandao era of the Southern Song Dynasty (1173 AD). The tower is approximately 14.50 meters tall, a seven-story octagonal brick tower with a wood-like structure. The first and second floors are square inside, while the third floor and above are cylindrical. A wooden frame is set on the fifth floor to support the spire. The ground floor has a door only on the south side, with a stone-carved Sumisena in the center, and Buddha niches on the east, west, and north sides. All other floors have doors on all four sides. The tower body is built with bricks to imitate the wooden structure of columns and brackets. Due to years of disrepair, the waist eaves, tower top, and spire of the Dinglin Temple Tower have been destroyed. The tower leans 7.59 degrees to the north, and the top of the tower has deviated 1.6 meters from the center of the base, which is dangerously close to the 'death line' of 8 degrees. In 2003, the relevant departments carried out an emergency 'rectification' reinforcement of the Dinglin Temple Tower, binding it with steel plates and pulling the tower body with steel cables, reducing the lean from 7.5 degrees back to 5.35 degrees. Even so, it still exceeds the world-famous Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy.

Planning to meet with long-lost friends, briefly escape from urban life, winter is the best season for hot springs, we agreed to start from Nanjing, start a winter dream self-driving journey! 【My Itinerary】 DAY1 Jiangsu Garden Expo Park——Tangshan Fangshan Geological Park Museum——Ape Man Cave——Tangshan Mine Park——Starry Sky Restaurant——Enjoy private soup at Tangshan Yitang Hot Spring Hotel DAY2 Jinwu Hot Spring Park——She Village——Stay in She Village DAY3 Niushou Mountain——Jinling Town 【Travel Highlights】 Tangshan Mine Park As soon as we got off the high-speed rail, we went straight to Tangshan. The Pioneer Bookstore in the Mine Park is very suitable for checking in, and it is indeed the case. The park retains the original style and terrain of the mine, and the industrial style is full. This used to be a quarry, so a part of the quarry mountain body is retained, which is also suitable for the popular camping. ✨Pioneer Bookstore The bookstore here is a mine style. Its red brick exterior wall matches the cylindrical appearance and the mine theme. It is also very photogenic inside, and you can become a literary youth in minutes. The bookstore has two floors, the first floor is the book buying area and the cafe, and the second floor is the reading area, with a large staircase for taking pictures. ⭐️Tangshan Fangshan Geological Museum The first floor is the ticket office and some cultural and creative products, and there will also be some temporary exhibitions. The second floor is the formal exhibition part, the stratigraphic scriptures—Nanjing’s six hundred million years of biological evolution and the environmental changes of Nanjing Tangshan, which detailedly introduces the secrets of geological structure, and there is also a place for children to dig sand for archaeology. The third floor is the origin of Nanjing erectus, and there is also an exhibition hall about the history of Tangshan hot springs. Tracing back the evolution of life in the Nanjing area over the past 600 million years, I have always liked to check in at the museum, highly recommended. ⭐️Ape Man Cave The Ape Man Cave is very close to the Geological Museum, parking is free, and travel is super convenient. It takes a little walk from the entrance of the scenic spot to the cave. The inside is a different world. It is said that the cave is 18 degrees Celsius all year round. The interior is a strangely shaped stalactite, as if it has come to the center of the earth, and there are purple and blue light decorations, which are very atmospheric. Jinling Town Who would have thought that there is a hidden treasure antique town near Niushou Mountain, Jinling Town is very suitable for taking Hanfu photos, in fact, it is more suitable for taking night scenes here, when the lights are on, it is a romantic and elegant wonderland. Niushou Mountain I chose to offer incense between work and school, and the holy place of prayer that I have been thinking about for a long time—Nanjing Niushou Mountain, Today's wish is fulfilled! ⭐️Private soup time Tangshan is also called the hometown of hot springs. This time our highlight is soaking in the soup. We chose Yitang Hot Spring Hotel, which has both outdoor hot spring pools to see the ancient buildings of Jinwu Hot Spring Park, and courtyard private soup in the guest room. The outdoor hot spring pool can see the sunset, and there is an infinity pool outside the hot spring pool. Isn't this the ins style, put on a new swimsuit, and you can show off your figure in the bloated winter.