Beamless Hall
Brick, no wood.
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A wooded valley on the eastern slopes of Purple Mountain in Nanjing, around Linggu Temple, a Buddhist temple founded in 515 and moved here by the Hongwu Emperor of the Ming to make way for his own mausoleum. Its finest sight is the Beamless Hall of 1381, 22 m high and 53.8 m wide, built entirely of brick with no wood or nails; in 1928 it became a memorial to soldiers who died in the Northern Expedition of 1926–1928. Behind it rises the Linggu Pagoda, nine storeys and 60.5 m high, designed by the American architect Henry Murphy and built in 1930–1932 in memory of the same soldiers, with a spiral staircase inside climbing to a view over the forest. Its avenues of tall trees turn golden in late autumn. Tickets are CNY 35, or 100 for the two-day Zhongshan combined ticket with the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum, Meiling Palace and the Music Stage; it is open from 6.30 am to 6.30 pm, per visitor guides.
Brick, no wood.
A spiral stair.
Gold in autumn.
Purple Mountain, Zhongshan scenic area, east Nanjing
Yes if you also want the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum and Meiling Palace: it costs CNY 100 and is valid for two days, against CNY 35 for Linggu alone, per visitor guides.
