Purple Mountain (Zijin Shan), Jiangsu, China

4UOtterTravel 5:00 PM Mar 20, 2020

Crowded Park
We saw the Purple Mountains while on a day tour of Nanjing. It was quite busy the day we visited as it was the last day of the Plum Blossom Festival and many people were taking photos. There were many sites to see, including the mausoleum, which we viewed from the base. The blossoms were beautiful!

4Daniel C 5:00 PM Jul 5, 2020

Look down on Nanjing
Located just outside of Nanjing, you can grab a metro train to the outskirts of the city and then begin your climb, though it shouldn't be too difficult since it's not massively big or steep and there are steps along the whole way to follow. Although when I climbed this mountain back in 2018 it was covered in snow and ice so I did have to literally climb it, watch where I stepped, hold onto the wooden posts running along the sides, be steady as I stepped onto the snow. There is a cable car you take to the top but that ruins the fun and sense of achievement you get once you reach the top; plus there are some small places where you can get food which you'll need after the climb. The only real problem is going back down, while this is fine in summer, in winter time it can be dangerous since I slipped a few times. The Mountain is connected to a large park and in the park you can find a monument dedicated to Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the first president of China. You will not be able to reach the very top of the mountain because there is a military base there and the authorities will not allow it, you can still get high enough to look down on all of Nanjing and take some great photos.