2 Days in Nanjing- 4/1/23 - 4/3/23

Day 2-Cherry blossoms/Jiming temple - 4/2/23

We are headed to the Jiming Temple, one of the oldest temples in Nanjing, Nanjing City wall, and the presidential palace.

We took the subway and got off Gulou Square.

A pair of giant peacock shaped hedge sculptures in the middle of the Gulou Square.

The sculpture  are about 26 ft. tall and about 230ft. long.

The sculpture really stand out from across the street.

Walking by Drum Tower Citizen square

Cherry blossom

People dancing in the square.

Folks dance

People dancing while practicing their badminton move.

Mostly older people exercising and having fun in group.

Men practicing a dance in the square.

We arrived at the intersection and the beginning of the entrance to Jiming temple.

Street view

Lots of people are visiting this area.

To get to temple we are following people

Jiming Road leading to the Jiming Temple is a very popular area for Cherry blossoms.

The road is one of the best places to view cherry blossoms, usually at the fullest in March. 

So beautiful!

Here you can see of cherry trees along the road.

Very nice area to see the cherry blossoms.

Jiming temple, which literally means "rooster crowing", is a renowned Buddhist temple and also one of the oldest temples in Nanjing

There is such a long line to get in so we decided to skip it.

We kept going ahead as the City wall of Nanjing is another 10 minutes walk.

NEXT... City wall of Nanjing