Yuhuatai (Rain Flower Terrace) 雨花台Yǔhuātái

About Yuhuatai (Rain Flower Terrace)

A ridge of low hills just south of Zhonghua Gate, named after a legend that flowers rained from the sky when the monk Yunguang preached here in 503. From 1927 to 1949 it was an execution ground where many Communists and other prisoners were killed, and Japanese war criminals were executed here after the war; since 1950 it has been a memorial park with a martyrs' monument on the main hill, a large sculpture group and a memorial hall. The wider scenic area also holds the tomb of the Ming scholar Fang Xiaoru, the Gaozuo Temple, a museum of the coloured 'rain-flower' pebbles and a spring once ranked second south of the Yangtze.

How to get to Yuhuatai (Rain Flower Terrace)

Just south of Zhonghua Gate in Yuhuatai District; the north gate is about 1 km from Zhonghuamen station on Metro Line 1, and Yuhuatai station on Line 10, opened in 2025, is at the southern side.

Nearby

• City Wall of Nanjing 南京城墙 under 10 km
  The Ming capital's brick ramparts, anchored by the vast fortress of Zhonghua Gate
• Fuzimiao and the Qinhuai River 夫子庙—秦淮风光带 under 10 km
  Nanjing's lantern-lit Confucius Temple quarter, beside painted boats on the Qinhuai
• Purple Mountain & Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum 南京钟山风景区 under 10 km
  A forested mountain on Nanjing's edge, crowned by a blue-roofed hilltop tomb

Also within 20 km: Jinling Arsenal (Chenguang 1865 Creative Park) 金陵兵工厂旧址 (under 10 km), Great Bao'en Temple Heritage Park 大报恩寺遗址公园 (under 10 km), Nanjing Science and Technology Museum 南京科技馆 (under 10 km), Zhan Garden 瞻园 (under 10 km), Former Residence of Gan Xi 甘熙故居 (under 10 km), Tomb of the King of Boni 浡泥国王墓 (under 10 km).

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