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At Niushoushan, a mountain with a long Buddhist history, the Foding Palace is a new work of architecture. Its layered domes, buried halls and devotional purpose make that meeting of old place and present-day design legible.
Look beyond Qinhuai’s lanterns to the examination compound, surviving tower and objects that reveal the machinery of official ambition.
Compare Ming Xiaoling and the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum through their approaches, materials and different ideas of political remembrance.
Read Nanjing’s city wall through its irregular geography, layered gateways and the people recorded in its bricks.