Cold door attractions are suitable for astronomy lovers. Take the cable car and walk for at least 15 minutes on the mountain road. There are many school tours. Adults are about to squeeze in. There is a gallery next to it.
MoreThe Purple Mountain Observatory was built in 1934. It is located on the third peak of Purple Mountain in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. It is the former site of the "National Purple Mountain Observatory". It is known as the cradle of modern Chinese astronomy. It is the main place for scientific research, observation, and popular science in the history of the Purple Mountain Observatory. It has many important astronomical heritages. Some areas have been opened up as public popular science service areas. It records the history of the development of modern Chinese astronomy and inherits the spirit of scientific exploration. It is also a famous scenic tourist attraction in Nanjing. The Purple Mountain Observatory is a national popular science education base, a national key cultural relic protection unit, and one of the first ten science and technology tourism bases in China.
Meteorite Museum
Entering the gate of the Attraction and going up the steps is the meteorite exhibition hall, which has an exhibition area of about 200 square meters and displays more than 20 kinds of precious meteorites. Visitors can get close to alien visitors - meteorites, and learn and understand meteorite knowledge.
Former Observatory Site
The main building of the observatory, also known as the Big Observatory or the Big Equatorial Mount Room, is a hybrid of Chinese and Western designs designed in the early days of the observatory. The dome has distinct Western features, and the main gate is in the form of an archway covered with glazed tiles. The word "Observatory" is inscribed on a plaque in the middle. It was laid on the winter solstice on December 22, 1933, and houses a 600mm reflecting large equatorial mount, which was the largest telescope in the Far East at the time.
Ancient astronomical instruments display area
The ancient astronomical instrument display area is the highlight of the observatory. There is a celestial globe, also known as the armillary sphere, which is similar to a globe and is inlaid with stars. It was copied by the Qing government in 1903; there are armillary spheres and simple spheres that look like the circular orbits of several planets, both of which were cast during the Zhengtong period of the Ming Dynasty; there is a gnomon that measures time by the shadow of the sun; and there is also a horizontal theodolite that measures coordinates and was copied by the Qing government in the early 20th century.
Meridian Room
The Meridian Room is the first building built at the Purple Mountain Observatory. It is covered with a square glass ceiling and windows. The foundation stone was laid on June 21, 1932, the summer solstice. The foundation stone inscription was written by Cai Yuanpei. The built-in meridian instrument is an astronomical measuring instrument for observing the time when stars pass through the zenith. The current Meridian Room also displays some timekeeping-related exhibits, such as a copper kettle clepsydra, a scale clepsydra, and a modern marine clock.
Tianbao Castle Ruins
Tianbao City is a fortress built by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and it no longer has the charm of the past. There is a dome observation room on the top of the mountain. Climbing to the platform on the roof, you can overlook Nanjing City and look west to Xuanwu Lake. The view of the observatory is also very good, suitable for taking pictures, and you can take in more observatory buildings.
The Attraction also has graphic exhibitions and special exhibitions. The graphic exhibitions show the frontiers, major achievements and important history of Purple Mountain Observatory's scientific research, and use astronomical photography pictures, real objects and models to show the basic knowledge of astronomy. The special exhibition is currently an exhibition of original astronomical oil paintings.
Cold door attractions are suitable for astronomy lovers. Take the cable car and walk for at least 15 minutes on the mountain road. There are many school tours. Adults are about to squeeze in. There is a gallery next to it.
The mountain view is beautiful, it is good to go climbing and exercising. The meteorite museum of the observatory can touch the lucky stone of the outside world by yourself, and can learn a lot of knowledge. It is worth taking children to punch in, various astronomical instruments, and related content introductions. It is really good.
The observatory is located in Zhongshan, Nanjing. It takes a while to climb the mountain. You can also take the cable car for 60 yuan. It will stop at half a mountainside and get off the bus. Tickets are 15 yuan to buy, the attractions are not big, but not bad
Take the Zijinshan cableway up the road, stop at the observatory station, and then walk for about 15 minutes, come to the Zijinshan observatory, visit the ancient and modern astronomical instruments and meteorite exhibition, learn a lot of astronomy knowledge, and enjoy the oil painting, it is worth taking the children to visit. After the visit, continue to take the cableway to the top of the mountain, overlooking the beautiful scenery of Nanjing City. Finally take the cableway down, and reach the foot of the mountain in a few minutes.
Historical planetariums, historic astronomical instruments, and rare meteorites.
40 years ago, my father came to Nanjing to study, and now my parents are here with me