Mount Shikin

Japanese: 紫金山 - しきんざん
Mount Shikin

A mountain in the southwest of Jiangsu Province, China, east of Nanjing city. It is also called Zhongshan. It stretches about 7km east to west and 3km north to south with three peaks, the middle peak being the highest at 448m above sea level. The western peak is home to the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Along with Xuanwu Lake to the west, it is one of the famous sites in Central China, and on the southern foot of the mountain are the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, the Xiaoling Mausoleum of Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty, and Linggu Temple, attracting both domestic and foreign tourists as a leisure destination on the outskirts of Nanjing.

[Kazuo Hayashi]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

中国、江蘇(こうそ/チヤンスー)省南西部、南京(ナンキン)市の東部にある山。鍾山(しょうざん)ともいう。東西約7キロメートル、南北3キロメートルにわたり三つの峰があり、中峰がもっとも高く標高448メートルである。西峰には中国科学院紫金山天文台がある。西方の玄武湖とともに華中の名勝の一つで、南麓(なんろく)には孫文(そんぶん/スンウェン)の中山陵、明(みん)の太祖洪武帝(こうぶてい)の孝陵や霊谷(れいこく)寺などがあり、南京郊外の行楽地として内外の観光客を集めている。

[林 和生]

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