Thousand Years of Staring 👀When the Millennium Underground Palace Meets the Metaverse
by 遊子歸家
Jan 3, 2024
Nanjing Zhu Di Great Bao'en Temple Ruins Museum  
Step into a 600-year-old time tunnel ⏳  
Every relic whispers tales of past and present through light and shadow  
📍Address: No.1 Bao'en Temple Road, Qinhuai District, Nanjing  
🕰Opening Hours: 8:30-17:00 (Closed on Mondays)  
🎫Ticket: 60 RMB/person (50% discount for students)  
🌟Must-See Highlights:  
✨Glazed Pagoda Ruins  
Though only fragments remain of the once "First Pagoda Under Heaven"  
You can still imagine its cloud-piercing grandeur 🏯  
✨Glazed Archway  
China's earliest surviving glazed architecture  
Glistening in sunlight like a fairyland rainbow 🌈  
✨Three Great Halls Ruins  
Experience the magnificence of "480 Southern Dynasty Temples"  
Every brick and stone bears witness to history 🧱  
✨Seven-Treasure Ashoka Pagoda  
The museum's treasure! Enshrining Buddha's parietal bone  
One of only two existing parietal relics worldwide 👑  
📸Photo Tips:  
1️⃣3-5 PM offers the most beautiful lighting  
2️⃣Light-colored outfits photograph best  
3️⃣Must capture the pagoda's reflection in the pool  
Standing before these ruins  
One can't help but marvel at time's passage 🌌  
This imperial temple that witnessed six dynasties' history  
Remains Nanjing's most profound historical testament
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