The Timeless Beauty of the Great Bao'en Temple

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

Post by Mia Taylor10 amber | Aug 10, 2025

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