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The Most Famous Four Plum Blossom Garderns: Nanjing Plum Blossom Hill

Nanjing Plum Blossom Hill is located on the south face of Purple Mountain. There is a long history of cultivating and enjoying plum blossom in Nanjing, particularly on Meihua Hill, one of the four national plum blossom scenic spots, which is located in Zhongshan Hill Scenic Area. Now, we also can enjoy the scene at Fujiabian, Pearl Spring, and Gulin Park. It starts from late February to middle March annually, and holds various serial activities and economic and trade exchanges.

Nanjing belongs to subtropical monsoon humid climate with abundant rainfall and distinct seasons. Its average annual temperature is 15.4 ℃, and average annual precipitation is 1106mm. It is sunny in spring, but it is rainy during the plum rain period. It is hot in summer and called the “three furnace” with Wuhan and Chongqing. It is dry and cool in autumn, cold and dry in winter. Nanjing has short spring and autumn, long winter and summer, the temperature differences between winter and summer is great. Every season has its own characteristics and all of them are good travel times.

Highlights
Plum Blossom Hill now is one of the eight best places for enjoying the plum bloosom in China. It is also called Sun Mausoleum Hill as is the tomb of Sun Quan, king of Dong Wu. There are plum trees all over the hill. The international Plum Blossom Festival of Nanjing is held here every year. It is also listed as one of the annual serial tour festivals by National Tour Bureau.

Traffic
Tour bus 2,3,20,315

Admission: 80yuan including Zhongshanling, Linggu temple, Meiling palace, Zhongshan memorial, Music stage
Opening hours: 7:00-18:30