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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Nanjing

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Nanjing, China

Updated October 3, 2022

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Librairie Avant-Garde in Nanjing.

Nanjing, China

Librairie Avant-Garde

With former lives as a bomb shelter and government parking lot, this shop is one of China’s most extraordinary locales for book-lovers.
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Xuanwu Lake Park

Once an imperial lake garden, anyone can now visit this city park.
Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum

Nanjing, China

Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum

One of the largest, grandest imperial mausoleums was built as the founder of the Ming Dynasty's final resting place.
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