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

Updated February 4, 2026
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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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Nanjing, China

Xuanwu Lake Park

Once an imperial lake garden, anyone can now visit this city park.
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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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Foding Palace

A massive underground palace containing a colossal reclining Buddha statue and the only Buddha parietal bone relic in the world.
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