Wuchaomen Park

Wuchaomen Park
(Chinese :午朝门公园)
Wuchaomen Park; (Chinese :午朝门公园)
Location	28 Yudao Road, Baixia District, Nanjing, China (鼓楼区广州路83号)
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Last updated February 24, 2019

Wuchaomen Park (Chinese :午朝门公园) is a park located in Baixia District, Nanjing, China. The site once the forbidden grounds of a Ming Palace and has a palace gate dated from 1367, one of the few such gates that still exists in the city. Wuchaomen Park has a view over tree-lined Yudao road from the top of a grey-bricked structure. It has a reputation for saxophone playing and opera singing by local residents. Some visitors also practice tai chi or walk backwards in circles.^[1]

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1 2 Nanjing's Best Parks: Wuchaomen Park. City of Nanjing. Retrieved May 13, 2014.

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