Xuanwu District, located in the middle of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, is one of the eight main districts of Nanjing, an important national scientific research, cultural and commercial center, a modern service industry base in East China, the seat of Nanjing Municipal Committee and several provincial and municipal organs, and the head of military organs such as the Eastern Theater and the Eastern Theater Air Force.

Xuanwu District has 9 universities including Southeast University, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing Forestry University and Nanjing Agricultural University, and 22 research institutes including Nanjing Branch of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Nearly13 academicians of the two academies in Jiangsu province and about half of key laboratories at or above the provincial level in Nanjing are concentrated. Nanjing Museum, one of the three major museums in China, Nanjing Library, the fourth largest library in Asia, and Purple Mountain Observatory of Chinese Academy of Sciences, which is known as the cradle of modern astronomy in China, are all located in the territory.

geographical environment

Xuanwu District is located in the middle of the main urban area of Nanjing, with an area of 75.46 square kilometers, bordering Xianhemen, Zhu Zhuang and Maqun in the east, Qixia District and Jiangning District in the east. South to Zhongshan East Road, out of Zhongshan Gate, to Cangbomen (except alfalfa garden and Houzhuang), adjacent to Qinhuai District; West to Zhongshan Road and Zhongyang Road, across the street from Gulou District; North to Tokyo Pavilion and Xianhemen Line, connected with Qixia District.

Most of the hillsides in Xuanwu District are distributed from Weigang to Xiaolingwei, which belong to loess hillsides. The famous hillock is Sunlinggang, which is located on the south side of Yu He Bridge in the Ming Tombs outside Zhongshan Gate. During the Three Kingdoms period, Sun Quan and his wife Bu Shi were buried here, hence the name. Because there are many plum blossoms on the hill, it is called Meihua Mountain. It is about 55 meters above sea level, and its basement is purplish red and grayish purple conglomerate of Pukou Formation of Upper Cretaceous, and it is covered with Xiashu loess. The mountain is full of plum blossoms, which is a good place to enjoy flowers. 1983 The "Mei Ling Dark Fragrance" listed in the Forty Scenes of New Jinling refers to this place.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Xuanwu District