[2025 Nanjing Attraction] Travel Guide for Changsheng Deer Park (Updated Oct)

📍Key Information - Check-in Spot: Changsheng Deer Park at Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum (near Gate 3) - Best Time: Deer Park opens at 8:00 AM (arrive early! Fewer people + hungry deer = maximum interaction) 🚪Free Admission Route (Important!) 1. Choose the right entrance: Be sure to enter through "Gate 5" (right under the popular Wutong Avenue bridge, easy to find) 2. Time it right: Enter the park through Gate 5 before 6:30 AM for free admission all the way! (Staff are not on duty yet, arriving early is safer; if Gate 5 is not open, Gate 3 is an alternative) 3. Follow the route: Explore the park first, finishing just in time for the Deer Park to open at 8:00 AM, no time wasted 4. Exit choice: After visiting the Deer Park, exit directly from Gate 3, a smooth route with no detours! 🎫Deer Park Interaction Guide - Tickets & Deer Feed: Deer Park admission is free, but you need to buy deer feed (30 RMB per portion, good for 3 people, great value) - Feeding Types: - 🍼 Bottle-feed baby sika deer: Only available from June to August! Miss it and you’ll have to wait a year for this special experience - 🌿 Feed adult deer with dry grass: Available year-round, the deer are gentle and not resistant, great for long photo sessions (choose this first if you want to take pictures) - Environment Experience: The park is regularly cleaned by staff, with lawns and lake views that are super soothing, every snapshot feels comfortable 📸Photo Tips 1. Wear light-colored clothes! Perfectly matches the deer and grass, making the scene fresher 2. Choose backgrounds with "lawn + lake + deer herd" for an instant Studio Ghibli animation vibe 3. Morning light is soft, and the deer are more active, making both interaction and photography the best experience ⚠️Notes - ❌ No outside food allowed for feeding (to avoid harming the deer) - ❌ Do not touch the antlers (deer are sensitive and may get stressed) - ✅ When feeding, extend your hand flat; the deer will politely take the food, very gentle~

Deer Park in Nanjing , never had such close interaction with a Deer anywhere else.

Sixty percent of the videos about Nanjing online are filmed in the Zhongshan Scenic Area. Here you’ll find the magnificent Wutong Avenue, a real-life Monet garden, plum deer in the Changsheng Deer Park, and peace doves flying around the Music Stage. This place is Zhongshan, the root of Nanjing. Once you’ve explored it, you’ll truly understand the essence of Nanjing. - - 🗺 My route: Wutong Avenue (Huanling Road) — Yanque Lake — Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum (enter through Gate 3) — Meiling Palace — Music Stage — Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum - 🚏 Main attractions: ❶ Wutong Avenue (Huanling Road) Wutong Avenue comes with its own BGM, lined with dozens of meters tall wutong trees. This avenue embodies many people’s dreams of Nanjing, with scenery that rivals foreign countries. ❷ Yanque Lake Located at the exit of Gate 3 of Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum, in spring and summer it’s a real-life Monet garden; in autumn and winter, it transforms into Nanjing’s version of Kanas Lake, with blooming water lilies and swans swimming by—just like Monet’s paintings. ❸ Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum Enter through Gate 3 next to Yanque Lake. The recommended tour order is: 1. Changsheng Deer Park It costs 30 yuan to feed the deer here. The deer are very friendly but also quite lazy; once full, they might ignore you. 2. Ming Xiaoling Palace The mausoleum of Zhu Yuanzhang, featuring red walls and yellow tiles, dappled light and shadow, and weathered stone statues—an authentic glimpse of the Ming Dynasty’s grandeur. 3. Stone Elephant Road Shaded by greenery, solemn statues stand on both sides, creating a poetic and photogenic scene. ❹ Meiling Palace Once the Far East’s most luxurious villa, it’s extremely opulent. Stepping inside feels like traveling back to that decadent yet turbulent era. ❺ Music Stage The doves flying around the Music Stage are a must-see sight in Nanjing. If you can’t catch the doves in flight, feeding them for five yuan under the shade is also a great experience. ❻ Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Right next to the Music Stage, just a 5-minute walk. Although it’s often crowded, it’s worth visiting at least once to pay respects to Mr. Sun. The 392 steps each carry a different meaning. - 🏨 About accommodation: I recommend staying at the International Conference Hotel inside the Zhongshan Scenic Area. Not only is its location superb—just a wall away from Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum and a few hundred meters’ walk to Wutong Avenue and Meiling Palace—but most importantly, it’s my favorite state-owned hotel. Friends who know me understand that these hotels manage their own properties, have better decor, excellent locations, meticulous service, and great value for money. This hotel ticks all those boxes. On weekdays, rooms cost only a few hundred yuan, and the public areas resemble a garden—truly a hidden gem. - ‼️ Tips: 1. Remember to buy the shuttle bus ticket in advance and wait at the station to save a lot of walking. 2. This itinerary is quite leg-intensive, so be prepared mentally.

Nanjing Meihua Mountain, a sea of ​​plum blossoms It is located in Zhongshan Scenic Area. Every early spring, thousands of plum blossoms bloom in competition with each other in beauty. There are many varieties of plum blossoms with different colors. Walking through the garden, the fragrance of flowers is intoxicating. There are also historical sites such as Sun Quan's Tomb on the mountain. Here, visitors can not only enjoy the beautiful plum blossom scenery, but also feel the profound history and culture. Meihua Mountain is a famous plum blossom viewing spot in Nanjing, attracting countless tourists to come and enjoy the breath of spring. 📍Attraction address: Northwest of the Business Building of Nanjing International Conference Hotel, Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum Scenic Area, Xiaolingwei Street, Xuanwu District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province 🚗 Transportation to attractions: 🚘If you are driving, check first whether there will be traffic restrictions next weekend. It is strongly recommended to park at the Meihuagu East Parking Lot, which costs 15 yuan per time during the day (same price on weekends), and 6 yuan per time before 8 am (guaranteed parking space) 🚄Take Metro Line 2 to Muxuyuan Station and exit from Exit 1. After exiting the station, walk for about 10 minutes to reach the entrance of Ming Xiaoling Scenic Area (Meihua Mountain is located in the scenic area) 🚌Take bus No. 20 or No. 315 to Ming Xiaoling Station, get off and walk about 5 minutes to the entrance of the scenic area 👍️Must-see attractions: 🌸Plum Blossom Valley: This is one of the main attractions of Plum Blossom Mountain. A large number of plum blossom trees are planted here. When the plum blossoms are in full bloom, the entire valley is covered with plum blossoms, which is very beautiful😍🌟 🌸Boai Pavilion: Boai Pavilion is one of the landmark buildings of Meihua Mountain. Climbing up the Boai Pavilion, you can overlook the beautiful scenery of the entire Meihua Mountain🌅🌟 🌸Changsheng Deer Park: Here you can get close to sika deer and buy feed to feed them🦌🌟 🌸Honglou Art and Culture Garden: This is a cultural park with the theme of Dream of Red Mansions, with many exquisite buildings and landscapes, very suitable for taking photos📷🌟 🎟️Ticket related: 70💰Nanjing Park Annual Pass available, free before 6:30am 💗Other tips: 1️⃣There will be more people on weekends, it is recommended to come in the morning😊 2️⃣ Feeding the deer at Changsheng Deer Park is 30💰/person. If you are not interested, you don’t have to go. 3️⃣ If you want to go to the music station/Linggu Temple on the way, it is recommended to buy a package ticket~ 4️⃣This route takes about half a day to walk, and you have to climb a slope, so you can bring some snacks with you! 5️⃣There is a stamping point at the elephant position on Shixiang Road. You can get stamps for free. The color stamps are really beautiful! Remember to bring your notebook. If you don’t have one, you can also do it on site. 🌟The romance of "Giving a Branch of Spring" is a spring poem written by Nanjing people to the world~ 💕Hurry up and collect the guide, and have an encounter with plum blossoms in Chinese aesthetics!

They are so well-behaved. They seem to have a story to tell when you look into their eyes. Changsheng Deer will bring good luck. 🍀

⏰ Linggu Scenic Area Free Day: September 22 (Sunday) Original ticket: CNY 35 per person, free for Nanjing annual card holders. Free admission before 6:30 and after 18:30 every day. Recommendation: Visit Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum for free before 6:30 in the morning, then visit Linggu Scenic Area after the visit. You can save CNY 100. ✅ About reservations: Not yet announced. Follow me and I will notify you as soon as possible. ✅ About the route: South Gate - Wangu Pond - Hongshan Gate - Wuliang Hall - Linggu Deep Pine Path - Jinling Osmanthus King - Songfeng Pavilion - Linggu Tower - Linggu Temple - South Gate ✅ About transportation: 1. Take Metro Line 2 to Xiaolingwei Station Exit 3, then transfer to Bus 202 to Linggu Temple Park Station. 2. Take Metro Line 2 to Zhongling Street Station Exit 1, then walk for 25 minutes. ✅ About parking: 1. Music Stand Parking Lot: CNY 15 per time; 2. Zijinshan Adventure Park Parking Lot: CNY 40 per time on non-working days, CNY 15 per time on working days; 3. Linggu Scenic Area Parking Lot: CNY 3 per 15 minutes It is recommended to travel green! ✅ About dining: Linggu Temple Vegetarian Noodles, located in the vegetarian hall under the stairs on the right side of the Great Hall of the Buddha. Business hours: 11:00-13:00. There are many people on free days, so go early. Price: CNY 10 per serving. The vegetarian chicken is particularly delicious, and you can have unlimited refills! ❌❌❌ Reminder: Linggu Tower is cleared at 17:30! 📍 Nearby attractions: Zijinshan Adventure Park, Liu Hui Pavilion, Music Stand. You can take a sightseeing bus at the entrance of the scenic area for CNY 10 per person. Attached is the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum guide: The ticket for Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum Scenic Area in Nanjing is CNY 70, and it is free for Nanjing Park annual card holders. 1. Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum is free to enter before 6:30 in the morning, and the deer in Changsheng Deer Garden are open to the public at 8:30! 2. Gate 3 is the closest to Changsheng Deer Garden, a few hundred meters away. 3. Changsheng Deer Garden is divided into a free viewing area - you can watch from a distance behind the fence, and a close feeding area - you can buy feed for CNY 30 to enter and have close contact with sika deer, up to 3 people. Please note that the price is the same for all sizes! 4. When the weather is hot, there are many people feeding hay, and the deer begin to pick and choose. I fed them oranges before, and the deer liked them very much and ate a lot.

🤎 When Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty built the Xiaoling Mausoleum, he raised a thousand deer within the mausoleum area. The deer had silver tags on their necks with the word 'Changsheng' (longevity) inscribed on them. Hence, later generations referred to the Xiaoling deer as 'Changsheng Deer' or 'Silver Tag Deer'. These deer thrived in the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum for over 300 years. 💚 Located on the east side of 'Taixiang Zhaoming' in Meihua Valley, Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum, and on the north bank of Yanque Lake. 💚 Opening hours: Usually from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM daily. 💚 There is no separate charge for Changsheng Deer Park. You can enter with a ticket to the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum Scenic Area, which costs 70 yuan per person. 💚 You can purchase professional feed (such as carrots, green grass, etc.) for an interactive feeding experience with the deer (available at the entrance of the deer park, priced at 30 yuan. For the health of the deer, bringing your own food for feeding is prohibited).