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It lies close by Zhongshan Mountain,  the Xiaoling Tomb of the Ming Dynasty and  Meihua Mountain to the east, and the Ming Dynasty city walls to the south. The garden enjoys  a mild climate, lush vegetation and forests, and  it integrates mountains, water, city and forests.  With its exquisite natural scenery, it is renowned  as a “fairy land of plants” in Nanjing.

It consists of  the former site of the Delegation Office of the  Communist Party of China, the Exhibition Hall  of Historical Data on CCP-KMT Negotiations in  Nanjing, a bronze statue of Zhou Enlai, and the  Zhou Enlai Library. It is a modern historical site  and a revolutionary museum.

The garden-style villas were where the important  military and political Kuomintang officials lived,  along with rich and powerful people and foreigners before the liberation. It is the most top-grade  residential area from the Republic of China period  that has survived in Nanjing today. It is known as  the “Official Area of the Republic of China”, the  “Embassy District” and a “Modern Architecture  Model Area”.  The Mansion District on Yihe Road has  European-style villas with gardens. The building  area comprises 690,000 square meters, including  a green area which accounts for 65 percent of the  total. Well-known people who lived here include  Chiang Wei-Kuo, Yu Youren, Chen Cheng, and  General Marshall.

In 1929 or the 18th year of the Republic  of China, to welcome the coffin of Sun Yat-sen  from Peking to Nanjing to be buried, the nationalist government built Zhongshan Dock in what  is now Zhongshan North Road in Xiaguan. At  present, it has ferries bound for Pukou Dock on  the opposite bank throughout the year.