Also known as Xiaguan Dock, the Zhongshan Dock is a ferry terminal located on the south bank of the Yangtze River in Xiaguan, Nanjing.
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.
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Xiaguan Binjiang Block of Historical Buildings of the Republic of China extends three kilometers from Zhongshan Dock in the south to the Yangtze River Bridge in the north.
This block is most characteristic of this section of the Yangtze River in Nanjing, with such themed sights as Xiaguan Memory, Overbank for Water Games, Yangtze River Charm and Jinling Yunding. The Xiaguan Memory covers the Zhongshan Dock, Damalu Road, Capital Power Plant and other buildings of the Republic of China, where people can’t help recalling the past.
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Built in 1914, Pukou Railway Station is also known as Nanjing North Railway Station, and then the terminal of the Tianjin-Pukou Railway.
As a place name, it often appeared in the modern history of China, a feature of the Republic of China. The former site of the railway station is an important heritage site under state protection.
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The John Rabe House is a German-style building. John H.D.Rabe was the Chairman of the International Committee for the Nanking Safety Zone when Nanking was occupied by the Japanese troops during the Chinese War of Resistance against Japan.
Both John Rabe House and the Former Residence of Dr. Sun Yat-sen are located at the south campus of Nanjing University. During the Nanking Massacre in December 1937, Rabe protected more than 600 Chinese refugees in this house and the small garden.
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