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Yuhuatai Martyrs Park Photos
The Yuhuatai Martyrs Park is located outside of the Zhonghua Gate, Nanjing. It covers an area of about 152.7 hectares with more than 300 thousand trees grown in it. 90% of the park is covered by trees. Since the city was set up in 472BC by King Goujian of the Yue Kingdom, Yuhuatai has become a very famous location for hiking. However, In 1927, it became Kuomintang army's execution ground, where Chinese Communists were executed.

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Legend has it that an accomplished Buddhist monk affected the Heavenly God with his religiosity which caused flowers to rain, hence its name, the Rain Flower Terrace - Nanjing.

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