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The Yuhuatai Platform, cemetery for revolutionary martyrs, is a famous
revolutionary resort and tourism scenic area in Nanjing. The Revolutionary
Martyrs Memorial stands at the top of the cemetery for martyrs, with a height of
42.3 meters.
This figure indicates that the liberation of Nanjing on
April 23, 1949 was won by fearless struggle and sacrifice of numerous
revolutionaries. The Second Spring of Jiangnan (or the south of the Yangtze
River) on the east of the Yuhuatai obtained its name from Luoyou, a poet in
South Song Dynasty.
It was told that when visiting the Yongning Tempble
at Yuhuatai, Luo You found a spring in the temple and quite appreciated the
color and taste of the spring water, and thus named it as "the Second Spring".
In comparison, the Galu (Sweet Dew) Well, one of the oldest wells in Nanjing,
has a history of more than 1,700 years, with its water clean and
sweet. |