Linggu Temple, Linggu Pagoda, Beamless Hall and Tomb of Tan Yankai
The Linggu Temple area contains the Linggu Temple, Linggu Pagoda, The Beamless Hall and the tomb of Tan Yankai.
Linggu Pagoda
Beamless Hall
This vaulted structure was built entirely with bricks, and has no beams, hence its name: The Beamless Hall. This structure would be regarded as an extraordinary piece of architecture if it was built today. Considering it was built in 1381, it is that much more impressive.


Tan Yankai was chairman of the Nationalist Government. Upon his death in 1930, this tomb was built in his honor.
How To Get There
Both the 游1 (you 1) and 游2 (you 2) buses stop near the entrance to the Linggu Temple area. These buses end daily service at 5:00pm and 5:45 pm respectively.
It is also possible to take a cab to Linggu Temple, however, legitimate cabs are not always readily available to take you back into the city. There are usually people at the entrance that would love to charge much more than the normal rate to take you from the Linggu Temple into the city.
In the off chance you want to reach the Linggu Pagoda area from the top of the mountain see "Linggu Pagoda to The Mountain Peak" about 3/4 down the Purple Mountain article.
Tour Guides for Linggu Temple, Linggu Pagoda, Beamless Hall and Tomb of Tan Yankai
User reviews
A historical place with great environment.
A historical place with great environment.
Lingu area is the first attraction we went to on our Nanjing trip, it`s in the middle of Purple mountain, green trees everywhere, with this fresh air we went through all of Lingu scenic area, besides this, we enough the history of Nanjing so much, it`s have English introduction of each place, quite easy for us to travel around, and i have to mention that the toilets are really clean in this big area, so you should not worry about this part when you traveling here.
Very impressive place in Linggu Scenery Area.
I went to Linggu Scenery Area last month, it was a sunshine day, when i got into the Beamless Hall, it`s all dark, with the hall 110 stone tablets include the names of the 33224 deceased Nationalist officers and soldiers, but the sunshine came through the ceiling i felt like someone light up a touch for me lead me to the bright, and i was image this light was also light up a hope to that revolution and we finally will see the bright future.