Muxuyuan station explained

Muxuyuan
Native Name:	明孝陵•苜蓿园
Native Name Lang:	zh-Hans
Symbol Location:	nanjing
Symbol:	metro
Mlanguage:	Order: st S: 明孝陵•苜蓿园站 T: 明孝陵•苜蓿園站 P: Míng Xiào Líng•Mùxuyuán Zhàn
Other Name:	Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum
Borough:	Xuanwu District, Nanjing, Jiangsu
Country:	China
Structure:	Underground
Code:	213

Muxuyuan (Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum) Station is a railway station on Line 2 of Nanjing Metro. It started operations on 28 May 2010 along with the rest of Line 2.^{[1] [2]}

Statistics

It has a length of 199.68m (655.12feet), a width of 20.8m (68.2feet), a height of 14.46m (47.44feet), and it covers an area of 11015m2.^[3]

Decorations

Since Line 2 of the Nanjing Metro is centered on Chinese traditional festivals, the theme of this station's decorations is the Qixi Festival.^[4] At 700m2, It features the largest painting area of any Line 2 station,^[4] if not the entire Nanjing Metro system. Several traditional romance stories can be seen if one looks up at the ceiling, such as Niulang and Zhinü, Houyi and Chang'e and so on.^[5]

In April 2013, the station became the second in the Nanjing Metro system, after, to install a set of "musical stairs" leading up from the station platform.^[6] The stairs, christened "music stairs" (Chinese: 音乐楼梯), were intended to play chords from the Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto whenever passengers would use the stairs. However, repeated wear and tear on the steps has caused loss of this unique functionality.^[7]

Around the station

• Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum
• Nanjing Botanical Garden, Memorial Sun Yat-Sen

References

• Web site: http://www.nj-dt.com/index2_14.asp . zh:换乘路线 . Nanjing Metro.
• Web site: http://www.nj-dt.com/index2_8.asp . https://web.archive.org/web/20131106014733/http://www.nj-dt.com/index2_8.asp . dead . 2013-11-06 . zh:南京地铁线路 . Nanjing Metro.

32.0403°N 118.835°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.njmetro.com.cn/about_01_08show.aspx?Id=131 . zh:大事记 . Nanjing Metro . Chinese: 5月28日 南京地铁二号线及一号线南延线建成通车，运营里程跃居全国第四，初现网络化运营格局 . 2018-07-24 .
2. Web site: http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2010-05-23/032220327522.shtml. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210702/http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2010-05-23/032220327522.shtml. March 3, 2016. zh:南京地铁二号线载人模拟运营. Nanjing Metro Line 2 Undergoes Trial Runs. zh. Yantse Evening News. May 23, 2010. December 20, 2016.
3. Web site: http://www.njmetro.com.cn/service_05.aspx . zh:车站简介 . Nanjing Metro . Find the station name and direct your mouse pointer to it, wait until the icon turns into a darker color, and click. . 2018-07-25.
4. Web site: http://js.xhby.net/system/2010/04/21/010732431.shtml . zh:节日文化墙现身地铁二号线. 南京晨报 [Nanjing Morning News] . Chinese: 据介绍，元通站设的是“元宵节”，兴隆大街站“国庆节”，集庆门大街站的“中秋节”，茶亭站的“清明节”，莫愁湖站的“端午节”，大行宫站的“春节”，明故宫站的“重阳节”，苜蓿园站的“七夕节”，钟灵街站的“冬至”，马群站的“元旦”，南大站的“国际劳动节”。 . 2010-04-21.
5. Web site: 南京地铁 . 2015-06-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131106014733/http://www.nj-dt.com/index2_8.asp . 6 November 2013 . dmy-all .
6. News: zh:音乐楼梯“亮相”地铁苜蓿园站. http://jsnews2.jschina.com.cn/system/2013/04/23/016994346.shtml. 2013-04-23. 中国江苏网.
7. News: zh:红楼主题墙、音乐楼梯遭破损 南京地铁很“受伤”(图). http://news.longhoo.net/2015-04/08/content_11469987.htm. 龙虎网. 2015-04-08. 29 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20160318141314/http://news.longhoo.net/2015-04/08/content_11469987.htm. 18 March 2016. dead.