# Swallow Rock

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{{Short description|Scenic area in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China}}
{{Coord|32.147|N|118.817|E|region:CN-64_type:landmark|display=title}}
thumb|right|220px|Qianlong Stele Pavilion at Swallow Rock
'''Swallow Rock''' ({{zh|s=燕子矶|t=燕子磯|p=Yànzi Jī}}) is a small scenic area in the northwest part of [Nanjing](/source/Nanjing), [Jiangsu](/source/Jiangsu) Province, China which is one of the 48 scenic areas in Nanjing. Standing at 36 metres in the [Yangtze River](/source/Yangtze_River), the Swallow Rock is shaped like a flying swallow and is also one of three famous rocks in Nanjing. [Li Bai](/source/Li_Bai) is thought to have visited and written a poem about Swallow Rock.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://js.ifeng.com/humanity/detail_2016_03/02/4779773_0.shtml|title = 南京燕子矶的"酒樽石" 与"诗仙"李白并无关联}}</ref>

Swallow Rock is also of minor historical interest for several unrelated events. In the [Qing dynasty](/source/Qing_dynasty), when the [Qianlong Emperor](/source/Qianlong_Emperor) went on an inspection tour in the [Jiangnan](/source/Jiangnan) region, he passed Swallow Rock and left a poem here and that is now displayed on the rocks. A pavilion with a stone tablet in it stands on the top of the rock.

A small monument marks this as one of the sites where the citizens of Nanjing were slaughtered by the Japanese during the [Nanjing Massacre](/source/Nanjing_Massacre) in 1937–38.<ref>[http://neverforget.sina.com.cn/2005-04-12/1844661.html neverforget.sina.com.cn]</ref>

A station on the [Nanjing Metro](/source/List_of_Nanjing_Metro_stations) is named after Swallow Rock.

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Category:Tourist attractions in Nanjing
Category:Geography of Nanjing

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