- published: 06 May 2013
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Qixia District (simplified Chinese: 栖霞区; traditional Chinese: 棲霞區; pinyin: qīxiá qū or Xīxiá qū), Jiangsu, China a city district of the City of Nanjing directly northeast across the Yangtze River from Nanjing.
It has an area of 80 km2 and the population of 400,000.
The Qixia Mountain is located in Qixia District. The Qixia Temple, a Southern Tang Buddhist temple, is situated on that mountain. During the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Qianlong praised it as the most elegant mountain in Jinling.
A number of Liang Dynasty tombs are located within the district, primarily in and around the Ganjiaxiang section of the district. Among them, particularly well known is that of Xiao Xiu (475–518), containing one of the best surviving sets of the period's statuary.
Qixia District includes northern and northeastern parts of the greater Nanjing area, on the right (southeastern) side of the Yangtze River.
The government of Qixia District administers five subdistricts and three towns. They are:
Qixia Town is an important land and water transport hub. It is connected to the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway. The No. 312 National Highway and Qixia Highway runs through it.