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| Rectangular Citadel and Ming Tower |
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 There is a huge square city and Ming tower in front of the Treasure Mound, as the innovation of the imperial tomb. The Ming tower, originally with a top, glazed yellow tiles, flying eaves and steep walls, has only walls left behind. |
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| The Treasure Mound |
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Situated behind the Square City, it is a round hill of 325 to 400 meters in diameter. Its brick walls extend over 1000 meters in circumference. The wall, based on stone-slabs, is about 7 meters high. The Treasure Mound is covered with tall trees of thick shade.
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| Ruins of the Dongling Tomb |
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In 1392, Zhu Biao, (prince Yiwen), was buried in the east of the Ming Tomb as he died of illness. At that time, there were the tomb-gate, sacrificial hall and the tomb with the building covered by glazed green tiles. All these are now in non-existence. In 1999, archaeological prospecting was jointly sponsored by Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s Mausoleum Administration and other related departments, having confirmed the existence of the Dongling Tomb，basically straightened out the layout of the tomb and restored its ruins. |
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| Purple-Glow Lake |
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In 1936, Hu Wenhu, an overseas Chinese in Singapore, had a dike built here for storing water with his donations. He named it “Purple-Glow Lake” which covers an area of over four hectares capable of storing 2.2 billion cubic meters of water. The shimmering lake is well set off by clouds and mountains around, very pleasing to the mind and the eye.
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| Universal Fraternity Pavilion |
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It was built in 1993 on the Plum-Blossom Hill, with 100000-US dollar donation from Mr. Zhang Pingzhao, director of Commercial Coordination Association of Taiwan Straits. The horizontal board on the façade of the pavilion is inscribed with “Universal Fraternity Pavilion”, the handwriting of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and each column carries poetic couplets written by celebrities.
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| Dinglin Mountain Villa |
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 It was built according to Wang Anshi’s reading place (a historic site) in the Northern Song dynasty. The wall of the veranda in the villa is engraved with over 70 poems that Wang Anshi wrote in praise of Zhongshan Mountain. All facilities in the hall are modeled after those of the architectural layout of the Song dynasty, seemingly turning people back to nearly 1000 years ago, talking with Wang Anshi about poetry and criticizing political affairs at that time.
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