Six features with location work in Nanjing between 2009 and 2021: what the camera saw, and what you can still walk into. Where a film used the city for only a few scenes, the entry says so.
Set in Nanjing is not the same as shot in Nanjing. Several well-known Nanjing stories were filmed in other cities or on purpose-built sets. This list only includes films with real location work here, and it shows no film stills.
2009
Spring Fever
春风沉醉的夜晚Chūnfēng Chénzuì de Yèwǎn
Dir. Lou Ye, 2009
Where
Streets, apartments and night spots across central Nanjing, where the whole story is set.
On screen
Shot in Nanjing on a small handheld digital camera: late-night drives, cramped apartments and a love triangle that keeps circling back to the city.
Today
Still visitable Yes. The film's Nanjing is ordinary city streets rather than monuments, so the mood is still there even where individual shops have changed.
Shiqiu Film and Television Base 石湫影视基地, Lishui District, southern Nanjing (filming began on location in Nanjing on 10 January 2011).
On screen
Exterior sequences around the purpose-built 1930s Catholic cathedral compound and ruined streetscapes where schoolgirls, refugees, and Qinhuai women take shelter.
Today
Still visitable Yes. The Shiqiu church set and period European-style street sets in Lishui District remain standing (note: distinct from the historic Ginling College campus in downtown Gulou).
Nanjing university campuses: filming opened at Nanjing Medical University 南京医科大学 on 3 March 2012, with winter scenes at Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology 南京信息工程大学.
On screen
The 1990s campus half of the story: dormitories, lecture halls and tree-lined paths, shot in Nanjing before the production moved on to Shanghai in May 2012.
Today
Partly visitable Partially. Both are working campuses, so check current visitor entry rules before going.
Wutaishan 五台山 clinic location, Xuanwu Lake Park 玄武湖公园, Zhujiang Road 珠江路 residential buildings, Music Hall of the Population Institute, and a northern Nanjing hospital.
On screen
Shot on location starting in 2012: daily massage parlor interiors, Xuanwu Lake park scenes, and neighborhood street walks around Wutaishan and Zhujiang Road.
Today
Partly visitable Partially. Xuanwu Lake Park and the Wutaishan and Zhujiang Road neighborhoods are unchanged, while specific interior clinic rooms were private or temporary sets.
Nanjing and Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum 中山陵 area, plus Nanjing Military Region training sites in Jiangsu.
On screen
Exterior action and Jiangsu location sequences shot during Nanjing's peak summer heat alongside military training facilities.
Today
Partly visitable Partially. Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum and Zhongshan Scenic Area are open to visitors; active military training bases are closed to the public.
