Are there any stone elephants in Shanghai?

Question

My boyfriend and I are going to Shanghai. I wanted to go visit the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum which has these beautiful stone elephants lining the pathway. I found out recently that this place is 3 hours from where we are staying and we don't have much time in Shanghai. Are there any stone elephants similar to this in Shanghai?

Answer 1

Hmm, difficult to find.

Elephant Trunk Hill Park has some stone elephant statues in the river, but unfortunately that's 19 hours from Shanghai, so even further away. Unless you're travelling further into China.

There are some at the Ming Tombs. I'm not sure if this is the same place as the Ming Xialing Mausoleum, but it's 30 miles from Beijing.

I found this about the Ming Xialing Mausoleum - the elephants there DO look cool!

But in general, the Mausoleum and Elephant Trunk Hill appear to be the two well-known places that DO have Stone Elephants.