Meiling Palace, Villa near Purple Mountain in Nanjing, China.

Meiling Palace is a three-storey villa of over 2,000 square metres on the southern slope of Purple Mountain in Nanjing, built between 1931 and 1934 to a design by Zhao Zhiyou, then head of the Nanjing municipal public works bureau. Its exterior follows Chinese classical models, with double eaves and green glazed tiles carved with phoenixes.

Built between 1931 and 1934 by the Nanjing municipal government to a design by Zhao Zhiyou, the residence was originally the official villa of the chairman of the Nationalist government. Before the war the Chiangs stayed at Qilu and used it as a rest house before visits to Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum; after the war they lived here often and turned the living room into a chapel, Kaige Tang. It was opened to the public in March 1984 and listed as a national key cultural relic in 2001.

The name Meiling Palace comes from Soong Meiling, who often stayed and worshipped here; the living room was later converted into a small chapel called Kaige Tang. Since March 1984 the rooms have been open to visitors furnished as they were originally, and a car used by Soong Meiling is displayed at the entrance.

Meiling Palace stands at No. 9 Zhongshanling Road in the Zhongshanling scenic area, 200 m east of Sifangcheng. Take Nanjing Metro Line 2 to Muxuyuan station, or bus You 1 from the stop near Nanjing railway station and get off at Meilinggong, then walk about 10 minutes.

The building's green glazed roof tiles are carved with phoenixes, a detail visible from below along the eaves. The villa stands on what was once Xiaohongshan, the "Little Red Hill", which gave it the name Xiaohongshan Residence. It sits 200 metres east of Sifangcheng in the Zhongshan scenic area.