Nanjing Travel
Nanjing is located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River with a history of more than 6,000 years, which is the provincial capital of Jiangsu Province as well as the economic, educational center and transportation hub in the East China. There are 6 kingdoms taking Nanjing as the capital since 229 A.D. in Chinese history, and it is honored as “One of the Ancient Cities of China” together with Beijing, Xi’an and Luoyang. Nanjing first became a capital of Wu Kingdom (222 A.D.-280 A.D.) in the Three Kingdoms Period (220 A.D.-280 A.D.), then the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317 A.D.-420 A.D.), the Song Dynasty (420 A.D.-479 A.D.), the Qi Dynasty(479 A.D.-502 A.D.), the Liang Dynasty (502 A.D.-557 A.D.) and the Chen Dynasty (557 A.D.-589 A.D.) during the South Dynasties (420 A.D. -... Nanjing Overview
Nanjing Attractions
- Sun Yat sen Mausoleum: Located in Zhongshan Scenic Spot Area in the east of Nanjing, Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum is actually a cluster of memorial architectures composing a mausoleum and auxiliary buildings, which was built in 1929 in memory of the father of the nation- Mr. Sun Yat-sen. Surrounded by mountains, the whole mausoleum is distributed in the shape of “the Warning Bell”, among which the memorial hall functions as the main body of the mausoleum with three successive doors.
- Xiaoling Mausoleum: Xiaoling Mausoleum is located at the foot of Wanzhu Mountain, where the first emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma of the Ming Dynasty (1,368 A.D.-1,644 A.D.) were buries here. As the highest level in the field of architectures and stone inscriptions, the magnificent style of Xiaoling Mausoleum has a great influence on the distributions of the following imperial mausoleums in the Ming and the Qing Dynasties (1,616 A.D.-1,911 A.D.), which was enlisted in the World Heritage List by UNESCO in 2003 with the appraisal: “Xiaoling is built according to the traditional geomantic omen theory, which is the result of man conquering the nature, and it not only represents the traditional Chinese architecture and decoration theory, but also it expresses the world view and power view in feudal society.”
- Zhonghua Gate: As the biggest castle-gate of Nanjing ancient wall, the Zhonghua Gate is located in the north of the Changgan Bridge in the south of Nanjing, which was built in the second year (1,369 A.D) during the period of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1,368 A.D.-1,644 A.D.) with its initial name of Collecting-Treasure Gate, and it was renamed the Zhonghua Gate in 1931. It is enlisted as the key culture relic unit under state protection as the best- preserved and most complex castle in the world.
Nanjing Restaurants
- Chinese Restaurant: The Chinese Restaurant 1. The Red Apricot Restaurant Address: No. 18, Qingliangmen Street, Gulou District, Nanjing. Tel: 025-86666333 Opening Hours: 11:00 am -9:30 pm 2. Haokelai Beef Steak Restaurant...
Nanjing Transportation
- City Transportation: Public Buses You can take public buses to every corner of Nanjing by public buses, which are all automatic with the ticket fare of CNY 1 for the common buses and CNY 2 for the air-conditioned buses, ...
- Air: As one of the biggest airports in the Yangtze River Delta of China, Nanjing Lukou International Airport is located in the southeast part of Nanjing with 35 kilometers (22 miles) away from the city cen...
- Highway: There are 9 express-ways radiating to the inner-provincial cities and the cross-provincial cities, which are the Hu- Ning Expressway (from Shanghai to Nanjing), the Ning- Lian Expressway (from Nanjing...
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