Nanjing
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[edit] Overview
Nanjing (zh:南京) is the capital of Jiangsu Province. It lies to the south of the Yangtze River in the southwest part of Jiangsu Province. The city covers an area of 6,597 sq km with a population of about 5.4 million.
Known as the capital of six different dynasties, as well as of the Taiping Rebellion and the Nationalist Party, Nanjing is most famous for its cultural remnants. It is also a city with "mountains, water, city, and forest", and is one of the top tourist destinations for its all-season natural scenery.
The must-see attractions are Sun-Yat-sen Mausoleum (zh:中山陵), the famous Confucius Temple (zh:夫子庙), Xuanwu Lake (zh:玄武湖), Nanjing_Museum (zh:南京博物院), Ming City Wall.
Nanjing is home to many delicious restaurants. Even local Nanjing People (南京人) could never try them all in their entire lifetime. Tourists are advised to start with a few, and build your repertoire from there.
[edit] History
Nanjing has been the capital city of 10 dynasties in Chinese history. Nanjing boasts a long history. Its original village in the Lake Xuanwu (玄武湖) dates back well over 6,000 years ago. During the Spring and Autumn Period of 495 BC, King Wu established casting workshops at the foot hills of Chaotian Palace to make weapons for his army. In 306 BC, the State of Chu conquered the State of Wu, and King Chu set up a city called Jinling (金陵), which later became today's Nanjing. In 221 BC, Emperor Qin unified China, and renamed Jinling to Moling County (秣陵县).
Sun Quan (孙权) of the late Eastern Han Dynasty (212 AD) picked Nanjing as his capital, called Jianye (建业). In 229 AD of the three Kingdom periods, Eastern Wu moved its capital from Wuchang to Nanjing. In 280 AD, Western Jin Dynasty (西晋) eliminated Eastern Wu, and named Nanjing back to Moling, and renamed it to Jiangning County (江宁县) three years later. In 313 AD of Western Jin, Nanjing was renamed to Jiankang (建康) because the name of Jianye is same as then emperor's first name Sima Ye. So Jiankang is another name of Nanjing.
[edit] Weather
| Weather averages for Nanjing | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Average high °C (°F) | 7 (45) | 9 (48) | 14 (57) | 20 (68) | 26 (79) | 29 (84) | 32 (90) | 31 (88) | 28 (82) | 22 (72) | 16 (61) | 10 (50) | |
| Average low °C (°F) | -1 (30) | 1 (34) | 5 (41) | 11 (52) | 16 (61) | 21 (70) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 20 (68) | 13 (55) | 7 (45) | 1 (34) | |
| Rain cm (inches) | 3.41 (1.3) | 4.23 (1.7) | 6.78 (2.7) | 5.77 (2.3) | 7.68 (3) | 13.85 (5.5) | 13.84 (5.4) | 11.74 (4.6) | 4.26 (1.7) | 4.16 (1.6) | 3.71 (1.5) | 2.22 (0.9) | |
| Source: per MSN 2008 | |||||||||||||
Current Conditions (2008-08-28 11:00:00, local time)
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