Jiangsu Province Guide

Chaotian Palace and Nanjing City Museum

The Nanjing City Museum focuses on Nanjing’s history.  A range of exhibits are featured within the halls of Chaotian Palace.  Since there is a lot of walking to be done outside, it is best to visit when the weather is nice.   Most of the general signs are in English, but...

Lions Bridge - Food Street

Even when compared with many other bustling, restaurant-laden streets in Nanjing, this little pedestrian area appears to fit the most great restaurants in one place. There are a wide variety of restaurants here including full service Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Western style...

Nanjing Food Court (Nanjing Da Paidang)

I was impressed by the distinctive local features of this restaurant.  As you approach the entrance, two elderly male hosts wearing white mandarin jackets, white round dicers, and towels on their right shoulder enthusiastically direct you inside. Upon entering,...

Slender West Lake

CCTV Wuxi Movie- three kingdoms

CCTV Wuxi Movie/TV Base puts up over 20 eye-catching performances of cavalry combat, songs and dances, movie stunt etc. Among them are the exciting and majestic "Three Heroes Fighting Lv Bu", and the "Ancient Melodies of Hua Xia" a show of ancient beauty put out by numerous...

Lingshan Grand Buddha

On Nov. 15, 1997, a grand ceremony was held to inaugurate Lingshan Buddha. Altogether 725 tons of bronze were used to build this 88-meter-tall Lingshan Buddha. The bronze statue of Lingshan Grand Buddha is the highest one all over the world. 88 meters in height,...

Dong Guan Old Street

I was born and raised in Yangzhou, in my opinion, Dong Guan Old Street is the epitome of Yangzhou. Located by Ancient Grand Canal, it was the main business street in the ancient. Now it's the oldest area of Yangzhou with many tourist attractions such like Ge Yuan Garden.

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Yangzhou Museum

The Yangzhou Museum is big. Any visitor to Yangzhou quickly finds out the city is proud of its history, but you don’t really get a feel for its age until you visit this newly constructed museum. There are extensive displays here of artifacts, crafts, models and so on from Yangzhou’s...

Jiming Temple

Jiming Temple was founded in 300 AD during the Eastern Jin Dynasty.  Since then it has been destroyed and reconstructed several times.  It was last destroyed by fire in 1973 and restored again in 1981.  It is now one of Nanjing’s most active temples.   The seven story...

Behind the Wall Cafe

A cozy atmosphere, decent food, live music and cheap margaritas make Behind the Wall a popular hang-out, especially with the foreign student population. Inside, Behind the Wall’s three rooms are linked by over-sized arched doorways, and provide seating for groups of two to ten. ...