Nanjing Guide

St. Pauls Church

Established in 1923, St. Paul’s Church is the first official Christian church in Nanjing. The church’s design is meant to imitate the style of European churches in rural areas. It is gothic architecture with  exquisite decoration. The inner structure reflects...

Zhonghua Gate

This gate is the Southern gate of the whole city wall, as well as the largest castle gate in the world. The whole city wall is about 33km and took about 20 years to finish it.

You can walk on the wall or even biking on it, super nice!

More introduction you can see here Nanjing...

Ming Tomb, Plum Blossom Hill and Purple Cloud Lake

Lying on the west side of the southern foot of Purple Mountain (Zijin Shan, 紫金山), the Ming Tomb Scenic Area contains the Ming Tomb as well as Purple Cloud Lake and Plum Blossom Hill.   Note: There are many different English translations of ’明孝陵’, including “Ming...

Drum Tower (Gu Lou)

The drum tower (Gulou, 鼓楼) was built in 1382 during the Ming Dynasty.  It was later damaged and rebuilt during the Qing Dynasty.

Originally, the drum tower was used to signify the changing of the guard. On rare instances it was also used to warn the populace of an emergency such as...

Convenience Stores

Chain Convenience Stores

There are a few different convenience store chains in Nanjing. There is no real noticeable difference between them in terms of the products they carry. Here’s a list of some basic categories of items found at these convenience stores.

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Guide to Nanjing Specialty Food

Nanjing has many famous specialty foods.  Some of these are unique to Nanjing and others are found all over China but get a special twist in Nanjing.   Duck The quality and quantity of duck eaten in Nanjing has earned it one of it’s many nicknames - "Yadu...

Himalaya Nepalese & Indian Restaurant

Himalaya Nepalese & Indian Restaurant is one of my favorite Indian restaurant in Nanjing, it`s at the left corner of area, a little bit hard to find but it`s get so crowed every night.

When you entered the restaurants, you feel like at Indian, they have 2 floors, all the tables, foo-...

Mochou Road Church (Christian)

Originally constructed nearly 400 years ago, Mochou Road Church is the oldest Catholic Cathedral in Nanjing and one of the municipal cultural relics. It is said that the church was built by an Italian churchman who was considered “the forerunner to promoting cultural exchanges between...

Nanjing City Wall

Nanjing City Wall, constructed during the Yuan and Ming Dynasties between 1365 and 1386, originally stretched over 30km which made it the longest city wall in the world.  Now, with about two thirds of the wall still intact it still remains the longest city wall in China.  It reaches...

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...