We all know what the larger Fuzimiao area is like in the lantern season. Much as we are proud of it, we often have to avoid that area due to the crowd. It would be nice if there is...
Founder of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, was responsible for the naming of much of Nanjing. The City name itself was his idea, as was Chaotian Palace.
明朝的创始人朱元璋负责南京大部分地的命名。 这座城市的名字本身就是他的主意，朝天宫也是。
Today in part home to the Nanjing Municipal Museum, a world class...
These days we may hardly use the phone for its original purpose, but there is still one instance when we will depend on it above all else; an emergency. But making a call to the emergency services is nerve...
International flights out of Nanjing Lukou International Airport operate out of Terminal 2 (T2), including regional services to Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Herein, The Nanjinger provides a list of destinations served, airline operators, flight numbers, plus days and...
Linguistically, here in the south, when referring to monetary amounts, Nanjingers will not verbally refer to “yuan” and “jiao”. Instead, they say “kuai” and “mao”.
Next, despite all the modern conveniences of mobile payments, it should first of all be...
Hopefully, by the time most read this, the concept of VPN will not be news. Without it, there shall be no Google, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or Whatsapp. And may others as decreed by the Chinese government.
In their place, Microsoft...
Nanjingers speak Nanjing Dialect. While not altogether different from Mandarin in the way that perhaps Shanghainese is, the Nanjing Dialect is distinct but not unintelligible to the outsider. At least in the main.
Other than the very old, almost the...
Nanjing has a extensive range of select international wining and dining options, spanning Western, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Middle Eastern, Thai, Vietnamese, fusion and vegetarian, together with bars and bakeries.
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