Foreigners from around Nanjing University and Nanjing Normal University don’t walk north. That is simply a fact. Come to think of it, no matter what university people are studying at or living around in Nanjing, they will walk south nine out of ten times. Perhaps this is due to the proximity of many student [...]
On the tomb:
1. Ming Xiao Ling 明孝陵 [ming2xiao4ling2] is where the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty 朱元璋 [zhu1yuan2zhang1) is buried.
2. He and his advisor picked ‘Single Dragon Mound’ as the place for his tomb because of its ideal fengshui location.
3. The tomb consists of an Outer Wall, and Inner Wall, a Ming Tower, and [...]
Temple Pews
Otherwise known as 栖霞寺 [qi3xia2si4], this temple lies some 20km northeast of the city proper. The best time to go there is during the autumn when all around is red and falling.
Despite it being almost winter now, I heard from my bad friend Chrys that she was going to go last week. Why? It’s [...]
Evening Runs Along Qinhuai
I just went running two weeks ago with Mirjam from Holland. She brought me on a running tour of Qinhuai Promenade…. all the way from Hanzhong Gate to the 1912-wannabe we call 水木秦淮 [shui3mu4qin2huai2]. Or translate it literally as Water-Wood Qinhuai.
The cool thing about jogging there in the evening is that the [...]
First, an introduction to this section.
This webpage (hopefully, soon it will be a series of webpages) is devoted to those small, easy to miss alleys which make up a staggeringly large portion of Nanjing. These small streets contain everything from the mundane but useful to the shockingly interesting, or at least delicious. If nothing else, [...]
The Soldier’s Club (军人俱乐部) is another quaint foray into a past now replaced by the buzz of commercial activity. It’s really close to where the Cloth City is.
I came here with some Chinese friends who knew where to get books for the cheap. Slightly cheaper than at Xinhua bookstore, that is.
After that I went to [...]
I used to go all the way to Jinsheng (金盛百货) along Jiangdong North Road (in the Hexi area) just to get stuff on the cheap.
There it is across the road! Two floor packed with everything you will ever need (qualifier: to survive). Indeed, all you need to do is make a list: kitchen ware, pens, [...]
Two years back, a friend of mine visited from the States because he was sourcing Tea in the Jiangsu region. Another Taiwanese friend in the know brought us to a wholesale tea market to take a look.
We took a bus to this place, which is neighbors with the Wholesale Fruit Market close by to Jinsheng [...]
Hanzhong Gate Square 汉中门广场 is where one of the gates of the old city wall reside.
What’s nice about this Hanzhong Gate Square is the people gathering in the area. Before the dawn has broken multitudes would have gathered here in separate groups to participate in group exercises like Taichi, Yijinjing, Fan-dancing and what not. Same [...]
Really, this is a remnant of the older times. You’ll see these bridges in every Chinese city, but hey, this one on Zhongshan East Road is really unique. Uniquely part of the bookstore stretch.
If not mistaken, we have to cross if we wanna get from Xinhua Bookstore to the Foreign Languages Bookstore.