Nanjingisthecapitalofjiangsuprovinceineasternchinaandhasaprominentplaceinchinesehistoryandculture,havingbeenthecapitalofchinaonseveraloccasions.Itspresentnamemeanssoutherncapitalandwaswidelyromanizedasnankinandnankinguntilthepinyinlanguagereform,afterwhichnanjingwasgraduallyadoptedasthestandardspellingofthecity'snameinmostlanguagesthatusetheromanalphabet.EarlyHistoryNanjing☆StoneCityTheStoneCityisthepopularnameofanancientfortifiedcitywithinthecurrentcityofNanjing.Almostalloftheoriginalcityisgone;allthatremainsareportionsofthemassivecitywall,about9thousandmetersincircumference,wasbuiltaroundtheexistingChu-eracity..TheancientcityisstronglyenoughassociatedwithNanjingthatNanjingitselfissometimesreferredtoasStoneCity.☆QixiaTempleBuiltinAD489,thetempleisknownforitslargecollectionofChineseBuddhistvisualartandsculpturalartinthegrounds.Theseconsistofpagodas,muralsandartworkthatdatebacktothe10thcentury.NearthetemplesiteandsituatedontheslopesofQixiaHill,istheThousandBuddhaCaves,agrottocontainingmanyBuddhistsculpturalworksofart.☆ConfucianTempleConfucianTempleislocatedinthesouthofNanjingCity,situatedonbanksofQinhuaiRiver.In1034inSongDynasty,thefamousConfucianTemplewasconstructed.TheareawasveryprosperousinMingandQingdynasties,wellknownasShiLiQinhuai,whichmeansthattheQinhuaiRiverwhichpassesthroughtheFuzimiaoareahadatotallengthof5km.Confucius(551–479BC)wasagreatChineseteacher,editor,politician,andphilosopheroftheSpringandAutumnperiodofChinesehistory.Dr.Sundiedin1925inBeijing,China.On23April1929,On26May,thecoffindepartedfromBeijing,andon28May,itarrivedinNanjing.On1June1929,Dr.Sunwasburiedthere.ConstructionofthetombstartedinJanuary1926andwasfinishedinspringof1929.ItisclassifiedasaAAAAAscenicareabytheChinaNationalTourismAdministration.SunYat-sen(1866-1925)consideredtobetheFatherofModernChinabothinmainlandChinaandinTaiwanprovice,foughtagainsttheimperialQinggovernmentandafterthe1911revolutionendedthemonarchyandfoundedtheRepublicofChina.IMISSYOUSOOOOMUCH!!!!!!★NANJING★