Nanking
Nanking or Nanjing is the capital of Jiangsu province and the second largest city in eastern China (after Shanghai).
Origin of name
The city whose name means "Southern Capital" has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having served as the capitals of various Chinese dynasties, kingdoms and republican governments dating from the 3rd century AD to 1949. Prior to the advent of pinyin romanization, Nanjing's city name was spelled as Nanking or Nankin.[1]
Location
Located in the lower Yangtze River drainage basin and Yangtze River Delta economic zone, Nanjing is home to one of the world's largest inland ports.
History
Nanjing, long one of China's most important cities, is recognized as one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China.[2]
Nanjing served as the capital of Eastern Wu, one of the three major states in the Three Kingdoms period (221-280); the Eastern Jin and each of the Southern Dynasties (Liu Song, Southern Qi, Liang and Chen), which successively ruled southern China from 317-589; the Southern Tang, one of the Ten Kingdoms (937-76); the Ming dynasty when, for the first time, all of China was ruled from the city (1368-1403);[3] and the Republic of China (1927–37, 1945–49) prior to its flight to Taiwan during the Chinese Civil War. The city also served as the seat of the rebel Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1853–64) and the Japanese puppet regime of Wang Jingwei (1940–45) during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and suffered appalling atrocities in both conflicts, including the Nanjing Massacre.
Nanjing has long been a national centre of education, research, transport networks and tourism.
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References
- ↑ "Romanisation of the Chinese Language"
- ↑ Rita Yi Man Li, "A Study on the Impact of Culture, Economic, History and Legal Systems Which Affect the Provisions of Fittings by Residential Developers in Boston, Hong Kong and Nanjing," Global Business and Management Research: An International Journal. 1:3-4. 2009.
- ↑ Crespigny 2004, 3