Nanjing Travel Notes

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A Nanjing Local's Nanjing: Encountering Beauty at Jinchuang Bookstore
A Nanjing Local's Nanjing: Encountering Beauty at Jinchuang Bookstore
Travel time: May 2022; Location: Jinchuang Bookstore; Address: 1-4/F, Jinchuang Digital Industrial Park, No. 699, Xuanwu District, Nanjing
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Spring Outing, Not Letting Spring Pass – A Cherry Blossom Season Note from Wuxi, Jiangsu, March 2023
Spring Outing, Not Letting Spring Pass – A Cherry Blossom Season Note from Wuxi, Jiangsu, March 2023
Spring Outing, Not Letting Spring Pass – A Cherry Blossom Season Note from Wuxi, Jiangsu, March 2023, Jiangsu - Wuxi - Yuantouzhu
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The Most Beautiful Mountain Art Museum: Sifang Contemporary Art Museum
The Most Beautiful Mountain Art Museum: Sifang Contemporary Art Museum
Travel date: February 2021. Travel mode: self-driving. Address: Sifang Contemporary Art Lake District, Nanjing. Itinerary: Sifang Contemporary Art...
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Winter at Shijiu Lake (4) – Waiting for Sunset in Zhangxu Village
Winter at Shijiu Lake (4) – Waiting for Sunset in Zhangxu Village
Travel time: 2021.2. Travel mode: self-driving + subway. Route: Nanjing S9 Line Mingjue Station – Lishui Zhao, Nanjing.
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Sister Sunny's Non-stop Travels – First Trip of 2023: Embracing Spring in Lishui
Sister Sunny's Non-stop Travels – First Trip of 2023: Embracing Spring in Lishui
The pandemic, plus three years of pregnancy and raising a baby, forced my travel steps to pause, but my heart always yearned for freedom and faraway places. Now,
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A Leisurely Stroll in the Ancient Capital of Six Dynasties
A Leisurely Stroll in the Ancient Capital of Six Dynasties
In the autumn of 2019, I took another leisurely trip to Nanjing: visiting the former Jiangning Imperial Silk Weaving Museum, Yuejiang Tower, Pukou Station, and that national treasure...
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Winter at Shijiu Lake (3) — Lakeside Zhujia Village
Winter at Shijiu Lake (3) — Lakeside Zhujia Village
Travel date: 2021.2 Travel mode: Car + metro Route: Nanjing S9 Line Mingjue Station — Nanjing Lishui Zhao
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Nanjing–Mount Wutai–Datong 5-Day Pilgrimage Road Trip
Nanjing–Mount Wutai–Datong 5-Day Pilgrimage Road Trip
Nanjing–Mount Wutai–Datong 5-Day Pilgrimage Road Trip Itinerary I’d been longing to visit Mount Wutai for a long time—ever since six or seven years ago, when I envied
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Highly Recommended! A Post-New Year Travel Guide to Six Must-Visit Cities
Three years of the pandemic forced countless travel plans to be shelved and forgotten. Now, with the steady relaxation of epidemic controls, we can finally set our sights on the world once more,
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Yihe's Decade of Wanguochun | Three Meals a Day, a Bed at Night—Stitching Springtime Jinling's Beauty with This Homegrown Hotel Brand
Yihe's Decade of Wanguochun | Three Meals a Day, a Bed at Night—Stitching Springtime Jinling's Beauty with This Homegrown Hotel Brand
Nanjing, among China's mega cities, is a wondrous and unique presence. It has the grace of the south and the forthrightness of the north.
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A Blaze of Red in Gusu and Jinling: Tianping Mountain, Qixia Mountain & Nanshan Bamboo Sea
A Blaze of Red in Gusu and Jinling: Tianping Mountain, Qixia Mountain & Nanshan Bamboo Sea
Note: I spent most of my Suzhou time in the Gusu district. Writing 'Gusu' sounded fun partly because of the TV series The Untamed. As for Jinling—that was Nanjing's name when it served as an ancient capital.
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Lazy Girl's Travel Shares 2016–2018 (Mohe, Chongqing, Nanjing, Chengdu, Jiuzhaigou, Hong Kong, Thailand, New Zealand)
Lazy Girl's Travel Shares 2016–2018 (Mohe, Chongqing, Nanjing, Chengdu, Jiuzhaigou, Hong Kong, Thailand, New Zealand)
I've been planning a family trip recently, and looking at the questions on my profile made me realize I haven't written a travelogue in years. So many
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Shanghai, Guangzhou, Zhaoqing, Macau, Nanjing: An 8-Day, 5-Destination Self-Guided Tour
Macau Travelogue: Macau's full name is the Macau Special Administrative Region. Since its return, it has practiced 'one country, two systems'. Up to this
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Nanjing Ming City Wall – From Xuanwu Gate to Jiefang Gate
Nanjing Ming City Wall – From Xuanwu Gate to Jiefang Gate
Walking Route: Xuanwu Gate City Wall – Jiefang Gate City Wall; Walking Mode: on foot; Walking Date: September 2022. Many cities have city walls.
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Wang Xiaoyu's Annual Travel: A Tour of Shanghai, Suzhou, and Nanjing (August 14-23, 2020)
Wang Xiaoyu's Annual Travel: A Tour of Shanghai, Suzhou, and Nanjing (August 14-23, 2020)
This travelogue covers itinerary tips, food, hostel recommendations, moderate sightseeing strategies, eco-friendly travel, and things to note (tips).
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Revisiting Nanjing After Fifteen Years
Revisiting Nanjing After Fifteen Years
Fifteen years. I don’t know how many more fifteen-year spans my life holds, much less what I’ll become in the next one.
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Nanjing Countryside Tour: Artistic Flair in Su Village
Nanjing Countryside Tour: Artistic Flair in Su Village
Travel time: 2020.3. Mode: self-driving. Route: Xiangban Sujia Creative Town – Zhumen Farmhouse – Zhishan Water
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Bucket-list Trip: Lushan, Wuyuan, Nanjing
Bucket-list Trip: Lushan, Wuyuan, Nanjing
Date: September 2021. I retired in August, and in September I immediately arranged the long-awaited trip to Lushan.
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A Jiangnan Reverie: Suzhou, Nanjing (and a Side Trip to Tai'an)
A Jiangnan Reverie: Suzhou, Nanjing (and a Side Trip to Tai'an)
Pre-trip tips: 1) Clothing – For a week-long trip, three or four outfits should do. Feel free to mix and match as you like.
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A Nanjing Native's View of Nanjing – Huashu Village Under the Warm Winter Sun
A Nanjing Native's View of Nanjing – Huashu Village Under the Warm Winter Sun
Time: December 2020. Location: Zhou Chong Natural Village, Huashu Village, Xigang Street, Qixia District. Weekends for the left-behind elderly, if the weather is nice...
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