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Zhenjiang 镇江Zhènjiāng
Three river hills, a Taoist mountain and the home of black vinegar
About Zhenjiang
Zhenjiang sits on the south bank of the Yangtze where the Grand Canal crosses it, opposite Yangzhou, and is known across China for its fragrant black vinegar. Three hills by the river hold its main sights: Jinshan Temple, Jiaoshan with its forest of inscribed steles, and Beigushan, while the old Xijin Ferry street keeps stone lanes from the days when boats crossed here. To the south-west, Maoshan is the historic centre of Shangqing Taoism.
What to eat in Zhenjiang
- Pot-lid noodles (锅盖面)
- Crystal pork terrine (水晶肴肉)
Listed sites in Zhenjiang
9 sites in Zhenjiang are on the official lists. Those with a page of their own link to it; the rest open as cards on the map.
- Jinshan, Jiaoshan and Beigushan 金山·焦山·北固山 5A scenic area · National heritage site
Zhenjiang's three classic Yangtze hills are managed as one scenic area but are separate parks several kilometres apart. - Mount Mao (Maoshan) 茅山 5A scenic area
A low range on the Jurong–Jintan border, rising to 372.5 metres at Damao Peak, revered as the birthplace of the Shangqing school of Taoism and called by Taoists the 'eighth grotto-heaven and first blessed land'. - Mi Fu Calligraphy Park 米芾书法公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A park in the Changshan hills of Dantu District devoted to Mi Fu, the Song-dynasty calligrapher and painter who spent much of his life in Zhenjiang. - Mount Baohua and Longchang Temple 宝华山隆昌寺 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Mount Baohua, a forested hill just east of Nanjing, is a national forest park whose main sight is Longchang Temple, founded in 502 and regarded as the ancestral seat of the Vinaya (monastic discipline) school of Chinese Buddhism. - Nanshan Scenic Area, Zhenjiang 南山 4A scenic area · on the map
A belt of low wooded hills on the southern edge of Zhenjiang, rising to 185 metres at Jiuhua Shan and protected as a scenic area of about 15.6 square kilometres, known as the city's 'mountain forest'. - Xijindu Ancient Street 西津渡 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A stepped lane climbing Yuntai Hill in western Zhenjiang to the old Xijin ferry crossing on the Yangtze, where poets such as Li Bai, Wang Anshi and Su Shi waited for boats. - Zhenjiang Museum (Former British Consulate) 镇江博物馆 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Zhenjiang's city museum has occupied the former British consulate since 1958: five colonial-style verandah buildings of 1889–90 on the slope above Xijindu, rebuilt after the first consulate was burned in riots in 1888. - Zhenjiang Vinegar Culture Museum 中国醋文化博物馆 4A scenic area · on the map
A museum opened in 2010 by the Hengshun Group, maker of the well-known Zhenjiang vinegar, beside its works in Dantu District. - Southern Dynasties Tomb Sculptures, Danyang 丹阳南朝陵墓石刻 National heritage site
Danyang holds the mausoleums of emperors of the Southern Qi and Liang dynasties, both of the Xiao clan, and about a dozen groups of 5th- and 6th-century stone guardians still stand in the fields east and north-east of the town.
On the map
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