Take airport line S 1 to Nanjing South Railway Station and transfer to 1 line (in the direction of Maigao Bridge) to Xinjiekou.
Time: about 1 hour.
Nanjing, referred to as "Ning", was called Jinling and Jiankang in ancient times. It is the capital of Jiangsu, a sub-provincial city and the core city of Nanjing metropolitan area. It is an important central city in eastern China, an important scientific research and education base in China, and a comprehensive transportation hub approved by the State Council. There are 1 1 districts in the city, with a total area of 6587km? 20 16 years built-up area 1 125.78km? With a permanent population of 8.27 million, an urban population of 67810.4 million and an urbanization rate of 82%, it is the only mega-city in the Yangtze River Delta and East China.
Nanjing is located in the east of China, in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and near the river. It is the headquarters of China Eastern Theater Command, the shipping and logistics center of yangtze river international, an important national gateway city driven by the Yangtze River Delta radiation, and an important node city where the eastern coastal economic belt and the Yangtze River economic belt meet strategically.
Nanjing is one of the four ancient capitals in China, one of the first national historical and cultural cities and an important birthplace of Chinese civilization. Blessing China several times in history. It is the only one of the four ancient capitals that has never been the capital of an alien regime, and has long been the political, economic and cultural center of southern China. There were ancient human activities in Nanjing as early as100-1.20 thousand years ago, and there was Nanjing ape-man life in Tangshan 350 thousand-600 thousand years ago. With a history of more than 7,000 years of civilization, nearly 2,600 years of city construction and nearly 500 years of capital construction, it is known as "the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties" and "the metropolis of the Ten Dynasties".
Nanjing is an important science and education center in China. Since ancient times, it has been a city that worships and values education. It has the reputation of "the literary hub in the world" and "the first school in Southeast China". During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, more than half of the top scholars in China came from Gongyuan in the south of the Yangtze River. As of 20 16, there are 74 colleges and universities in Nanjing, including 9 planned colleges and 25 disciplines, second only to Beijing. Academicians of the two academies are 8 1 person, and 87 experts are invited by the Thousand Talents Program, ranking third in the country.
20 17 world youth beach volleyball championship and 20 18 world badminton championship will be held in Nanjing one after another.
Dr. Sun Yat-sen once commented on Nanjing: Nanjing is the ancient capital of China, before Beijing. Its location is in a beautiful area. Its land includes mountains, deep waters and plains. It's hard to find such a beautiful place in a world metropolis.
Historically, Nanjing has benefited and suffered from its unique geographical location and extraordinary geomantic scenery. In the past, Nanjing suffered many military disasters, but it also rebuilt its prosperity from the ruins many times. When China was occupied by foreigners and the Han nationality was about to suffer extinction, the Han nationality usually chose Nanjing to recuperate and aspire to the Northern Expedition and restore China. Daming and the success of the second Northern Expedition in the Republic of China; In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Xiao Liang and Liu Song were defeated in the Northern Expedition. At the beginning of the Southern Song Dynasty, ministers unanimously agreed to take Jiankang as the capital and restore the Central Plains. To their regret, Song Gaozong had no intention of the Northern Expedition, but was forced by public opinion to make Jinling its capital. Even if the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom takes Nanjing as its capital, it is one of the mobilization bases and legitimacy to expel alien rule. Therefore, Nanjing is regarded as the revival place of the Han nationality and has a special position and value in the history of China. Therefore, after comparing the four ancient capitals of Chang 'an, Luoyang, Jinling and Yanjing, Mr. Zhu Dai said: "These four metropolitan cities are rich in literature, handsome in people, beautiful in mountains and rivers and magnificent in weather, which is closely related to the national crisis, especially Jinling."
Nanjing is located in the middle rich area of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, in the southwest of Jiangsu Province. It is a national regional central city (East China) and an important national gateway city driven by the radiation of the Yangtze River Delta. ? Geographical coordinates are 3 1 14 "north latitude to 32 37"18 22 "east longitude to114". ? The geographical coordinates of Xinjiekou in the city center are 32 02' 38 "north latitude and118 46' 43" east longitude. ? The total area is 6597k㎡ km2 (excluding waters), up to 20 12, and the built-up area is 752.83k㎡ km2.