Nanjing, known as Jinling in ancient China, is the capital of Jiangsu Province which lies on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The ancient city, surrounded by mountains and the river, was the capital of ten dynasties.

  

A metropolis both ancient and modern, Nanjing has many places of interest, such as the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, the Presidential Mansion, the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum, the Mochou Lake, the Qinhuai River, the Ming city wall, the Zhonghua city tower, the Zhanyuan Garden, the Zijinshan Observatory, the Tombs of the Southern Dynasties and the Yangtze River Bridge.

  
Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum
  

More than 600 years ago, when Shanghai was just a small fishing village, Nanjing was decided as its capital in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), making it one of the world's largest cities at the time.

  

It was also the seat of government of five other ancient dynasties and the capital of the Kuomintang government for a decade from 1927. In 1937 it was the scene of the Nanjing Massacre perpetrated by invading Japanese troops. So, Nanjing has seen the best and worst of Chinese history.

  

Today Nanjing is a city concerned above all, like the rest of China, with developing its economy and improving the standard of living of its residents.