Nanjing - Qinhuai Scenic Area

The Qinhuai River Scenic Area

The Qinhuai River is known as the Mother River of Nanjing.

Nanjing  南京

Nanjing is the capital of Jiangsu Province. Nanjing means Southern Capital. 

Firstly known as Jinling @ Gold Hill

Sun Quan, Emperor of Wu ( 222 - 280 ) was the first ruler to make Nanjing the capital in 229 AD. Known as the Capital of the 6 Dynasties, specifically from 222 to 589. The dynasties were Wu , Eastern Jin, and the Southern Dynasties - Song, Qi, Liang and Chen. 

Curious what was inside... and walla...it was a mall!

How colorful!

People's wishes and hopes for their future

Boutique

Tea shop

Suddenly... there's Tacos!

Thought we could have tea here... restaurant was not open yet!

Jiangnan Imperial Examination Hall

Gongyuan Street

Located on the northern bank of inner Qinhuai river

620 meter in length

Blan Bunny Tea Shop

This charming tea shop seemed to be all over China. I believe this is a boutique brand from Shanghai. I first saw this tea shop in Tianzifang, Shanghai and it reminded me of Peter Rabbit from the UK. They offer a huge variety of fruit teas and classic flavored teas in addition to selling European-style tea sets.

Food street

Nanjing's famous salted ducks

Qinhuai river

Formely known as the Huai River. It is believed that it was built by the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty. This river sits in between the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. It is Nanjing's lifeblood; a major waterway in the city. 

Confucius Temple @ Fuzimiao 

Exit from Fuzimiao 

Tea shop

Nanjing Salted Ducks  盐水鸭  ( Yánshuǐ yā )

The Nanjing salted duck is part of the Huaiyang cuisine. Some say that the best time to enjoy this duck is during Autumn when ducks could be seasoned with fragrant Osmanthus flowers.

The earliest records of this dish date back to the Six Dynasties ( 222 - 589 AD )

It was at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty ( 1368 - 1644 ) that Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang made it popular. 

Osmanthus seasoned ducks

Roasted ducks

Qinhuai River

Another food street

Fuzimiao mango ice-cream

Nanjing Da Pai Dang  南京大牌檔

Nanjing's 'kopitiam' restaurant. Everywhere we went, the locals kept encouraging us to dine in this restaurant. We have been to a branch in Shanghai before so it was nothing new to us. I know it as Nanjing Impressions. 

So, we had tea in this restaurant.

We had Osmanthus cakes and Prawn fritters, and of course tea.

Osmanthus cakes

Prawn fritters