Comments on: Nanjing: Cultural Oasis of the South

By: tiana

tiana — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:21:36 +0000

The picture is Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall. Japanese invaders in Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall in Nanjing People's Government of China for the mind on Dec. 13, 1937, after Japanese troops occupied Nanjing and Nanjing Massacre and build. East Gate is located in Nanjing City, West River Massacre Chating Street site of the original mass graves. August 15, 1985 completion and opening. Nanjing City China

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:56:54 +0000

Thanks for sharing- I leave for Nanjing tomorrow to start a 3 year masters program at nanda, and I haven’t found too much useful info outside of your post. 谢谢！

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 11 May 2010 23:39:16 +0000

Yeah I’ve heard from multiple people that Nanjing is a lot like Boston. Its about 300 km away from Shanghai, which is China’s New York, and in between are dotted with many small equivalents of Stamford, Bridgeport, New Haven, and Providence. Go farther south, you have Hangzhou, which would be the

By: Benjamin Ross

Benjamin Ross — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:36:42 +0000

Kevin-
“woodchipper chicken” doesn’t refer to the type of chicken. It refers to the method it’s prepared…entire chicken is chopped up into a bunch of random pieces. You can do it with any kind of chicken, or any probably small animal for that matter.

By: kevin

kevin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:20:55 +0000

I think you meaned “柴鸡” for woodchipper chicken.

“柴鸡” is a kind of natual chicken, which eat grain and worms.
The chinese name can also be “土鸡” “草鸡” “笨鸡”, I guess those names are from different area.

By: Qian

Qian — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:00:37 +0000

Thanks for the posting, Ben. It’s great to see that you love my hometown. I am now in Newfoundland Canada but I remember every detail of Nanjing. Your pictures make me very homesick. By the way, Nanjing Normal University is where I got my Bachelor’s Degree, and have you ever heard people saying that it has the largest amount of beautiful girls among all universities in Nanjing?

By: shanghailawyer

shanghailawyer — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:12:10 +0000

I’m not sure that even culturally speaking, Nanjing is the most important city in China. In Shanghai, for example, you can find the best Universities in matter of law. Also, as a commerce center , Nanjing is placed second after Shanghai.

By: chinananjing

chinananjing — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:29:55 +0000

Seeing this picture, I urge to see Nanjing even more. The Chinese culture is very interesting, both the ancient one, and the modern one, which are equally reflected in Nanjing.

By: Benjamin Ross

Benjamin Ross — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:39:38 +0000

@Jon

I think part of the reason many Americans have never heard of Nanjing may lie in that ridiculous Wade-Giles romanization system, which until recently was the main system used for writing Chinese names in English. I’d be curious, have you encountered any people who have heard of “Nanjing” but have heard of “Nanking?”

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:44:09 +0000

Good to see an American perspective of Nanjing. I was born in Nanjing but live in Pittsburgh now. Many times when I tell people where I am from they never even heard of Nanjing. I would have to say it is in the middle part of the country, kinda close to Shanghai.

By the way, you are indeed lucky to have encountered such good weather. Did you know that in the summer Nanjing is hotter than Guandong.