镇江

Zhenjiang is located in the southwestern part of Jiangsu Province, at the intersection of the Yangtze River and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. It has a subtropical monsoon climate with four distinct seasons and abundant rainfall, with an average annual temperature of about 15.6°C.

Zhenjiang has a history of over 3,000 years. It was called Zhufang in the Spring and Autumn period, Jingkou in the Three Kingdoms period, Nanxu in the Southern Dynasties, and later became Zhenjiang Prefecture after the Sui and Tang dynasties. It was an important city for regimes such as Eastern Wu and the Southern Dynasties (Song, Qi, Liang, Chen), and is the birthplace of literary masterpieces like "The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons" and "Dream Pool Essays."

Zhenjiang's culture blends Wu and Chu influences, famous for the Buddhist culture of Jinshan Temple and the legend of the White Snake. Its cuisine is represented by the "Three Wonders of Zhenjiang" (vinegar, cured meat, and pot-lid noodles), along with crab roe soup dumplings and seasonal river fish like saury.

Zhenjiang is now a key port city in the Yangtze River Delta, home to the Zhenjiang New Area national development zone, focusing on high-end equipment and new materials industries while preserving historic districts like Xijin Ferry to promote cultural tourism integration.