Nanjing Qinhuai River (in simplified Chinese南京秦淮河) had a very long history. In the past, it was said, when the emperor dug Katayama cited huai river, cross-talk of the town, named Qinhuai. Qinhuai points inland and foreign River, river in Nanjing city are Shiliquan Qinhuai the most busy place.

Nanjing is at the history of capital on a ten once, since ancient times, including the humanities Qinhuai leather moss and merchants gathered. Six Dynasties era, Confucius Temple has been a very busy area, Suzaku Street, bungeanus crossing, etc., are high at the time of residence door Han. In the Ming Dynasty, Confucius Temple, as the Imperial College test civil service exam, candidates are gathered, so here a lot of focus on the service sector, and there is a variety of restaurants, a teahouse, snack, etc. At the same time, a brothel Brothel also emerged within the Qinhuai on “Pulp Dengying sound even Shiliquan, female singer plays Turbidimetry wave”, “Hsiao drums, day and night we do not.” Classical drama “Peach Blossom Fan” in the description of the “pear snowy grass cigarettes and spring at two sides of the strait Qinhuai edge, along the waterfront covered floor, makeup, powder every Zhao Ying Juan cicadas” very real Qinhuai reproduced on at the time of the deformity busy scene.

Because of the history of changes, the old prosperity has long ceased to exist. After 1985, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing City allocated a huge sum of money on this beautiful belt repair, and Qinhuai again become a famous tourist attraction. As a result of the restoration of Qinhuai scenery with a view to Confucius Temple as the center, Qinhuai as a link, including the Jim Garden, Confucius Temple, white and Chau, Zhonghua Gate, as well as from bungeanus Zonghuai bridge crossing to the town along the cruise ships and river water Qinhuai pavilion landscape can be described as sets of monuments, gardens, restaurant, streets, castles and folk customs in one of the tourist line, very fun and charming.

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