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Nanjing, the
capital of ten periods in Chinese history,
is a city famed for its rich culture, long
history and beautiful landscape.
One of the eight great ancient capitals
in China. Nanjing has a long history and is
one of the first cities awarded the title
of "Famous Historic and Culture City"
by the State Council. In 472 B.C., Goujian,
the king of Yue State, started to build the
city at Yuhuatai, thus it was called "Yue
city” In 229 A.D., the Eastern Wu Dynasty
of the Three Kingdoms moved its capital to
Nanjing and started to develop "Jianye
city" as it was named then. Following
this, the Eastern Jin, Song. Qi, Liang and
Chen Dynasties, Southern Tang Dynasty, Ming
Dynasty, Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and Republic
of China all located their capitals in Nanjing.
These eras left behind many famous attractions
including: the willowed banks of Xuanwu Lake,
the bright lights and river scenery of Confucius
Temple, the ancient city wall (the best preserved
in the world), the World Heritage-listed Ming
Tomb, Dr.Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum...
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