1. What is it like to live in Nanjing?
2. What do you think of the living environment in Nanjing?
3. What is it like for outsiders to live in Nanjing?
4. How much do you know about Nanjing food?
After living in Nanjing for four years, I will give you the most authentic Nanjing food guide. What is it like to live in Nanjing?
Living in Nanjing is a very comfortable experience.
Nanjing, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province, referred to as "Ning", was known as Jinling and Jiankang in ancient times. It is the capital of Jiangsu Province, a sub-provincial city, a megacity, the core city of the Nanjing Metropolitan Area, and an important central city in eastern China approved by the State Council.
, an important national scientific research and education base and comprehensive transportation hub.
Nanjing is located in eastern China, on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, near the river and the sea. It is the headquarters of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. It is an important gateway city for the Yangtze River Delta radiation to drive the development of the central and western regions planned and positioned by the State Council of the People's Republic of China. It is also an important gateway city in the eastern part of China.
It is an important node city at the strategic intersection of the coastal economic belt and the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
In August 2020, the United Nations Human Settlements Program released a list of the top 100 cities in Asia. Nanjing ranked 11th in Asia and 5th in mainland China.
Food: Nanjing's food is famous for Jinling cuisine, which refers to the cuisine centered in Nanjing and extending to Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province. It is one of the four representative dishes of Jiangsu cuisine.
Jinling cuisine originated in the pre-Qin Dynasty. At the end of the Warring States Period, Qu Yuan recorded the Jinling cuisine at that time in "The Songs of Chu". During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it had become famous.
It is known as "Suzhou cuisine" and is loved by the upper class celebrities. Many famous families hold banquets and are proud of the "Jingsu Feast".
What do you think of the living environment in Nanjing?
Nanjing has a good environment and a pretty good climate. It is a livable city in the entire southern Jiangsu. Nanjing's regional environment is uniquely endowed with rivers, mountains, lakes, undulating terrain, fresh air, and rich green vegetation.
Except for the cold weather in winter, the other seasons are very good. The scenery in spring and autumn is pleasant and very eye-catching.
Compared with Shanghai and Hangzhou, summer in Nanjing is not too hot.
Nanjing is an ancient capital with rich historical relics.
Sun Yat-sen made Nanjing his temporary capital, and finally established Nanjing as the capital in 1926, ushering in the golden moment of the development of the Republic of China. Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, various party and government agencies, Yihe Road residential area, and Republic of China-style university campuses are still intact today.
Nanjing's economic development is commendable, with a developed service industry and convenient life.
Based on the economic development of the Republic of China, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Nanjing developed rapidly in the fields of petrochemicals, machinery, electronics, steel, automobiles, military industry, etc., and became a domestic industrial base.
Nowadays, emerging industries such as biomedicine, semiconductors, and electronic communications are also experiencing great development in Nanjing.
From the data point of view, Nanjing's GDP now reaches 1.4 trillion, ranking fifth among provincial capital cities; its per capita GDP exceeds 20,000, ranking high.
In Nanjing today, the tertiary industry is developing rapidly, and Xinjiekou business district is known as the first business district in China; sub-cities such as Hexi, Xianlin and Jiangning have developed into modern new cities; as a national-level new district, Jiangbei New District has entered the large-scale
During the development period, it will become the highlight of Jiangsu in the future.
Nanjing's urban construction is relatively good, and its transportation is very convenient. High-speed rail, highways, and waterways extend in all directions. Nanjing South Railway Station is the largest high-speed rail station in Asia; Lukou Airport ranks among the top ten airports in the country; the city's transportation planning is reasonable, and its subway mileage ranks fourth in the country.
The few big cities with convenient transportation are far less congested than cities such as Shanghai, Beijing, and Hangzhou.
With intensive urban construction, numerous high-rise buildings and complete road facilities, Hexi's financial city is not inferior to first-tier cities.
Nanjing has a very strong cultural atmosphere and is one of the most important science and education centers.
Bookstores of all sizes are scattered throughout the city, and Pioneer Bookstore is known as the most beautiful bookstore in the world.
This is my life experience in Nanjing!
What is it like for outsiders to live in Nanjing?
A native of the province, he was admitted to the Nanjing system in 2013 and has been living in Nanjing until now.
Life is nothing more than basic necessities, food, housing and transportation. Nowadays, with the highly developed commodity economy and transportation logistics, basic necessities, food, transportation and transportation are actually the same everywhere.
But living in a big city is not easy. For cities with high housing prices, housing is indeed a problem.
When I first came here, I rented a room in the city, and the monthly rent was about 1,250 yuan.
When you share a house with others, you always have to endure sanitation problems in the shared area, personality problems of roommates, etc. Of course, the most depressing thing is when the landlord suddenly increases the rent or takes back the house and no longer rents it.
I remember one time the second landlord suddenly said that he would not rent the house to me. I hurriedly found the house in one day and moved to the house at one o'clock in the morning.
Now that I think about it, I was really brave at that time, and I was not afraid of meeting bad people at night.
At that time, the salary was low, just over 4,000 yuan, and I had to pay more than 1,000 yuan in rent. My roommate was a big consumer of electricity and water, so the water and electricity bill cost more than 800 yuan every two months. Plus other random expenses, it was basically
Moonlight has to be subsidized by parents.
Later, I met my then-boyfriend and now-husband, and we thought about buying a house together. Our parents sponsored some money, and together with our savings of tens of thousands of yuan, we paid a down payment for a small second-hand house in Xianlin. The commuting distance is about
It's 1 hour.
There is no way, the total budget is limited, so I can only buy somewhere far away, and I can only buy a smaller house.