Confucius Temple Seafood Market. There is a place to buy seafood near Confucius Temple. There is a seafood wholesale market right next to Confucius Temple. It is very cheap to buy seafood, crabs, hairy crabs and other types of crabs at the seafood wholesale market. Nanjing, referred to as "Ning", was known as Jinling and Jiankang in ancient times. Jiangsu Province governs prefecture-level cities, provincial capitals, sub-provincial cities, mega cities, and core cities in the Nanjing metropolitan area. It is an important central city in eastern China and a nationally important city approved by the State Council. A scientific research and education base and comprehensive transportation hub.