'''Jiangsu''' (_]?; ''Ji?ngs?'') [http://www.tastejiangsu.com/].

Jiangsu is one of the most attractive tourism destinations in Asia and located on a 500-mile (900 km) stretch of the Yellow Sea on China_fs east coast. You can _gtaste_h all of the best that China has to offer in the province, from Ming Dynasty walls and tombs to the delicate and fresh Huaiyang cuisine. Jiangsu is home to the mighty Yangtze River; China_fs ancient engineering Wonder of the World in the Grand Canal; the World Heritage Listed Chinese classical gardens of Suzhou; the famous Confucius Temple and Mausoleum of Sun Yat-sen in Nanjing; and it_fs the best place to see the unique living water villages of the Yangtze River delta. The many hidden treasures of Jiangsu include the Terracotta warriors of Xuzhou; the former residence of Nobel prize-winning American author, Pearl Buck; and endangered species of birds and animals.

The province has recently created an official tourism website : [http://www.tastejiangsu.com/ Taste Jiangsu].

Cities

  • Nanjing - the capital of Jiangsu Province and capital to 6 Chinese Dynasties.
  • Changzhou
  • Huai_fan
  • Lianyungang
  • Nantong
  • Suqian
  • Suzhou - famous for it`s classic gardens and water-towns, a major tourist destination
  • Taizhou
  • Wuxi
  • Xuzhou
  • Yancheng
  • Yangzhou
  • Zhenjiang - a major tourist attraction for it`s temples and museums
  • Get in

    Jiangsu is well connected by road, rail and air to the rest of the country and world.

    ''Train'' In particular, the comfortable new high speed CRH trains connect Hangzhou and Shanghai to cities in Jiangsu — Suzhou, Wuxi and Nanjing as of the end of 2007.

    Shanghai has many international flights and Nanjing some, including a new direct service to Frankfurt on Lufthansa.

    There are also boats along the Yangtze and the Grand Canal.

    Get around

    There are good bus and train links within the province, plus some boats on the Yangtze and other waterways.

    The roads are good so you could consider renting a car and driver, or even driving yourself. See Driving in China.

    Talk

    Jiangsu can be broadly divided into two linguistic regions. The southern part of the province is Wu speaking while the northern part is Mandarin speaking. The Suzhou (not Shanghai) dialect of Wu is traditionally considered to be the prestige dialect, so learners Wu will find it spoken in the "purest" form there. The Nanjing dialect of Mandarin differs significanly in pronunciation from standard Mandarin, but nevertheless is still mutually intelligible.

    See

    The Presidential Palace. Historically the site of a number of important government officials, it is also a beautiful garden, an oasis from the noisy, bustling city. About $40 RMB a person.

    Purple Mountain. Although the base is crowded, for 60 RMB a person, there is a chair lift to the top which is scenic. Again, a nice getaway from the city.

    Suzhou has many water-towns. These are cities interlaced by rivers and streams. The main means of tranportation was once by water. Zhouzhuang is the most famous of the water townships.