Guide to Jiangsu Province Attractions

Jiangsu Province Attractions

NanJing University Of Science & Technology

Brief Introduction:
Nanjing University of Science & Technology (NUST), founded in 1953, is now one of the national key universities under the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense. Located in the Zhongshan scenic area of Nanjing, the campus covers an area of 178 hectares and has quiet and green surroundings. NUST is a multi-disciplinary university incorporating science, engineering, liberal arts, economics, business, management, law and education, with special emphasis on engineering. It is also one of the key construction universities under the national "Project 211".NUST is composed of 8 main schools and 1 department: School of Mechanical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, School of Electronic Engineering & Optoelectronic Technology, School of Information Science & Technology, School of Economics & Management, School of Power Engineering, School of Science, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Materials Science & Engineering as well as Graduate School, Vocational & Technical College, School of Adult Education, School of International Joint Education, and Zijin College. NUST boasts 5 national key disciplines, 16 ministerial and provincial key disciplines, 2 national key labs and 3 national engineering centers. It offers 11 postdoctoral programs, 33 doctoral programs, 80 master programs, and 55 undergraduate programs .The University can also recruit international students and authorize part-time study for Master of Engineering in addition to MBA.

Nanjing Agricultural University

Brief Introduction:
Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU) is not only a national key university of high learning directly administered by the Ministry of Education, but also one of the earliest higher education establishments for agriculture. It has a good reputation both at home and abroad in all fields of agricultural science. Its predecessors were two agricultural colleges belonging to JinlingUniversity and NanjingUniversity (originally called the CentralUniversity). In 1952, the college was created as a result of the merger of these two agricultural colleges, together with some departments of the Agricultural College of Zhejiang University. In 1984, the college was renamed Nanjing Agricultural University. October 20 is its anniversary.

Nanjing Audit University

Brief Introduction:
Founded in 1983, Nanjing Audit University (NAU) is an institution of higher education with the principal disciplines of Economics and Management while supported by Law, Language and Literature, Science and Engineering. The university is under the joint supervision of the Jiangsu Provincial Government, the China National Audit Office and the People’s Bank of China. Nearly 10,000 regular students now study in the two campuses, which covers a total area of 2200mu. Mochou Campus, in Gulou District of Nanjing is named after Mochou Lake near its location, and Pukou Campus situates on the southern slope of Laoshan Mountain, a national forest park.

Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Brief Introduction:
NUAA has gone through 3 major periods since 1952,evoloving from a teaching-oriented university to a research-oriented university. Currently administrated by the Commission of National Defense Science, Technology and Industry, NUAA is a national key university that focuses on science and engineering. It enjoys a well-balanced development of multiple disciplines in modern engineering and technology, management sciences, natural sciences, humanities and social sciences with the characteristics of aeronautics, astronautics and civil aviation. NUAA has successfully entered the 211 Project and established the graduate school.

2 campuses:
Minggugong Campus明故宫校区 (situated on the remains of the ancient Ming Palace明故宫) and Jiangjunlu Campus将军路校区 (situated in Jiangning Economic and Technological Development Zone将宁经济技术开发区)

Hohai University

Brief Introduction
Hohai University is a comprehensive university with research and study of water resources as its main focus, education of engineering subjects as its first priority, and coordinated development of engineering and science, economics, management, arts and ...

Under the direct command of the Ministry of Water Resources(国家水利部) from 1958 to 2000, the University became one of the universities of “Project 211”.

Three campus:
1.The main campus(主校区):
Address:No.1, Xikang Road, Nanjing, China(中国南京市西康路1号)
Get There:Bus No. 3, 302, 318, 20(From/To East Gate); No. 21, 75, 91, 132(From/To North Gate)

2.Jiangning Campus(江宁校区):
Get There:Bus No. 105(From/To Rain Flower Terrace(雨花台) To/From Jiangning Campus)

3.Changzhou Campus(常州校区)

Golden Harvest Thai Opera Cafe

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The Golden Harvest Thai Opera Café is one of those restaurants that is well-known among the entire Nanjing foreign community. Although the price is a bit higher than most places on Lion’s Bridge, it is worth a try even if it is just for the sole purpose of trying their famous “fried crab with thai curry sauce". Other notable dishes include the abalone and “saqo paste with coconut cream pasty topping filled in banana leaf basket”.

Menus are in English and there is at least one staff member that speaks English. The atmosphere is considerably quieter than a Chinese restaurant, featuring booth tables and dim-lighting for a nice change of pace from the Chinese norm. Golden Harvest is a suitable place to go on a date or with a small group of friends.

Directions: Look for the “Golden Harvest Thai Opera Café” sign on Shiziqiao (Lion’s Gate). Lion’s Gate is a pedestrian street stuffed with restaurants and is perpendicular to Hunan Lu. Xuanwu Men subway station is a 5 minute walk away.

Cheese Pub - Pizza

Cheese Pub may not serve the best pizza in town, but it is far from the worst. More importantly, the pizza is half price after 8:00pm, so Cheese Pub is worth checking out. The pizza is served in typical Chinese style with fluffy crusts and a variety of vegetable toppin...

The round booths and quiet atmosphere make this restaurant suitable for a group of two to five people.

It is 20 to 30 yuan for a 9 inch pizza or only 10 to 15 yuan after 8:00pm. Beers cost about 8 to 15 yuan and hard liquor costs 20 to 30 yuan per glass.

How to Get There

Cheese Pub is located right next to the main stop of Bus #26 (26路公交车终点站对面). Yunnan Road is just off of Hunan Road and is a 5 to 10 minute walk southeast of Xuanwu Men subway station.

First, Older Location

No.4, Gaolou Men (高楼门4号)
+86 (0)25 8337 8766

Xiao Fei Yang - Hot Pot

Xiao Fei Yang, which translates to ’little fat lamb’, is a chain restaurant from Inner Mongolia which serves up some of the best hot pot found in Nanjing within the mid-range pr...

Xiao Fei Yang, which translates to ’little fat lamb’, is a chain restaurant from Inner Mongolia which serves up some of the best hot pot found in Nanjing within the mid-range price bracket. The quality of both the broth and ingredients are a step above those of other hot pot joints in Nanjing. Ginseng, loads of garlic cloves, onion, ginger, and other spices are all included within the broth.

A stumbling block for some will be that Xiao Fei Yang does not have English menus nor do they have staff members that speak English very well. Plan ahead by bringing somebody who speaks Chinese with you or plan very far ahead by learning Chinese yourself!

Other Locations

Jiefang Lu # 101 (解放路101号)

+86 (0)25 8449 6088

Heyan Lu #1 (和燕路1号)

+86 (0)25 8551 6677

Haozhiyuan - Japanese

Haozhiyuan is a small sushi joint. Two to three chefs toil away in the middle of the Sushi bar preparing items that are placed on a conveyor belt that encircles them. The chefs also prepare orders from the menu if requested.

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The various plates of sushi cost either 5, 9, or 12 yuan, which represents mid-range prices for Sushi places in Nanjing.

Haozhiyuan is generally quite busy during the lunch rush and suppertime, but is not packed to the extent that there are no seats available.

Private rooms are suitable for up to 6 guests and can be reserved. Guests who reserve a private room are required to spend at least 200 yuan not including liquor.

Yosemite

Yosemite[悠仙美地] is an ideal place to go to chill out, sip some tea, and play cards. Playing cards and some simple board games are available for borrowing upon reuqest. Patrons will literally sit around for hours on end playing cards and chatting.

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Yosemite[悠仙美地] offers a wide variety of tea and dessert drinks.

The food is mediocre. Apparently it is intended to be “Western food”, but really it more closely resembles Chinese cafe food. Nevertheless, the fare is tasty enough, well-presented, and sanitary.

There are several locations:

47 Hubei Road[湖北路47号] - This is close to the famous Hunan Road[湖南路] and just across the street from the south entrance of Shizi Qiao (Lion Bridge)[狮子桥]. This location is open 24/7. 86-025-83615737

79 Hubei Road[湖北路79号] – This is in the Drum Tower district[鼓楼区]. 86-025-83225447

31 Beijing Dong Road[北京东路31号] - This location is also close to the Drum Tower (Gulou, 鼓楼). This Yosemite Café is in the most scenic location as it is situated adjacent to the Northern Pavillion. 86-025-57712990

486 Zhongshan Dong Road[中山东路486号] 3rd floor Xingyuan Hotel[杏园大酒店]. 86-025-84401818

Xinjiekou Golden Eagle International Business Centre 6th floor. 86-025-84705205

Top Jiangsu Province Tours

$50 Per Day

Nanjing Hiking tour with local tour guide Sam

It`s springtime, it`s hiking time!

This tailor-made tour is for people who like nature, history, and hiking!

Ming Tomb (Admission: FreeCNY) - Nanjing became the capital of China when Zhu Yuanzhang founded the Ming Dynasty in 1368. During his reign, Zhu Yuanzhang built the great city walls of Nanjing, the imperial palace, and his future tomb - the Ming Tomb in Nanjing. The Ming Tomb is a certified UNESCO World Heritage Site and is a must-see for travellers to Nanjing.

It`s springtime, it`s hiking time!

This tailor-made tour is for people who like nature, history, and hiking!

Xuanwu Lake (Admission: Free) - Close to the city center and featuring 368 hectares of water and 104 hectares of land, Xuanwu Lake Park is a favorite getaway for locals. Well before the sunrise and even after sunset, the park is bustling with visitors. Some come to walk, jog, or fly kites, others to practice Tai Chi, and many more just want to enjoy the scenery.

Nanjing Food Court - my favorite local Nanjing restaurant, Nanjing people like to go there with family. It`s a resultant with a lot of Nanjing local food and ancient style of decoration, at night they will have Kunqu playing, coolest restaurant ever.

City Wall (Admission: 45CNY) - Nanjing City Wall, constructed during the Yuan and Ming Dynasties between 1365 and 1386, originally stretched over 30km which made it the longest city wall in the world. Now, with about two thirds of the wall still intact it still remains the longest city wall in China. We could walk on the city wall and feel the history of Nanjing.

*Please contact me for daily tour fees, i charge by per tour, not per person.

$80 Per Day

Relaxing Hot Spring Tour at Tangshan Area

Nanjing Tangshan is famous for the hot spring, hot spring is good for your skin and health, and relaxing your body and get rid of the press.

Maybe you don't like all the tourist attractions in the downtown, here would be one of another option.

This tour will be only visit 2 attractions and the rest will be spend the whole time in the hot spring. Or, if you prefer, you can only go for the spring.

Tour plan would be:

Hotel pick up -----> Yangshan Stele -----> Tangshan Ancient Ape Man Caves -----> Hot Spring -----> Send back to hotel.

Nanjing Tangshan is famous for the hot spring, hot spring is good for your skin and health, and relaxing your body and get rid of the press.

Maybe you don't like all the tourist attractions in the downtown, here would be one of another option.

This tour will be only visit 2 attractions and the rest will be spend the whole time in the hot spring. Or, if you prefer, you can only go for the spring.

Tour plan would be:

Hotel pick up -----> Yangshan Stele -----> Tangshan Ancient Ape Man Caves -----> Hot Spring -----> Send back to hotel.

Since Tangshan is a little town outside of Nanjing city and it`s quite far away, i would suggest to use a private car to drive there directly.

$40 Per Day

Nanjing nightlife tours - Bar crawling

In recent years Nanjing’s nightlife scene has undoubtedly changed for the better. The 1912 bar district is a common place to start a tour of Nanjing’s nightlife as it features Nanjing’s largest concentration of bars and clubs. Besides 1912, bars, pubs, clubs, karaokes, restaurants and not-so-mentionable locales are dispersed across the city, especially near Xinjiekou and close to the student population.

Nail Jazz Bar is a light bar with good Jazz muisc, live sometimes, they have over 50 kinds of imported beer from all over the World, the Draft beer Hoegaarden is with special roam and taste, for lady, here have over 100 cocktail to choose, lovely and enjoyable. The price here is quite as other bars, short cocktail for 28 Yuan, long drink cocktail for 38 Yuan. Hoegaarden draft beer, 38 for 0.3L and 68 for 0.5L.

Behind the Wall - A cozy atmosphere, decent food, live music and cheap margaritas make Behind the Wall a popular hang-out, especially with the foreign student population. Inside, Behind the Wall’s three rooms are linked by over-sized arched doorways, and provide seating for groups of two to ten. Mexican, Latin and Greek cuisine is served. The drink menu is varied and not too expensive by Nanjing standards - margaritas are served for only 15 Yuan from Sunday to Thursday.

Castle Bar - Castle Bar is lively on weekends and can become packed during special events. However, during weekdays staff members often outnumber customers. A good place if you like dancing.

Secco Restaurant and Bar - Great German restaurant and bar in Nanjing, they have a good rang and selection of cocktail made by a German, he is also the manager there, really strict to every cocktail he made, always bring you the best taste.

Finnegans Wake - A traditional Irish bar in Nanjing,offering Kilkenny, Guinness and strongbow cider on draught.

Please contact me for daily tour fees, i charge by per tour, not per person.

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