Nanjing was a city that we just added on the end of our trip mostly so we didn’t have to go back to Shanghai early, where we’ve already been.
It is the ancient southern capital of China.
I didn’t expect it to be one of the most aesthetic places on the planet.
Word(s) of the day
Nan 南 - South
Jing 京- Capital
On the train to Nanjing, we we’re trying to pick a hotel with a nice view for our final city.
We found one.
Nanjing is ridiculously nice looking.
It has my three favorite styles:
- Ancient chinese temples
- Brutalist concrete apartment blocks
- Ultra-modern chinese bladerunner buildings
Confucious Temple
This refers to an ancient area on the south end of nanjing where an ancient confusious temple is located. Nanjing is also known for its ancient city wall, the longest city wwall remaining in the world.
When we got off the train here, we walked past some Hanfu clothing stores. These are places where they will dress you up in traditional chinese royal princess clothes. It’s pretty popular with the women there to do this and take pictures, and when Kai said she always wanted to try it, it was kind of a no brainer.
So for the rest of the day Kai looked like a princess.