"Jinling" is perhaps the most literary and beautiful of all the names in Nanjing. Twelve women in Jinling in a dream of red mansions; Nanjing has Jinling University, Jinling Petrochemical and Jinling Middle School. There is also a book about the rise and fall of the national government called "Jinling Spring Dream" and so on. It can be said that Jinling is a household name in China.
The name "Nanjing" is the loudest and most widely known among more than 70 names in history. Literally, the original meaning of "Nanjing" is "the capital of the south".
Some scholars have verified that there were 10 "Nanjing" in the history of China, and the latest "Nanjing" is now Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. In the Ming dynasty, this city was called "Nanjing" most of the time and was the capital of the country.
But in fact, the concept of "Nanjing" in Ming Dynasty is a bigger concept. In the Ming Dynasty, Nanjing governed 14 states, including Yingtian, Fengyang, Huai 'an, Yangzhou, Suzhou, Songjiang and Changzhou, with a total area of 4 states and 97 counties in Zhili, second only to Beijing in China.
In Qing Dynasty, Nanjing was renamed jiangning house. It was not until after the Republic of China that the name Nanjing was restored, and it has been used until now.
Today, Nanjing is an international metropolis, with faces of different skin colors strolling on ancient streets and welcoming different tourists from all over the world every day. The name "Nanjing" has also become a unique business card of China.