Zhenjiang Travel Guide

The city of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, is situated on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, about 50 kilometers, as the dolphin swims :), downstream from (eastward of) the city of Nanjing (formerly Nanking). Shanghai, and the mouth of the Yangtze River, lie about 200 kilometers, as the crow flies, southeast of Zhenjiang, meaning that Zhenjiang is a central part of the Yangtze River Delta.

Native Zhenjiangers, unlike the majority of the natives of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces, speak a Lower Yangtze variant of Mandarin Chinese that differs from the region's softer, Wu language variant (traditionally called the Suzhou dialect, though today it is as often referred to as the Shanghainese dialect) of Mandarin Chinese (the Suzhou/ Shanghainese dialect is considered Mandarin Chinese's prestige dialect). The "Wu" in question refers to the Wu State of the Spring and Summer (BCE 770-476) Period of the Eastern Zhou (BCE 770-221) Dynasty,... [ View Details ]