What's the nickname of Nanjing?

Nanjing's famous nicknames are "Jinling, Tianjing, Jiankang, Shicheng and Jiangning".

Jinling is the ancient name of Nanjing and the most elegant nickname of Nanjing. In 333 BC, Chu Weiwang Xiong Shang built Jinling City in Stone Town, hence the name of Jinling. Jinling is one of the nicknames of Nanjing. The origin of Jinling's name is because Nanjing Zhongshan (also known as Zijinshan) was named Jinling Mountain in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Tianjing is the name of Nanjing during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the capital of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and one of the nicknames of Nanjing. The capital city was built in Jiangning (now Nanjing), where the Governor's Office of Liangjiang was located in Qing Dynasty. Tianjing means "the capital of heaven" and is called "Jinling Little Paradise".

Jiankang was the name of Nanjing in the Six Dynasties, and it was also one of the nicknames of Nanjing. Jiankang was once the capital of Sun Wu, Eastern Jin, Zhou, Zhou and Chen. It was the economic, cultural, political and military center of China during the Six Dynasties, the first city with a population of over one million in the world, and the largest city in the world at that time.

Stone Town, known as "the first military fortress in Soochow", is one of the nicknames of Nanjing. Sun Quan of Wu moved to Moling (now Nanjing) and built a city in the original site of Stone Mountain Jinling City, named Stone City. It is a military town to ensure the security of the western part of the capital, and it is also a battleground for military strategists. It is called "Shicheng Tiger", and in a broad sense, it is another name of Nanjing today.

Jiangning is one of the time-honored brands in Nanjing, which means "nothing outside the river, quiet here" and "peace in the south of the Yangtze River". Now the abbreviation of Nanjing is taken from the previous name "Jiangning", namely "Jiangning County", "Jiangning County" and "jiangning house".

The evolution of nicknames in Nanjing;

Nanjing is one of the famous ancient cities in China, known as the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties. It is also the first batch of famous historical and cultural cities in China. Since Sun Quan made his capital, Nanjing has had many names, such as Jinling, Jianye, Jiankang, Jiangning, Moling, Yingtian, Jianye, Qing Ji, Shangyuan and Tianjing. The names of these different historical periods also reflect the long historical and cultural heritage of Nanjing.