Nanjing History

The history of Nanjing stretches back more than 6,000 years to the time of the first homo-sapien activity in the area. At this time, however, Nanjing was little more than a tiny village. Roughly 2,400 years ago, the city that we now know as Nanjing began to tape shape. From the 3rd to the beginning of the 5th Century, six dynasties, including Dongwu, Dongji, Song, Qi, Liang and Chen had founded their capital here. Thereafter the Nantang and early period of the Ming Dynasty also established their capitals here. In 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, changed the name of the city to Nanjing-after which Nanjing became China's political epicentre. The city of Nanjing could be called one of the ancient world's first big cities.

In 1853, the revolutionary army of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom occupied Nanjing and declared it their capital.They renamed the city “Heavenly Capital” and re-unified the area for the next decade.

On January 1, 1921, Sun Yat-sen took the oath of office and became the temporary grand president at Nanjing. He set up his capital here and ended 2000 years of the rule of feudal dynasties in China. After his death in 1925, Sun Yat-sun was buried in Nanjing's Purple Mountain. In 1927, the Kuomintang established Nanjing as the capital of the Republic of China. Today, Nanjing is a well known historical and cultural city in China.