Confucius Temple Commercial Street

Nanjing is located at the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and is the capital city of Jiangsu Province, also known as the "Ancient Capital of Six Dynasties". From the founding of Sun Quan's capital here during the Three Kingdoms period, to the establishment of the provisional government of the Republic of China, Nanjing has always been the political center of China south of the Yangtze River.