Blogs Posts on "Nanjing"
Automobile Museum 3GATTI- Nanjing by Fun is 2 cool on Oct 22, 2009This is a project winner of the international invitation competition for the construction of the Automobile Museum in Nanjing, designed by Italy-based architecture studio 3GATTI to explore the relationship between car and museum. The competition was...
Rumor & Qix: an Eco-Sci-Fi book for Young Adults by The Mobile Fun Blog on Aug 8, 2009Kathleen S. Wilson’s Rumer & Qix: The Race to Terra Incognita traces the adventures of Rumer, a outgoing and curious 16 year journalist, and her robotic animal companion, Qix. Set in Nanjing in the year 3010, Wilson creates a world which h...
City of Life and Death Film by World War II History on May 26, 2009Exposing the ‘truth’ about the Nanking massacre Posted: Friday, May 22, 2009 11:19 AM Beijing, China By Adrienne Mong, NBC News Producer BEIJING – “City of Life and Death” might sound like your average escapist action film h...
Jiming Temple Nanjing by Beijing Visitor on Apr 22, 2009Jiming Temple (Jiming si) in Nanjing dates back to the 6th century but the present buildings are more recent. The name of the temple literally means "rooster crowing temple" and is the city's most active Buddhist temple.Jiming Temple is located not f...
NANJING CITY Part 1 by An Asian Traveler on Apr 19, 2009April 2, 2009In the morning, we took a side trip to Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu Province in China. Fortunately we got the "Soft Seat" round trip ticket (112 Yuan one-way per person from Shanghai). We found out later that getting a soft seat tick...
NANJING CITY Part 3 by An Asian Traveler on Apr 6, 2009April 6, 2009Next we headed to Dr. Sun Yat-Sen's Mausoleum, a famous site located at the southern foot of Purple Mountain. It houses the remains of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, the great revolutionary forerunner of China. Again, because of our very limited time...
NANJING CITY Part 3 by An Asian Traveler on Apr 6, 2009April 6, 2009Next we headed to Dr. Sun Yat-Sen's Mausoleum, a famous site located at the southern foot of Purple Mountain. It houses the remains of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, the great revolutionary forerunner of China. Again, because of our very limited time...
NANJING CITY Part 2: THE NANJING MASSACRE MEMORIAL HALL by An Asian Traveler on Apr 5, 2009April 4, 2009Since time was very precious, taxi was by far our best option. Our first stop was the The Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall and Museum located at Shui Xi Men Da Jie (free admission). This is the memorial hall to the victims in the Nanjing m...
NANJING CITY Part 2: THE NANJING MASSACRE MEMORIAL HALL by An Asian Traveler on Apr 5, 2009April 4, 2009Since time was very precious, taxi was by far our best option. Our first stop was the The Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall and Museum located at Shui Xi Men Da Jie (free admission). This is the memorial hall to the victims in the Nanjing m...
NANJING CITY Part 1 by An Asian Traveler on Apr 5, 2009April 2, 2009In the morning, we took a side trip to Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu Province in China. Fortunately we got the "Soft Seat" round trip ticket (112 Yuan one-way per person from Shanghai). We found out later that getting a soft seat tick...
