County-level
Jing Kou District
Beigu Pavilion atop Mount Beigu overlooks the churning Yangtze River in Jingkou, near the calligraphic master stone steles of Mount Jiaoshan.
Spatial Framework & Civilizational Geography · Prefecture-level
Zhenjiang
Jinshan, Jiaoshan and Beigu hills rise along the Yangtze in Zhenjiang, known for its fragrant vinegar, Xijindu old street and Jurong's Taoist Maoshan.
Regional story
A place shaped through time
A useful starting point for Zhenjiang is the documented fact “Jinshan, Jiaoshan and Beigu hills rise along the Yangtze in Zhenjiang, known for its fragrant vinegar, Xijindu old street and Jurong's Taoist Maoshan.” The natural conditions and social experience of Zhenjiang therefore belong to one connected geographic story. Communities responded to surrounding conditions through residence, exchange, and daily practice, giving the spatial pattern a traceable history. The chain from environmental conditions to social practice gives the regional change of Zhenjiang a clear real-world expression. Taken together, these clues clarify the position, change, and distinctive contribution of Zhenjiang within the larger region.
Zhenjiang
6 counties
Affiliated Regions
County-level
County-level
Run Zhou District
Jinshan Temple clings to the slopes of Mount Jinshan in Runzhou, home to Legend of the White Snake and the ancient stone steps of Xijindu Ferry.
County-level
Dan Tu District
Dense bamboo woodlands in Mount Nanshan shelter the tomb of Song painter Mi Fu in Dantu, near ancient Grand Canal sluice gates.
County-level
Dan Yang City
Monumental Southern Dynasties stone winged lion chimera carvings guard imperial tombs in Danyang, world-renowned as the Spectacles Capital.
County-level
Yang Zhong City
The emerald mid-river island of Yangzhong floats in the currents of the Yangtze River, celebrated for traditional culinary pufferfish gourmet art.
County-level
Ju Rong City
Mount Maoshan preserves Shangqing Taoist temples in Jurong, near the grand Buddhist ordination altars of Mount Baohuashan Longchang Temple.
Related Literature
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- Tune: Nanxiang Zi — Thoughts on Climbing Beigu Pavilion at JingkouCi LyricsXin Qiji
Among the world's heroes, who was his match? Cao and Liu. A son should be like Sun Zhongmou.
- History of Song: Biography of Han ShizhongClassical ProseToqto'a (comp.)
Return our two emperors and restore our territory, and then we can spare each other.
- Old Book of Tang: Biography of Li DeyuClassical ProseLiu Xu (comp.)
Deyu, having gained office in his prime, was keen to govern well, and abolished all the old customs harmful to the people.
- A New Account of Tales of the World: The Son-in-Law on the Eastern CouchClassical FictionLiu Yiqing (comp.)
only one young man lay on the couch on the east side with his belly bare, as if he had heard nothing.
Written here2
- Yong Yu Le (Meditation on the Past at Beigu Pavilion in Jingkou)Ci LyricsXin Qiji
Across eternal rivers and mountains, where can one find hero Sun Quan? Recall those bygone days: golden lances and armored steeds, swallowing ten thousand leagues like a tiger! Who will ask: General Lian Po has grown old—can he still eat his fill?
- Miscellaneous Poems of the Year Jihai (No. 125)Classical PoetryGong Zizhen
I urge the Lord of Heaven to rouse himself once more and send down talent without sticking to one mold.
Mentions4
- Records of the Grand Historian: Hereditary House of Zhou Bo, Marquis of JiangClassical ProseSima Qian
Ah, this is a true general!
- History of Ming: Annals of Emperor Gongmin (the Jianwen Emperor)Classical ProseZhang Tingyu (comp.)
Fire broke out in the palace, and no one knew what became of the emperor.
- History of Song: Biographies of the Loyal and Righteous: Lu XiufuClassical ProseToqto'a (comp.)
If Heaven does not yet wish to end the Song, can we not still make a state of this?
- Book of Song: Annals of Emperor Wu, Part 1Classical ProseShen Yue (comp.)
Gaozu always put on armour and took up his weapons ahead of his men, breaking the enemy's front in every fight.