In the cold winter of Nanjing, hot food can always arouse our inner energy for us to expel the coldness and embrace the warmth. From outer warmth to inner warmth, the happiness of winter lingers around us.

Hot soup is bound to be the most soothing winter food. In Nanjing, it is duck blood soup with vermicelli.

Coldness makes the sun even more precious in winter. On a sunny day, don't live up to the gift of nature, and follow the trace of sunshine to do a tour in Nanjing City. Travel around the streets, look for a garden, visit a famous mountain, go to a bookstore, enjoy wintersweet blossoms, view birds, and bask in the sun. Do all of these to sense the unique fun of the city in winter.

The autumn palette in Nanjing highlights a full and gorgeous color, thus the tone is of a decorous feeling. This autumn impression may embrace a rain, a leaf, a road, a cup of tea, and a city wall. It fits well with the history of the six dynasties in Nanjing and is in harmony with all the details of the ancient city of Nanjing.

Autumn landscape is the most impressive part of Nanjing, only God could create such a wonderful palette with red and yellow, gorgeous but romantic, quiet, and poetic. Enjoying Nanjing's autumn sights, you may know what "storied dyeing" means, and experience the golden yellow and bright red of Nanjing.

In Nanjing's autumn, there are 600-meter Sacred Path with stone statues, Yihe Road with plane trees, Qingliang Hill with ginkgo trees, Qixia Mountain with red maple trees and ancient buildings, and iridescent Zhima Ridge. In addition to these delightful autumn sights, it is recommended to taste fine food offered only in autumn to enjoy different "attractions" in Nanjing.

Nanjing's autumn features the autumn wind blowing away the summer heat and impatience, only the coolness for the outdoors is left. Now that we have seen the overwhelming color of Nanjing's autumn, let's explore some joys in this ancient city with a growing sense of autumn.

Nanjing is a time-honored city where you can trace wonderful stories behind from numerous buildings, streets and lanes.

(Photo: Nanjing Museum; source: Nanjing Municipal Administration of Culture and Tourism)

(Photo: Spiral stair of the library of Hohai University; source: Nanjing Municipal Administration of Culture and Tourism)

(Photo: Ancient city and purification, Xuanwu Lake Park 2018; source: Nanjing Municipal Administration of Culture and Tourism)