Gaochun District (), formerly Gaochun County () until January 2013, is one of 11
districts of
Nanjing
Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...
, the capital of
Jiangsu
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province, China. The southernmost of Nanjing's districts, bordering the province of
Anhui
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to the south and west, it spans an area of , with a total population of 430,000.
Culture
Gaochun is known for its traditional style shopping area known as
Gaochun Old Street. The local language is a dialect of
Wu Chinese
The Wu languages (; Wu romanization and IPA: ''wu6 gniu6'' [] ( Shanghainese), ''ng2 gniu6'' [] (Suzhounese), Mandarin pinyin and IPA: ''Wúyǔ'' []) is a major group of Sinitic languages spoken primarily in Shanghai, Zhejiang, Zhejiang Provin ...
, unlike much of Nanjing that speaks a southern variation of
Mandarin
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Language
* Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country
** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China
** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...
.
There are many delicious foods in Gaochun. The crabs of Gucheng lake are big and in good quality. There is a crab festival every autumn, usually at the end of September to celebrate the harvest of crabs by which many tourists are attracted. Tofu in Gaochun is very famous for its delicious taste. Gaochun is full of ponds which usually have lotus in. So it has a very beautiful view of colours lotus in summers. Meanwhile, it produces much fresh and delicious lotus seed, lotus root, lotus stem, etc.
Administrative divisions
There are 8 towns that fall under the jurisdiction of Gaochun District. They are:
Climate
Education
*
Jiangsu Gaochun High School (1923)
References
External links
Gaochun Official Government Website*http://www.xzqh.org/quhua/32js/0125gc.htm
Districts of Nanjing
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