南京是一座历史文化名城,中国四大古都之一,与北京、西安、洛阳同称为中国历史上的四大文化古都。东郊汤山猿人头骨的出土,表明35万年前南京就是古人类聚居之地。公元前472年越王勾践灭吴后,在今天南京的中华门西南侧建城,开创了南京的城垣史,迄今已有2471年。公元3世纪以来,先后有东吴、东晋、和南朝的宋、齐、梁、陈(史称六朝)、以及南唐、明、太平天国、中华民国共10个朝代和政权在南京建都立国,留下了丰富的民族文化遗产。 Nanjing is a famous historical and cultural city and one of the four ancient capitals in China. It is synonymous with Beijing, Xi’an and Luoyang as the four ancient cultural capitals in Chinese history. Unearthed in the eastern suburbs of Tangshan ape skull, that 35 million years ago Nanjing is the place where ancient human settlements. In 472 BC, King Gou Jian wiped out Wu and built a city on the southwestern side of the Zhonghua Gate in Nanjing today, opening up the history of the city wall in Nanjing, which has so far reached 2471. Since the 3rd century AD, there have been ten dynasties of Song Dynasty, Qi, Liang, and Chen (known as the Six Dynasties) of Soochow, Eastern Jin and Southern Dynasties and the establishment of the capital of Nanjing in the Tang Dynasty, Ming, Taiping and Republic of China. Left a rich national heritage.