Mendong () is a historical district in the
Qinhuai District
Qinhuai District () is one of 11 District of China, districts of Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province, China.
Administrative subdivisions
Qinhuai has administrative jurisdiction over the following 12 subdistricts of the People's Republic of C ...
of
Nanjing
Nanjing or Nanking is the capital of Jiangsu, a province in East China. The city, which is located in the southwestern corner of the province, has 11 districts, an administrative area of , and a population of 9,423,400.
Situated in the Yang ...
,
Jiangsu
Jiangsu is a coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the List of Chinese administra ...
,
China
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. It comprises the southern part of the city within the walls and to the east of the Zhonghua Gate, in contrast to the "Menxi" area to the west of the
Gate of China. The east and south sides of Mendong are bordered by the
City Wall of Nanjing
The City Wall of Nanjing was designed by the Hongwu Emperor (1328–1398) after he founded the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) and established Nanjing as the capital in 1368. To consolidate his sovereignty and defend the city against coastal pirat ...
, extending westward to Zhonghua Road. The
Qinhuai River
The Qinhuai River () is a tributary of the Yangtze with a total length of 110 km. It flows through central Nanjing and is called "Nanjing's mother river". It is the "life blood" of the city. The Qinhuai River is divided into inner and outer river ...
runs through the entire area.
In the early 21st century, the southern part of Mendong in Nanjing, south of Madao Street, north to Jianzi Lane, south to the South City Wall (Xinmin Fang), and west to Shangjiang Kao Peng, including the areas of Gutong Lane, Santiaoying, Zhongying, and Bianying, were named the Old Mendong Historical and Cultural Block.
References
Districts of Nanjing
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