Jiankang
Jiankang, or Jianye, as it was originally called, was the capital city of the Eastern Wu, the Eastern Jin dynasty and the Southern Dynasties (420–552), including the Chen dynasty.
Jiankang, or Jianye, as it was originally called, was the capital city of the Eastern Wu, the Eastern Jin dynasty and the Southern Dynasties (420–552), including the Chen dynasty. Its walls are extant as ruins in the modern municipal region of Nanjing. Jiankang was an important city of the Song dynasty. Its name was changed to Nanjing during the Ming dynasty.
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Getting to Jiankang
- Airports
- Nanjing Lukou (NKG), 37 km · Sunan Shuofang (WUX), 167 km · Hefei Xinqiao (HFE), 172 km
- Wuxi → Jiankang1 km · quickest by road, 2 min · ¥0.5
- Hefei → Jiankang50 km · quickest by road, 1h 7m · ¥22–29
- Huai'an → Jiankang1737 km · quickest by air, 8h 22m · ¥950–1,470
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Jiankang
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Jiankang. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere are also frequent ferry services across the river, in particular from Zhongshan Wharf (near Nanjing West Railway Station) to Pukou.
- Get aroundThe card can be used on the subway, all city buses (but not all suburban buses), cross-river ferries, taxis (although drivers are reluctant to accept them and may tell you the scanner is broken) and in some Suguo convenience stores.
- Get aroundFor higher-quality, higher-performance bikes: Giant, Trek and Specialized all have stores in Nanjing.
From Wikivoyage: Nanjing, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Jiankang
Jiankang is 2 km from Nanjing, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.