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Zhenjiang
Prefecture-level city in Jiangsu, People's Republic of China

Zhenjiang

Zhenjiang, alternately romanized as Chinkiang, is a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, China.

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It lies on the southern bank of the Yangtze River near its intersection with the Grand Canal. It is opposite Yangzhou and between Nanjing and Changzhou. Zhenjiang was formerly the provincial capital of Jiangsu and remains as an important transportation hub. As of the 2020 census, its total population was 3,210,418 inhabitants whom 1,266,790 lived in the built-up area made of the 3 urban districts. The town is best known both in China and abroad for Chinkiang vinegar, a fragrant black vinegar that is a staple of Chinese cooking.

Get in

Getting to Zhenjiang

Zhenjiang is on the main railway corridor (3 separate, more or less parallel, railways) connecting the major cities of Nanjing and Shanghai. Depending on how you count, it has 2 or 3 railway stations.

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    Zhenjiang Station
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    Zhenjiang South Station
See

Worth seeing

Four major parks in Zhenjiang provide the most common destinations to tourists. Entrance to each park is ¥30-50, and the parks with pagodas charge another entrance fee (about ¥10) if you wish to climb the pagoda. The parks are all nice, but if you are not interested in Chinese history, legends and architecture and view them only as parks, then if you've seen one "park" in the city, you've seen them all.

Eat

Where to eat

Zhenjiang is known for producing the best vinegar in China. Most major cities situated nearby provide Zhenjiang vinegar whenever dumplings are served. Steamed dumplings with the famous vinegar can be found on almost every block in town.

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    Yong'an Fish House
How locals move

Getting around Zhenjiang the local way

  • Get inA passenger and vehicle ferry (镇扬汽渡, Zhenjiang-Yangzhou ferry) operates across the Yangtze River, with the Yangzhou terminal in Guazhou town (20 km south of downtown Yangzhou) and the Zhenjiang terminal a couple of kilomters west of Jinshan Temple.
  • Get inBus service to the ferry is available at both ends.
  • Get aroundA ferry will take you across the Yangtze river to Yangzhou for ¥3.

From Wikivoyage: Zhenjiang, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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