Zhenjiang, Three Hills and a Bowl of Vinegar — editorial illustration
镇江

Zhenjiang

Three Hills and a Bowl of Vinegar

Editorial illustration · not a site photograph
  • 1–2 days"three hills and one ferry street"
  • Spring & autumnmild weather and festival season
  • By rail18 minutes from Nanjing on high-speed
  • Three odditiesvinegar, jelly pork, pot-lid noodles

Zhenjiang guards the crossing where the Grand Canal meets the Yangtze, and it packs a surprising amount into a small city: three famous hills (one with a temple wrapped around it, one with Three-Kingdoms ramparts, one an island monastery), a thousand-year ferry street — and the vinegar that seasons Chinese kitchens everywhere.

Zhenjiang, Three Hills and a Bowl of Vinegar editorial travel scene
Zhenjiang, Three Hills and a Bowl of Vinegar · editorial illustration

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