We are really enjoying the "national holiday", 8 days is a very long rest here. Most students will study for 6 days, and "go out and play" (as they say) for 2 days. It's hard for them to relax, knowing that they have a big exam on Monday, in all the subjects!
But some of my schoolmates still managed to clear some spare time for me; and took me hiking to the Nanjing Zijin Shan (purple mountain). There are several ways up to the summit (stairs. road, or the rocs), the view from the top is rather amazing! It's a pity Nanjing is so polluted though, as you can see on the pictures, it's still quite foggy!
My father took my sister and I to the Nanjing city wall.
"The City Wall of Nanjing was designed by Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang (r. 1368–1398) after he founded the Ming Dynasty(1368–1644) and established Nanjing as the capital 600 years ago. To consolidate his sovereignty and keep out invaders, he adopted the suggestions of advisor Zhu Sheng to build a higher city wall, to collect grains and to postpone the coronation. Then, he started to build the city wall. It took 21 years to complete, and used 200,000 laborers to move 7 million cubic metres of earth. The City Wall of Nanjing was among the largest city walls ever constructed in China,[1] and today it remains in good condition and has been well preserved."
(Wikipedia... I checked the information; it's right!)
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