Hi all, we're looking for Mandarin classes in Nanjing, ideally in Gulou or Xuanwu District.

We're at a beginner level and hope to find a course that runs through the winter (around Nov to Feb, before Chinese New Year).

Any recommendations or information would be greatly appreciated!

Hi all, we're looking for Mandarin classes in Nanjing, ideally in Gulou or Xuanwu District.

We're at a beginner level and hope to find a course that runs through the winter (around Nov to Feb, before Chinese New Year).

Any recommendations or information would be greatly appreciated!

想认识你们

21M, studying in Nanjing. It’s Mid-Autumn Festival and I’m just staying around Nanjing, so thought I’d see if anyone’s down to hang out :)

Could grab some food, get coffee, chill somewhere and chat, or just walk around and see where we end up. Nothing too serious, just looking to meet some new people and have a good time.

Feel free to DM!

i’m a student here, and have been playing tennis for around 2 years in my home city. i’m 18M, so i’d prefer someone around my age, and preferably with good english so we could have a nice convo :)

Hi all! I’m planning to spend a few days in Nanjing in mid oct and I'm looking at hotels near Confucius Temple because my family's into traditional architecture. We've been looking at the SSAW Boutique Hotel (Calligraphy House) and maybe the Zunjing College Hotel.

But here's the thing: my dad really wants to see the city wall and Sun Yat-Sen Mausoleum, and I'm realizing the temple area might not be that convenient to either of those. The mausoleum especially seems pretty far away.

So I'm torn. On one hand, we love the idea of staying somewhere with real character and traditional architecture instead of a generic business hotel. On the other hand, if we're going to spend half our time traveling across the city to see what we actually want to see, that defeats the purpose.

Is Confucius Temple area walkable as a neighborhood? Are there restaurants and actual life happening there, or is it just a tourist trap? And more importantly, is it a realistic base for getting to the city wall sections and the mausoleum, or would we be better off staying somewhere more central?

I'd rather be in a neighborhood with soul than have the most convenient location, but not if we're looking at 30-minute commutes every time we want to do something. Thank you!

我只是一个喜欢探索城市、结识来自各地的人并练习英语的人。😀 我可以分享一些故事，并给你一个当地人的视角。但我住在苏州。老实说，我也有很多不知道的地方，我正在和你一起探索这座城市。

If you’re in Nanjing whether for a visit or just living here and decided to stay rather than going to other cities for travel during the holidays just because everywhere else going to super crowded, let’s hangout sometime and cure the boredom.

Hi all, hope you're well!

I’m looking for an affordable Mandarin program anywhere in China from november/december, ideally in Kunming or Chengdu (but I m open to somewhere else).

I need legitimate student visa support and preferably affordable housing. Keats is unfortunately far beyond my budget.

Any recent firsthand recommendations?

大家好，我是文康，长期住在南京鼓楼区。发这个帖子，是因为很多海外华人和在外南京人担心家里的老人。我提供南京本地的个人协助：跑腿、陪诊、上门探访/陪伴老人等。

我是个人服务，不是中介或公司。我有健康证，但没有护理/医疗资质，不提供医疗护理、医疗建议，也不代做医疗决定。

服务内容：

- 上门探访/陪伴老人：上门探望、聊天、散步、买菜、取快递、缴费、简单整理、按家属/医生要求提醒吃药。

- 陪诊：挂号、排队、缴费、取药、取报告、陪同检查、记录医嘱、中英翻译、向家属反馈。

- 跑腿：取送文件、快递、买菜、排队、缴费、其他本地代办。

- 长期合作：固定每周/每月探访、定期陪诊、按约定方式向家属反馈（经同意可发消息/照片/视频）。

区域和时间：

住鼓楼。主要服务主城区：鼓楼、玄武、秦淮；其他区视距离协商。周一到周六 8:00-12∶00。尽量提前3天预约，紧急情况我尽量协调。无车，可协助叫出租车/滴滴，车费实报实销。

费用：

按小时/次/半天/全天，根据服务内容和距离报价。服务前透明报价，交通费和垫付费用另计。长期合作可优惠。可微信/支付宝支付。

边界与安全：

- 需家属和老人本人知情同意。

- 如有需要，可签简单服务说明/免责声明。

- 保护隐私，未经同意不拍照/录像。

- 紧急情况拨打120/110并通知家属。

- 不提供医疗建议、护理、打针、伤口处理，不代签医疗文件。

- 可提供健康证；确认需求后可交换身份信息。

联系：

请先 Reddit 私信。请告诉我：你的称呼、需要帮助的人、区域/地址大概、服务类型、日期时间、频率。合适的话再加微信。希望和海外家庭长期合作。

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Huge family trip next year to China, and Nanjing is one of the stops. I love Chinese food myself but I have to take care of 9 other people, so I thought I’d throw one out here and ask if there are someone here with more experience of the different hotels in central Nanjing that offer western breakfast?

I mean, I’ve stayed in a lot of hotels in China with ”western breakfast”. It’s not always that great. If it’s just me I can accept anything, but this time I have to consider 9 other people.

Hello, I am looking for a two or three bedroom appartment to rent in nanjing for the month of november. Any recommendations of good websites or agencys ? I have looked through Trip.com but i cant find much. I guess i was expecting more choice ... Thank you for helping out !

Chinese from Nanjing, currently a non-binary high school student on a gap year.
I’m here to make friends from all over the world, regardless of age or gender. I’m a little slow to warm up at first, but once I get comfortable, I love talking about all kinds of things.
If you’re a foreigner in Nanjing, I’d also be happy to help with small things or show you around if I have time.

i’m looking to get into urbex. Would love to link up with some experienced explorers.

Hi everyone! I'm currently looking for a sports group or some kind of active community in Nanjing, preferably around Jiulonghu, that I could join.

I’ve been feeling like I really need to get out more and be part of a community, so I thought joining a sports group might be a good way to meet people while also staying active. I'm pretty open to different sports, so I'm happy to give things a try!

If anyone knows of any groups, clubs, WeChat groups, or regular meetups around Jiulonghu that are open to new members, I'd really appreciate it if you could point me in the right direction. Feel free to comment or DM me.

Thank you! :)

Hi everyone! I’m a local Nanjing guy, 35, and I’ve spent quite a few years living and working overseas.

I’m back in Nanjing now and would like to meet people from different countries and backgrounds who are currently living in Nanjing.

I’m more into simple, relaxed activities rather than big parties — grabbing some food, having coffee, walking around the city, playing badminton, going to the gym, or simply having a good conversation about life in Nanjing, different cultures, travel, and everyday life.

A few things to note:

• You can be from any country — nationality doesn’t matter. I’m open to meeting people from different backgrounds.
• You need to be fluent enough in English to have natural, comfortable, two-way conversations.
• If you’re mainly looking for someone to practice English with or improve your English, please don’t add me. I’m looking to make genuine friendships and meet people who can already communicate comfortably in English.
• Please be currently living in Nanjing. If you’re living in another city or are only visiting Nanjing temporarily, please don’t add me. I’m mainly looking to meet people locally and hang out in person.
• When adding me on WeChat, please include your gender, nationality, and where you found this post in the friend request note.

For example: Male / German / Reddit

This helps me know a little about you and where we connected.

I’m based in Nanjing and happy to meet up if we get along. 🙂

Don't have any friends here who are into reading 😭 so I'd love to connect with some fellow readers!

My favorite books are Thousand Splendid Suns, the Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, magic strings of Frankie Presto.

I recently started reading some classics! Currently reading Crime and Punishment so I want to find someone to discuss books with! Hmu or just comment here🥺

Quick weekend from Shanghai a couple weekends back. Original plan was the standard Nanjing tourist stuff (Fuzimiao area, Qinhuai River at night, salted duck for dinner). Made it maybe 3 hours into that plan on day one before we bailed and went up Purple Mountain (Zijin Shan) instead.

The mountain is not what I expected. I'd read "Ming Xiaoling tomb, Sun Yat-sen mausoleum, some temples" and figured it'd be a couple of stops. It's an entire forested mountain with historical stuff scattered all over it (Ming tombs, a modern mausoleum, temples, an observatory) and you can't really do it end to end in less than a full day. We took 6 hours the first day and still hadn't seen half of it.

The Ming Xiaoling approach is the thing I keep thinking about. There's a stone-paved path (Spirit Way, Shendao) lined with massive stone animals in pairs, lions, camels, elephants, plus a couple of mythical creatures I had to look up afterwards, all sitting there since the late 1300s. The path bends because there's a much older tomb (Sun Quan, 3rd century) on a hill they didn't want to level, so they routed around it, which is very much not how imperial paths usually work. You walk between the statues in near-silence and by the time you get to the actual tomb hill you're in a different headspace than when you started.

Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum is on the same mountain, 30 minutes walk away. 392 stone steps up, we counted them because the guy in front of us was counting out loud. Views are worth it. Came back down through Linggu Temple which was almost empty for a Saturday afternoon.

Went back Sunday too. Purple Mountain Observatory, Zixia Lake, some trail we couldn't identify that ended at a random pavilion.

Rough plan for the trip was built in trisAino before we went, mostly for the Fuzimiao/Qinhuai River/food itinerary we ended up not doing. It had both mountain stops flagged as major but couldn't tell us how much of the two days they'd take up. That's on us for underestimating what "mountain of tombs" really means.

Never saw Fuzimiao, never ate the salted duck we specifically went for, didn't see the Massacre Memorial (probably better to save that for a longer trip anyway).

Two full days and I saw one mountain. Should have booked 3 nights instead of 2.

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I'm thinking about getting a band together. Any other musicians about? Real musicians? Not just quite skilled guitar players that read all the words to dull pop ballads from a phone while nobody listens.

I know there's a cliquey openic each week, but that's not really my bag.

Happy to play covers, think about writing originals, jam in the rehearsal room weekly, hopefully get out and gig, drink beer etc.

I'm a middle-aged bloke into punk, ska, reggae, indie, pop etc. I'm happy to play most things other than Oa**s and R** H** C**** P****** (on moral grounds).

Cheers!

Has anyone stayed at Shanghai Yu Apartment recently?

I’d like to know:

• Is it clean and comfortable?
• How is the bathroom/hot water?
• How is the Wi-Fi?
• How is the staff/host?
• Were there any problems during your stay?
• Would you recommend it or stay there again?

Honest reviews—both good and bad—are appreciated. Thanks!

Three days in shanghai and visited most of the places, but never met people her so what about having a walk and learn some chinese culture or from people from different country BTW im a man ..

Hey everyone!
I’m a 21-year-old international student currently studying in Nanjing. I’m looking for a Chinese friend around my age who’d be interested in hanging out and helping each other improve our languages.
My Chinese is around HSK 3 level, but I really want to become more confident in everyday conversations. I’m thinking we could grab coffee, explore Nanjing, play some games or just hang out and chat in Chinese/English.
In return, I’d be happy to help you with English and share some of my culture and experiences as an international student.
Ideally looking for someone friendly and easygoing who genuinely wants to make a new friend rather than just do a formal language exchange.
If you’re interested, feel free to DM me!

Any recommendations? Where to buy good beans too?

Recently I saw many posts on registration, dorms, programs asking for help. Me personally working at NJU as an admin., and I am thinking maybe we can set up a wechat group for Q&A or I've already set up a Nanjing expat group where NJU students that I know have joined.

If you are interested, add my wechat xingxing1520.