Jiankang was the name of Nanjing in the Six Dynasties, the capital of Eastern Jin, Sun Wu, Liu Song, Xiao Qi, Xiao Liang and Chen Nan, and the economic, cultural, political and military center of China in the Six Dynasties. It was also the first city with a population of over one million in the world and the largest city in the world at that time. [ 1]
Jiankang city is 40 miles east and west, 40 miles north and south, and has a triple palace wall. Qinhuai in the south, Houhu in the north, Longpan in Zhongshan, and Huju in Shicheng. These gardens are mainly distributed in the northeast of the capital. There is Hualin Garden in the north of Gongcheng City, and there is a music garden in Zhoushan, with palaces such as Hualin Garden and Tianyuan Pool dotted in it. There are Stone Town and Xizhou Town in the southwest, and Dongfu Town and Danyang County in the southeast. There are official temples on both sides of Wuli Imperial Road between Xuanyangmen and Zhuquemen. Residential alleys are mainly distributed on both sides of Imperial Road and beside Qinhuai River. There are more than 500 Buddhist temples in the city.
Jiankang City is a model of the perfect combination of China's traditional ethical system and nature, an outstanding representative of China's ancient capital, and occupies an important position in the history of the development of China's ancient capital. Its plane layout and architectural form have a far-reaching influence on later generations and East Asian countries. The Imperial Palace of the Six Dynasties is a magnificent palace, imitated by the capitals of the Northern Wei Dynasty and East Asian countries, connecting Qin and Han Dynasties and Sui and Tang Dynasties, which deeply influenced the capital construction form of later generations.
Guan Yi's southern crossing enabled the Han nationality to preserve the ancient culture of China in Nanjing, which has been said in previous dynasties. The culture of the Southern Dynasties, represented by Jiankang, and ancient Rome in the west are also called the two centers of human classical civilization, which have had a far-reaching influence in human history.